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.
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.
AmpIn Energy appoints Amit Kumar Mittal as COO-C&I Business
Amit Kumar Mittal has previously worked with Radiance Renewables, First Solar, Reliance Power, and Nuclear Power Corp.
Serentica Renewables advances 1.5 GW round-the-clock renewable power project
Serentica Renewables has deployed the first set of solar PV modules and wind turbines under its project to deliver 1.5 GW of round-the-clock renewable power to industrial consumers.
Solar Yaan unveils three-phase string inverters for commercial PV
India’s Howd Innovations (Solar Yaan) has launched three-phase string inverters with capacities ranging from 5 kW to 25 kW.
KPIT unveils sodium-ion battery with energy density of up to 170 Wh/kg
KPIT, an India-based automotive software and engineering solutions supplier, has unveiled its proprietary sodium-ion battery technology, and is now on the lookout for manufacturing partners. Ravi Pandit, chairman of KPIT, tells pv magazine, that that the company has developed multiple variants with energy density ranging from 100 Wh/kg to 170 Wh/kg, and potentially reaching 220 Wh/kg.
