World’s largest vertical rooftop PV system deployed on Norway’s national football stadium
Norwegian vertical PV system provider Over Easy Solar deployed a 248.4 kW installation on Norway’s national football stadium. The system features over 1,200 vertical photovoltaic panels developed by Over Easy Solar itself.
SECI launches 2 GW solar, storage tender
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) is accepting bids to set up 2 GW of solar PV power projects with 1 GW/4 GWh energy storage systems on a build-own-operate basis. The projects can be located anywhere in India and must connect to the interstate transmission system. Bidding closes on Sept. 2.
Oorja raises $1.5 million to scale its solar farming-as-a-service model
Oorja owns, operates and maintains decentralised solar infrastructure at the farm level and sells solar-powered irrigation, milling and cooling services to smallholder farmers on a pay-per-use basis.
Hail risk may bring financial instability to solar projects
To ensure sustainability and financial viability, the solar industry needs a critical reevaluation and enhancement of both technical protective measures and financial risk management practices for solar installations in hail-prone regions.
Can the grid cope with the surge in electricity demand?
The grid needs to modernize to meet a booming demand for electricity, which is only predicted to grow even further in coming years. IEC Standards are key to help with the transition.
Dynamic Services to develop 100 MW solar plant in Manipur
Dynamic Services & Security Ltd has signed an agreement with Sungevity Enterprises to develop a 100 MW solar power plant in Manipur, India, through a special purpose vehicle. Dynamic will own 85% of the equity in the SPV.
Sunsure Energy starts solar power supply to APL Apollo in Uttar Pradesh
Sunsure will supply 10.5 million units of solar power annually to Apollo Pipes and Apollo Metalex from its PV plant in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, helping both the companies to meet over 50% of their power requirement with clean, renewable energy.
India can leverage its solar and storage edge to avoid power shortages
Large-scale solar + storage deployment is the main option left to avoid power shortages, as they can be deployed much faster than new thermal and hydro assets. Recent gigawatt-scale solar + storage auction results, with a record low price of INR 3.4/kWh, show that such deployment will be highly economical, says a new study from the University of California’s India Energy and Climate Center.
AI-enabled solar installation robot
Maximo the robot will soon help to construct the 2 GW Bellefield solar project in California.
Waaree Renewable Q1 profit up 209% YoY
Waaree Renewable Technologies, the solar EPC arm of Waaree Group, has reported a revenue of INR 236.35 crore and net profit of INR 28.16 crore for the first quarter of FY 2024-25.
