Polycab unveils grid-tie string solar inverters
Polycab has unveiled compact-size, light-weight grid-tie string solar inverters with power ranging from 1 to 5 kW, a maximum efficiency of 98.1%, and total harmonic distortion below 1.5%.
Edelweiss energy InvIT raises $282 million
Edelweiss’ energy infrastructure investment trust, AnZen, will invest in a diversified portfolio of energy assets including transmission lines and renewable power projects to provide long-term predictable yield and growth to its investors.
Hydrogen, carbon prices and electricity markets
The hydrogen economy, particularly green hydrogen, has a long growth path ahead.
Israel’s Phinergy to present Tata car powered by its aluminum-air battery
The electric car powered by Phinergy aluminum-air battery will be on display in Auto Expo India 2023 at the booth of IOC Phinergy (IOP), a joint venture of Phinergy and State-run fossil fuel giant Indian Oil Corp.
Sembcorp acquires Vector Green
Sembcorp Green Infra has signed the agreement to acquire Mumbai-based renewable power producer Vector Green, which has a cumulative 583 MW of solar and wind portfolio in India.
Assam tenders 100 MW floating solar, 50 MW ground-mount PV projects
Assam Power Distribution Co. Ltd has issued two separate tenders to develop 100 MW of floating solar and 50 MW ground-mount PV projects in the state. The projects are to be developed on a build-own-operate basis.
TotalEnergies ENEOS completes rooftop solar plant in India
TotalEnergies ENEOS, a distributed solar joint venture of TotalEnergies and ENEOS, has installed a 1 MW rooftop solar plant for Yanmar’s industrial engine production facility in India.
Uttar Pradesh targets 22 GW of solar in next five years
The state government has announced its Solar Policy 2022, which places a special focus on the setting up of solar parks with storage systems. The policy also provides big incentives for the adotion of rooftop solar systems and the solarization of tubewells for agriculture.
All-perovskite two-terminal tandem solar cell tech with 32.3% efficiency
Indian scientists have designed a new all-perovskite tandem solar cell configuration that can reportedly achieve higher efficiencies than similar devices built with the same materials. The top perovskite cell has a wide bandgap of 1.75 eV and the bottom perovskite cell has a bandgap of 1.25 eV.
ReNew Power to build $8 billion green hydrogen plant in Egypt
Developer ReNew Power has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Government to establish a green hydrogen plant in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. The $8 billion project will produce 220,000 tons of green hydrogen per year.
