Solar module installations could hit 592 GW in 2024
BloombergNEF says the global solar industry will install 592 MW of modules this year, up 33% on 2023. The consultancy has also lowered its estimate for 2024 polysilicon production, as manufacturers are temporarily scaling back output.
Reliance to commercialize perovskite, back-contact HJT-IBC solar by 2026
Reliance Industries’ new energy business is currently developing first-generation bifacial solar panels using indigenized HJT technology with 26% cell efficiency. It is also working on perovskites and back-contact HJT-IBC, which it expects to commercialise within the next two years.
JSW Energy wins additional 400 MW wind-solar hybrid power project from MSEDCL
JSW Neo Energy has received Letter of Award for 400 MW of wind-solar hybrid power project under greenshoe option. This takes its total capacity allocation under Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd’s phase III auction to 600 MW.
NLC secures 200 MW solar power deal with Telangana discoms
The state-owned coal miner will develop a solar project to supply 200 MW of green power to electricity distribution companies in Telangana
Avid signs Australian supply deal for nickel-hydrogen storage solution
Western Australian energy solutions provider Avid Group has signed a master supply agreement with United States-headquartered company Enervenue which manufactures nickel-hydrogen batteries it says are capable of more than 30,000 duty cycles at two to 12-hour discharge rates.
All-perovskite tandem solar cell based on tin-lead perovskite achieves 28.8% efficiency
Conceived by Chinese scientists, the cell was built with new surface reconstruction strategy based on the use of 1,4-butanediamine (BDA) and ethylenediammonium diiodide (EDAI2) as surface modifiers. The device was able to retain 79.7% of its initial efficiency after 550 h.
The Hydrogen Stream: Adani, Advait, Waaree secure capacity in SECI’s second electrolyzer tender
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has allocated 1.5 GW of capacity to eleven companies in its second electrolyzer manufacturing tender.
SunSource Energy switches on 21 MWp C&I solar project in Tamil Nadu
SunSource Energy has commissioned a 21 MWp solar power plant in the Ramanathapuram district for offtake by commercial & industrial businesses.
The impact of semi-transparent solar modules on agrivoltaics yield
Researchers have conducted a field study across two growing seasons, growing different kinds of vegetables under three types of modules with 40%, 5%, and 0% transparency. Their work is the first replicated research experiment that evaluates module transparency in an irrigated vegetable field setting.
Solar industry faces collapse amid surplus and plunging prices
The solar industry is at a crossroads. While demand for PV installations is higher than ever, systemic overcapacity, falling prices, and financial losses across the supply chain threaten to undermine the industry’s long-term sustainability.
