World: Solar PV LCOE expected to slide to $0.021/kWh by 2050, says DNV
By mid-century the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar PV will be $0.021/kWh, a new report by risk management company DNV predicts. The learning rate for solar is predicted to decrease from 26% to 17% by 2050.
Grew expanding solar module capacity to 6 GW, adding 2.8 GW of ingots-to-cells production lines
Chiripal Group’s Grew, which currently has 1.2 GW of solar module capacity, is adding 4.8 GW of new production lines. It is also setting up 2.8 GW of ingots, wafers and cells manufacturing capacity under PLI scheme.
Birla Carbon acquires Belgian nanotube manufacturer to drive growth in lithium battery materials
Birla Carbon has acquired Belgium’s carbon nanotube manufacturer Nanocyl as it looks to establish a leadership position in materials critical to lithium-ion battery performance.
How women are driving the sustainable energy transition
The sustainable energy transition transcends the ambit of technological change; it is, fundamentally, a societal transformation. Women, constituting half of the global population, assume an unequivocally vital role in this paradigm shift.
Airtouch Solar India wins REI 2023 award for product innovation
Airtouch Solar manufactures and sells its autonomous, water-free PV panel cleaning products and services in Israel and India. The company has won significant orders for its recently launched Airtouch AT 4.0 solution with leading Indian developers including Adani Green Energy and ReNew.
Sunpure secures robotic cleaning contract for 107 MW solar in Maharashtra
China’s Sunpure will supply around 200 water-free robotic cleaning systems for Juniper Green Energy’s 107 MW solar project in Maharashtra.
The Hydrogen Stream: India, Saudi Arabia sign hydrogen agreement
India and Saudi Arabia have agreed to develop electrical interconnections and low-carbon hydrogen, while Masdar has partnered with Boeing ion the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry.
JinkoSolar ships 52 GW in first 9 months of 2023
JinkoSolar says it shipped 52 GW of PV modules in the first nine months of 2023, bringing its total shipments to 190 GW since its foundation.
RSOLEC announces plans for 5 GW solar wafer fab with an expansion roadmap to 20 GW in India
Renaissance Solar and Electronic Materials (RSOLEC) has announced its plans for solar crystal growth and wafer production in India. The company will initially set up a 5 GW per annum facility and plans expansion to exceed 20 GW capacity in the long term.
Reducing solar module temperature via dew-point evaporative cooling
Japanese scientists have designed a cooling system that reduces the solar panel operating temperature at the air inlet of the module. It consists of a dew-point evaporative cooler that supplies the near-saturation air to wet air channels that are attached to the back of a PV panel.
