Israel to build energy communities in villages destroyed by Hamas
Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure says it is currently developing a multi-year program for communities attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7. It aims to deploy 5 GW of energy in the destroyed areas, once residents return.
HPCL targets 2.4 GW renewables, 16,870 tpa green hydrogen capacity by 2027-28
The oil and natural gas major will make a capital investment of INR 75,000 crore over the next five years with up to 30% of the amount going into the renewables and gas segment.
Germany’s January-October solar capacity additions hit 11.7 GW
Germany installed 11.7 GW of new solar capacity between January and October 2023, with 1.23 GW added in October alone, bringing the nation’s cumulative installed solar capacity to 79.2 GW.
Western Coalfields Ltd plans 35 MW of solar plants for self-consumption
CIL Navikarniya Urja Ltd, on behalf of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), has invited bids to set up 35 MW of solar plants at WCL’s three sites in Maharashtra.
Statkraft bets on mix of renewables for hydrogen production
Statkraft used actual production data from wind and solar farms in Spain to study the feasibility and bankability of hydrogen projects. For a 1 MW electrolyzer to achieve a 40% utilization rate, five times more solar capacity would be needed, it said.
‘Cool roofs’ increase power yield in bifacial rooftop PV systems
A Spanish-Algerian reserch group has tested how “cool roofs” could help increase power yield in rootop bifacial PV systems. Cool roofs are based on coating materials with high reflectance properties.
Enphase launches commercial scale microinverter
The IQ8-3P solar microinverter enables peak power output of up to 480 W.
Tata Power Renewable Energy surpasses 1.4 GW of group captive capacity
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has signed power delivery agreements with multiple industrial groups for a cumulative capacity of over 1.4 GW in the last seven months.
New MPPT approach for multi-string PV systems under partial shading
Egyptian researchers have developed a multi-string PV system with a converter control strategy, achieving 99.81% efficiency with a direct duty cycle for maximum power point tracking (MPPT).
Fenice Energy introduces micro-inverters for high-power solar panels
Fenice Energy, formerly SunEdison, has launched single-phase and three-phase micro-inverters for residential and commercial solar installations, respectively. With a maximum input current of 20A, the micro-inverters support up to 670 Wp+ PV modules.
