Highlights

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) is accepting bids to develop up to 1 GW of solar PV projects (including 500 MW under greenshoe option) for power supply to the state discom. The projects are to be set up on a build-own-operate basis and can be located anywhere in India.

Inlyte Energy moves forward in development of a nearly 50-year old battery technology with ARPA-A award, recent acquisition of Beta Research and new funding by At One Ventures.

Bluetti, a US solar and storage specialist, has developed a modular 7,600 W lithium iron phosphate battery system for residential settings, with 9.9 kWh to 19.8 kWh of flexible energy storage capacity.

The selected developers can set up solar projects anywhere in India, as long as these are connected to the interstate transmission system.

The state-run power producer has also tendered the EPC package for 630 MW of solar power projects.

Larsen & Toubro has presence across green hydrogen project development/EPC, electrolyzer manufacturing, and battery cell manufacturing. As a hydrogen council member, the company intends to foster collaboration within the hydrogen industry. 

Gujarat-based KOSOL Energie has added a new 1 GW production line that will produce TOPCon solar modules ranging from 580 Wp up to 715 Wp, in both mono-facial and bifacial variants.

Germany’s HPS Home Power Solutions says its new 15 kW system uses surplus power from PV installations to produce hydrogen via electrolysis.

Will a redeployable solar and energy storage solution be the answer to unreliable grid electricity across much of Africa, as its developer proposes? Or will it merely be a temporary solution that will see cash-strapped utilities kick the can of universal energy access further down the road?

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed Longi’s achievement of a world record-breaking efficiency rating of 33.9% for a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell.