Larger, thinner… and weaker?
With hailstorms in Australia and the United States severely damaging solar arrays – including “golf-ball sized” hail at the 350 MW Fighting Jays project in Texas in March 2024 – insurers are raising premiums and reducing or canceling hail coverage. Everoze Partner Simon Mason discusses the challenges the industry faces in minimising its hail risk exposure.
Fraunhofer ISE developing lithium extraction processes in Germany
The ThermIon project is intended to take into account the entire process chain from the pretreatment of the brine to lithium extraction and lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide crystallization to the controlled return of the brine. The new process is intended to be both environmentally friendly and economical.
AM Green places India’s largest electrolyzer order with John Cockerill Hydrogen
John Cockerill Hydrogen will supply electrolyzers for AM Green’s one-million-ton green ammonia project located in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
NTPC tenders 1.8 GW hybrid wind-solar power projects
NTPC Ltd is accepting bids from hybrid power generators for supply of 1.2 GW of power from wind-solar hybrid power projects with greenshoe option of additional capacity up to 600 MW.
Solar module manufacturing capacity could exceed 1.5 TW by 2035, says IEA
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest report, which maps out the future evolution of clean energy manufacturing, says the combined global market for PV, wind turbines, electric cars, batteries, electrolyzers, and heat pumps will rise from $700 billion in 2023 to more than $2 trillion by 2035.
ANIL’s solar module sales in H1 FY 2025 surpass 2 GW
Adani New Industries Ltd’s solar module sales in the first six months of FY 2025 hit 2,380 MW (1,082 MW domestic and 1,298 MW export).
KAUST, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin present 31.2%-efficient blade-coated perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
The perovskite-silicon tandem device has a two terminal configuration and a 2D perovskite layers at the bottom interface. It was able to retain around 80% of its initial efficiency for 1,700 h.
The Hydrogen Stream: Greenzo Energy unveils 1 MW alkaline electrolyzer stack
Greenzo Energy has unveiled an indigenously designed electrolyzer stack, which, it says, functions reliably across diverse Indian climates. The stack is now commercially available.
JinkoSolar announces new TOPCon solar modules with efficiency of 24.8%
The Chinese manufacturer said the new Tiger Neo 3.0 modules are available in two versions with outputs of 495 W and 670 W.
Power ministry proposes amendments to tariff-based competitive bidding for solar, wind and hybrid renewable energy projects
The draft amendments released by the power ministry include a reduced PPA period of 15 years, cyber compliance by developers, and insurance surety bonds as a new instrument for establishment of earnest money deposit/performance bank guarantee.
