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As part of our Intersolar 2024 interview series, pv magazine spoke with Yana Hryshko, head of Solar Supply Chain Research for Wood Mackenzie, about overcapacity, declining panel prices and expected PV demand for the next years. She revealed that Chinese module procurement schemes are currently seeing unprecedented, “ridiculously” low bids, but she also noted that the $0.08/W threshold may now be difficult to exceed. Hryshko also expects many manufacturers to backpedal on previously announced capacity expansion plans and renegotiate module supply contracts.

JSW Neo Energy, an arm of JSW Energy, has secured a 300 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected wind-solar hybrid power project from Solar Energy Corp. of India Ltd.

Until now, balcony inverters were mostly simple micro inverters, with batteries integrated via MC4 connectors. A hybrid inverter should improve this situation.

SunSource Energy has switched on three solar power plants with a combined capacity of 45 MWp in Uttar Pradesh. Power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the entire 45 MWDC capacity have been signed with clients across industry verticals.

The hydrogen economy in India is expected to undergo vast development in the coming years owing to government support and industry funding.

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (KPIL) has secured orders in the transmission & distribution (T&D) business in India and overseas markets, in addition to EPC order for an industrial plant in the metal industry and residential building order in India.

NTPC has invited bids for green hydrogen fuel cell locomotives for operation at the merry-go-round rail system of NTPC Sipat.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a new silver-free adhesive for shingled solar cells. The novel adhesive is based the PEDOT:PSS polymer and can reportedly reduce silver consumption to approximately 6.3 mg/W.

In May 2024, high-efficiency panels, predominantly glass-glass modules equipped with tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cells began to converge on price with mainstream offerings, writes Martin Schachinger, of pvXchange. Production volumes for these negatively-doped, “n-type” cells and modules have been ramped up in China while the increasingly restrictive customs situation in the United States may already be having an impact. For the European market, ever-lower prices for the latest module technology would suggest that demand would continue to rise were it not for a number of disruptive factors.

Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd has secured the technology license from China’s Gotion High-Tech to manufacture lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) battery cells in both cylindrical and prismatic form factors.