Longi raises wafer prices as polysilicon hits $34.98/kg
The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNMIA) said that prices for monocrystalline silicon ranged from CNY 222 ($32.30)/kg to CNY 248/kg last week, up 31.37% from the middle of January. Longi, meanwhile, has raised its wafer prices by more than 15%.
India needs over $4 billion to create 50 GWh of lithium battery capacity under PLI Scheme: CEEW
A new study by CEEW deconstructs the lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing process, calculates the material and finance requirements, and offers a blueprint for the domestic strategy.
Gujarat govt, Greenzo Energy sign MoU for $60.4-million electrolyzer fab
The Gujarat government has allotted 10,000 sq.m of land and extended other support for Greenzo Energy’s proposed electrolyzer factory in Sanand.
Acme Group and Japan’s IHI to jointly explore opportunities in green hydrogen
Indian developer Acme Group and Japan’s IHI have signed a pact to jointly explore opportunities across the green hydrogen and ammonia value chain, including production, handling, transportation, distribution, and power generation.
Renewable energy auctions not in tandem with government targets
India tendered only about 28 GW of variable renewable energy capacity in 2022, as against 40 GW in 2019. The nation needs to add 30-35 GW of new VRE capacity annually to reach its climate targets by 2030 and that requires more than 35 GW of annual tendering.
Manufacturer releases home backup solar battery
RoyPow introduced a new residential lithium-ferro-phosphate battery this week at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California.
US scientists improve photoresponsivity in solar perovskite by 250%
Researchers led by the University of Rochester claim to have increased the photoresponsivity of a lead-halide perovskite for solar cell applications by 250%. They created a perovskite film with a plasmonic substrate made of hyperbolic metamaterial and characterized it with transition dipole orientation.
Ola Electric to set up lithium battery gigafab in Tamil Nadu
The winner of the 20 GWh battery cell capacity under the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is going to set up its lithium battery factory in Tamil Nadu.
Gautam Solar unveils ALMM-approved 10BB bifacial panels
The ten-busbar panels are available with peak power outputs ranging from 520 W to 550 W with front-side conversion efficiency between 20.11% and 21.27%.
China produced 288.7 GW of modules, 827,000 MT of polysilicon in 2022
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) says Chinese manufacturers produced 357 GW of wafers and 318 GW of solar cells in 2022.
