Cleantech Solar to help Siemens cut carbon footprint
The ‘captive mode’ solar plant installed by Cleantech Solar shall power Siemens’ manufacturing facility located at Kalwa in Maharashtra.
Belectric commissions 250 MW solar farm in Rajasthan
The German EPC player has hit the 1 GWp milestone of installed PV capacity in India with the delivery of a 250 MW solar plant for Fortum. Around 40% of the plant is equipped with high-performance bifacial modules.
Analyzing the opportunity for perovskite solar module production in India
Scientists in India conducted a techno-economic analysis for a 100 MW production line for carbon-electrode perovskite solar modules, located in Himachal Pradesh, India. The analysis concludes that, even at the smaller scale, this emerging technology could achieve cost levels comparable with today’s silicon solar products.
India commits to net-zero by 2070
At COP26 Summit in Glasgow, prime minister Narendra Modi also announced India’s pledge to increase its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. The nation would also increase renewable energy’s share in its overall energy generation mix to 50% by 2030.
Sungrow hits 10 GW of solar inverter shipments in India
The Chinese inverter company has shipped more than 10 GW of solar inverters in India since it began its operations in the market in 2014.
SECI tenders 1.2 GW wind-solar hybrid projects
Developers have until December 6 to bid for setting up a cumulative 1.2 GW of wind-solar hybrid capacity on a build-own-operate basis anywhere in India.
Sterling and Wilson Solar appoints India head for solar EPC business
The Indian multinational has elevated Shilpa Urhekar to the position of national head-India for its solar EPC business.
Solliance hits 29.2% efficiency on perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell
The Solliance consortium has built a solar cell in a four-terminal tandem configuration that combines a 17.8%-efficient highly near-infrared transparent perovskite cell with a prototype of an 11.4%-efficient c-Si interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction cell developed by Panasonic.
Should I include a battery with my home solar project?
An increasing share of residential solar arrays now include energy storage batteries. In this article, costs, benefits and timing of these batteries are evaluated.
China power crisis hits Indian solar projects
After the ravages of Covid-19, electricity shortages in China have now raised costs for its solar manufacturers, with knock-on effects for developers in India too, again highlighting the dangers of relying on a single solar supply chain.
