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The state-owned hydropower producer won the 83 MW floating solar project at a tariff of INR 3.70 ($0.046)/kWh, in a competitive auction conducted by REWA Ultra Mega Solar Ltd.

Faced with undulating terrains, solar PV companies are leveraging modern technologies to achieve terrain flexibility across challenging sites to deliver unmatched efficiency improvement and bring production gains to solar projects.

KU Leuven researchers have developed rooftop panels that capture both solar power and water from the air. Like traditional PV modules, hydrogen panels are also connected, but via gas tubes instead of electric cables. The researchers are now preparing to bring the tech to the mass market via a spinoff company.

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has signed a $10 million grant agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to boost the deployment of solar energy in developing countries.

A new report says solar generation helped seven Asian countries avoid $34 billion in fossil fuel costs in the first half of 2022. The majority of these savings were in China ($21 billion). Japan avoided $5.6 billion in fossil fuel costs and India saved $4.2 billion.

Corporations in the Asia-Pacific region are set to contract a record 7 GW of renewable capacity in 2022, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. Solar accounts for 57% of the region’s contracted corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) to date. India, Australia and Taiwan account for 89% of overall capacity in the region.

French developer VSN Energies Nouvelles was able to almost double the capacity of one of its PV projects due to technological advances such as high-powered panels and new plant design concepts.

Mahindra & Mahindra has incorporated Emergent Solren as a wholly-owned subsidiary of its arm Mahindra Holdings.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has secured the letter of award to build a 150 MW solar project in the Solapur district. The project was awarded by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corp. Ltd.

The power trading solution provider’s call for expression of interest to supply 1 GW of hybrid wind-solar power received a response from 14 renewable energy developers, including domestic as well as international players.