PFC Consulting allocates 1.25 GW of solar for $0.030/kWh
NTPC Renewable Energy has secured 900 MW in PFC Consulting’s 1.25 GW solar auction. Acme Cleantech won 300 MW and Solarcraft 50 MW.
SECI wraps up 1 GW solar tender with $0.030/kWh tariff
Avaada, ReNew, Sprng Energy, and Solarcraft (Blupine) have emerged winners in Solar Energy Corp. of India’s 1 GW solar PV auction.
Oil India Ltd invites bids for 1 MW green hydrogen plant
Oil India Ltd has invited domestic bids to establish a 1 MW plant in Himachal Pradesh to produce high-purity (99.999%) green hydrogen for commercial use.
RenewSys launches encapsulant for n-type TOPCon solar PV Cells
RenewSys says its Conserv E–NT POE (polyolefin elastomer) encapsulant is specially designed to prevent the degradation of n-type TOPCon solar modules in field operations. The encapsulant suits both glass-glass and glass-backsheet TOPCon panels.
Solar bike paths go online in Netherlands
Two new PV bike-path projects are now operating in the Netherlands under an initiative launched in 2018 by Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch water management agency.
ISC Konstanz claims 24% efficiency for tunnel back contact solar cell
ISC Konstanz researchers say their new n-type tunnel back contact (TBC) solar cell features polycrystalline silicon TOPCon contacts on both polarities. The results still need to be confirmed by an independent third party.
Waaree Energies announces plans for 5 GW solar cell, module facility in USA
Waaree Energies will build a solar module manufacturing facility with an initial capacity of 3 GW per year by Dec. 2024. It plans to ramp up the fab’s module capacity to 5 GW with an integrated 5 GW cell facility by 2027. The company has already secured an offtake contract with SB Energy.
C4V, Hindalco sign MoU on aluminum foil for lithium-ion battery cells
Hindalco will provide up to 2,000 tons of battery foil to C4V for lithium-ion cells, over a five-year period.
India has awarded more than 8 GW of utility-scale energy storage in tenders as of November
A new report by IEEFA and JMK Research says energy storage systems are poised to attract the highest investment of all emerging renewable energy sectors this decade, concurrent with the increasing penetration of renewable energy in the nation’s electricity grid.
India exported solar modules worth $1,136 million in April-October this year
India’s solar PV module exports in the April-October period of the current fiscal 2023-24 have surpassed module exports in the twelve months of the last fiscal.
