Inverted Energy opens 100 MWh lithium battery plant
The lithium battery assembly facility at Okhla, New Delhi, would initially produce batteries for energy storage in residential, commercial and industrial sectors, and for electric mobility applications. The plan is to eventually cater to critical applications like telecom and healthcare as well.
Electric vehicle adoption in India will be led by three-wheelers
Electric vehicles will account for 65-75% of new three-wheeler (3W) sales by 2030. Intra-city transport buses will see 25-40% EV penetration and two-wheelers 25-35%. In four-wheeler passenger vehicles, the market will be driven by shared mobility, while just 10-15% of new car sales for personal mobility will be electric.
The best PV module cooling technique
An international research team has analyzed all existing cooling technologies for PV panels and has indicated the current best options and future trends of research. According to its findings, active water cooling, although expensive and not particularly practical, is the most effective cooling technique while passive cooling systems, despite being easy to apply, have still limited possibilities.
Best Power Equipments bets on solar
The electronics manufacturer says it will switch focus to solar panels and lithium battery storage as it launches an inverter series for rooftop PV.
REIL tenders for supply of 200,000 multi-crystalline silicon solar cells
Manufacturers are invited to supply 100,000 quantities of 4.5W (4-/5-busbar) and 4.60W (5-busbar) cells each. Bidding closes on November 3.
RenewSys launches 505Wp solar modules
The Indian solar manufacturer has unveiled the DESERV Galactic Ultra series, which features the world’s first mono-facial modules to cross a peak output of 500 W using G1-sized (158.75mm) cells.
REIL seeks bifacial and mono PERC solar cells
November 10 is the bidding deadline for the supply of 50,000 bifacial cells with a peak power rating of 5W and 100,000 mono PERC cells (50,000 of 7Wp and 10Wp each).
Conformity assessment of solar PV panels in India
Quality of testing is equally important even as new test labs come up for solar modules. Proper equipment selection and frequent calibration of equipment are prerequisites to ensure the credibility of the test results.
The long read: The cracks are showing
Finding tiny cracks in a silicon solar cell is not that easy, particularly given that these cracks initially have little or no effect on module performance. But a number of common occurrences in a module’s lifetime can cause cracks to grow, rendering whole areas of a cell useless. And this is increasingly being recognized as one of the most significant risks to module reliability – one which the PV industry is hard at work to mitigate.
Manufacturing a green solar bounce in India
The nation must look at innovative PV technologies that are low-cost and can be applied in a vast range of new applications.
