Highlights

Sharp’s newest PV modules feature white backsheets and are made for the needs of design-oriented customers.

Prospective developers in Solar Energy Corp. of India’s latest tender will set up renewable energy projects to supply round-the-clock power. The projects can be located anywhere in India. Bidding closes on Oct. 10.

GaoRun, a China-based supplier of automated solar module production equipment, has appointed Hitesh Tungal as the vice president of its global business, effective from Sept. 1. The company has also decided to open an office in India.

Reliance Industries is set to buy 79.4% of US-based SenseHawk, which provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for process optimization, automation, and asset information management across the solar asset lifecycle. The startup has globally deployed its software at more than 600 sites.

Singapore-headquartered Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) has signed an agreement to sell Sembcorp Energy India to Tanweer Infrastructure for $2.1 billion. It said the proposed sale will accelerate the transformation of its portfolio from brown to green.

Canadian battery developer Zinc8 Energy Solutions has announced plans to begin battery production in the United States, incentivized by manufacturing production credits in the US Inflation Reduction Act.

Gail Chen, CEO of Arctech’s joint venture manufacturing base in India, says the company is committed to bringing solar tracker prices down for customers and enabling a lower cost of electricity in the country.

India’s Mecwin has unveiled compact, wall-mountable lithium battery inverters with 1,100 VA and 2,100 VA ratings. The 1,100 VA devices measure 455 mm x 530 mm x 235 mm and weigh 23 kg. The built-in battery can be charged with grid power and solar electricity. 

H2X Global has released the first of its hydrogen-powered generators in the Australian market.

Scientists in Switzerland put together a detailed analysis of the projected costs of designing and operating a 100 MW perovskite solar cell production line in various locations, taking in labor and energy costs as well as all materials and processing. The found that perovskite PV could be cost-competitive with other technologies even at much smaller scale, but noted that this still depends on the tech proving its long-term stability, and impressive achievements in research being successfully transferred to commercial production.