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Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has been appointed as owner’s engineer for Adani Group’s 30,000 MTPA polysilicon and 500 MTPA monosilane project in Gujarat.

South African researchers have developed a new cleaning system for solar panels that uses a color-sensing light-to-frequency converter to detect dirt. It can reportedly remove around 95% of the dust from a PV panel in less than a minute, at a lower cost than other systems.

This is the largest single solar order received by the Gujarat-based developer.

India is long way behind its rooftop solar target of 40 GW by 2022 with just 10.4 GW installed till September (Source: Bridge To India). Amplus Solar team speaks to pv magazine about factors holding back rooftop solar development in India.

An Italian startup has created a fully recyclable sticker that can be used to cover solar panels on rooftops or facades. It replicates high-definition images that can help to improve the aesthetics of solar arrays or turn PV facades into advertising billboards.

German manufacturer Kopp has developed an easy-to-install, four-module foldable PV array. The system uses n-type TOPCon solar modules with outputs of 430 W and efficiency ratings of 22.02%

The $50 million electrolyzer factory is expected to start production in 2023. It will produce all four types of commercially available electrolyzers.

The carmaker will invest around INR 10,000 crore ($1.21 billion) over a period of 7-8 years to set up the manufacturing facility for its upcoming Born Electric Vehicles.

The Mumbai-headquartered lithium battery manufacturer plans working capital finance of INR 35 crore and equity investment of INR 15 crore to increase production capacity and fulfil orders from large OEMs.

Servotech Power Systems will deploy a 5 kW solar carport paired with lithium battery storage and two 11 kW DC fast EV chargers at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) premises in Delhi.