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Leading EV manufacturers and battery suppliers in India are increasingly adopting Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery technology for entry-level and mid-range EVs. This is due to a balance of cost, safety, and durability that fits the Indian market’s practical needs. 

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of 4,500 off-grid solar photovoltaic water pumping systems across Maharashtra under Component-B of the PM-KUSUM scheme.  The turnkey project also includes a comprehensive five-year maintenance contract.

A European research team has assessed the levelized cost of hydrogen across 31 African countries and has concluded that importing green hydrogen from Africa to European is economically unfeasible by 2030, with prices ranging from $10.2/kg to $3.8/kg.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has been included in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) with its high-efficiency heterojunction (HJT) solar modules, featuring efficiencies of up to 23.12%.

The United States continues to dominate the solar tracker mount market, with Nextracker securing the top spot globally in 2024.

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) has secured its first 50 MW round-the-clock (RTC) power project from Solar Energy Corp. of India Ltd (SECI).

The joint venture company, CIL Rajasthan Akshay Urja Ltd, will develop, construct, and operate solar, wind, pumped storage, and other renewable energy projects. The power generated will be sold to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd under Section 62 of the Electricity Act, 2003, or to other eligible entities.

SEPC Ltd (formerly Shriram EPC Ltd) has secured the EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contract of a 133 MW AC solar power project in Maharashtra. The project has been awarded by Parmeshi Urja Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kolkata-based integrated power utility India Power Corp. Ltd (IPCL).

In the solar energy sector, P50, P90, and P99 represent the probability that a project will generate at least a certain amount of electricity in a given year. This article explains what these probabilities mean, why they are important, how they are calculated, and how to use them.

The researchers said they optimized the low-bandgap inverted perovskite cells through a passivating aluminum oxide (Al2O3) interlayer deposited via atomic layer deposition (ALD), which significantly helped improve device efficiency.