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India is laying the foundations of a hydrogen economy with huge governmental support. pv magazine spoke to Jakson Green CEO Bikesh Ogra about the company’s manufacturing and production activities in light of India’s ambitious hydrogen plans and the central role electrolyzer manufacturing is set to play.

The Indo-German Green Hydrogen Roadmap outlines key strategies to encourage private sector investment, promote green hydrogen trade and export, and facilitate the exchange of information, particularly around challenging hard-to-abate sectors and certification standards.

Adani Renewable Energy, Datta Infra, Evergreen Renewables, ReNew Solar Power and Sembcorp Green Infra have emerged winners in NTPC’s 1.2 GW wind-solar hybrid auction.

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), registered as a national vendor under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana, has launched a tender for the procurement of around 1 GWp of crystalline solar PV modules, each with a rated capacity of 540 Wp and above. The modules must comply with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s domestic content requirement.

This comprehensive guide will walk you through the fundamentals of hybrid solar systems, their components, benefits, and how they compare to other solar power solutions.

Anil K Agrawal, founder and chief executive officer, Airox Nigen Group, spoke to pv magazine ahead of the launch of the company’s new arm Aspire Hydrogen. Led by Aniruddh Agrawal, Aspire Hydrogen will set up an integrated green hydrogen value chain in Haryana. This incidentally coincides with 30 year completion of Airox Nigen.

Researchers in Taiwan have developed an efficient carrier transport and defect passivation approach at the nickel oxide/perovskite interface in perovskite solar cells, enabling devices with 42% efficiency under indoor lighting conditions, and over 20% in simulated sunlight.

China’s Longi Green Energy has set a new world record for crystalline silicon solar module efficiency with its independently developed hybrid passivated back contact (HPBC) 2.0 module, achieving a conversion efficiency of 25.4%, according to a certification report from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE).

JSW Energy has reported a consolidated net profit of INR 853 crore and total revenue of INR 3,459 crore for the second quarter of FY 2024-25.

The results of this year’s Kiwa PVEL scorecard have shown that TOPCon technology is more vulnerable than PERC, and the failure rate at BOM level has increased to 41%, the highest in history, according to the testing lab.