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Acciona Energy expects to complete the 412 MWp solar PV project by 2025. The plant will be the Spanish renewable energy developer’s largest project in the country.

Alternatives to lithium-ion batteries will likely emerge in the years to come, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) today unveiled an alkaline electrolyzer developed in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). 

Developers have until March 15 to lodge their interest in setting up 1.5 GW of wind-solar hybrid power projects on a build-own-operate basis. The projects can be located anywhere in India and must connect to the interstate transmission grid.

Torrent Power will develop 150 MW of solar projects for supply of power to the seawater desalination plants being set up by Shapoorji Pallonji and Company in Gujarat.

Lithos applied for a $30 million DOE grant, which will help increase the facility’s capacity to sustainably process lithium hydroxide.

According to new figures from the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA), the continent’s cumulative installed PV capacity reached 16 GW at the end of December, based on 3.7 GW of new annual installations.

The novel solar cell uses antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) as the back surface field (BSF) layer. According to its creators, this layer can be included in conventional CIGS solar cells to improve their efficiency and reduce the absorber material’s cost.

Waaree Renewable Technologies has secured the letter of award for a 412 MWp (335 MW AC) solar power plant. It will execute the EPC work of the PV plant and provide operations and maintenance for a period of two years.

India’s Reliance Industries Ltd plans to convert around 5,000 existing internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered trucks into hydrogen ICE trucks by mid-2024. The company uses these trucks for its internal purposes.