Avaada Group commits $12 billion to renewables, storage in Rajasthan
Avaada Group plans INR 1 lakh crore ($12 billion) investment to set up a 1.2 GW pumped hydro storage project, a 1 mtpa green ammonia project, a 1 GW wind power project, and a 10 GW solar power project in Rajasthan.
Vikram Solar files draft papers for IPO
Vikram Solar, which currently has a module manufacturing capacity of 3.5 GW, intends to use majority of the net proceeds from the public issue to establish a new PV module manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu with a capacity of 6 GW (including 3 GW backward integrated to manufacture PV cells).
IIT Roorkee researchers develop silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 28%
A research group at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has fabricated 4-terminal silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 28%. The team is now scaling up this technology to match 18.2 cm x 18.2 cm, commercial M10 solar cells dimension.
SJVN launches 1.5 GW/6 GWh renewables-plus-storage tender
SJVN has issued a tender to set up 1.5 GW of renewable energy projects backed with energy storage systems for assured peak supply of 6 GWh.
The shifting sands of PV module supply
Chinese solar manufacturing capacity faces a downturn that is unlikely to translate into growth in other regions, writes S&P’s Edurne Zoco.
Ireland in line for 1 GWh iron-air battery storage project
In what could be Europe’s first, FuturEnergy Ireland has proposed a project that could store energy for up to 100 hours and be operational for 30 years.
Three Adani portfolio companies join World Economic Forum’s ‘Transitioning Industrial Clusters’ initiative
The Adani Mundra Cluster comprising Adani Enterprises Ltd (through its arm Adani New Industries Ltd), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), and Ambuja Cements Ltd joins an international community of 23 industrial clusters collaborating to advance decarbonization.
Solex Energy targets 5 GW of solar cell and 15 GW of panel manufacturing capacity by 2030
Gujarat-based Solex Energy plans to invest INR 8,000 crore by 2030 to achieve 5 GW of solar PV cell manufacturing capacity and 15 GW of module capacity.
The Hydrogen Stream: Hygenco launches 1.1 GW renewable energy tender for green ammonia project
Hygenco Green Energies has invited bids for over 1,125 MW of renewable energy to support its upcoming green ammonia project. The company intends to procure 625 MW from solar PV projects and 500 MW through wind power.
How will PV’s intellectual-property scuffles shake out?
Lawyers are doing brisk business as tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar technology moves into the mainstream. A series of patent infringement cases have been launched in the United States and Europe and their impacts are reverberating through the marketplace. How likely is it that winners will emerge?
