IIT Kanpur, Lohum collaborate on lithium battery testing for safety and sustainability
IIT Kanpur and Lohum will work together to advance lithium-ion battery testing technology and techniques for evaluating battery raw material quality. Lohum will additionally sponsor R&D labs at IIT Kanpur, provide a research fellowship to Ph.D. students, and help IITK commercialize its research outcomes.
Solar Ladder raises INR 11 crore in seed funding
Solar Ladder co-founder Abhishek Pillai told pv magazine they would use the funding to market and increase the sales of their software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to PV installers pan India. The company also plans to expand its customer support team.
REC lists $750 million green bonds on international stock exchanges at GIFT City
The green bond issuance was over-subscribed around 3.5 times from 161 investors.
MAHAPREIT, GEAPP partner on 1 GW of solar projects in Maharashtra
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to implement 1 GW of solar projects across Maharashtra.
Commissioning extension for solar projects only on case-by-case basis, says MNRE
Solar Energy Corp. of India, NTPC, and NHPC would examine developers’ requests for an extension to their solar and wind-solar projects on a case-by-case basis. The extension would be granted only if the developer has taken all possible measures to implement the project (such as land acquisition and order for module/balance-of-system supply) but couldn’t complete it for reasons beyond his control.
Exide targets 12 GWh of li-ion cell capacity by 2027
Gayatri Dadheech, chief technology officer at Exide Industries Ltd, told pv magazine their first-phase 6 GWh lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity in India would become operational by December next year and will produce lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) and nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cells. The following 6 GWh, targeted by 2027, could be based on advanced lithium-ion, solid-state, or other battery technology.
Adani Green Energy doubles profit in FY 2022-23
Adani Green Energy has reported a profit after tax of INR 973 crore in FY 2022-23, almost 100% up from INR 489 crore in FY 2021-22.
What’s cooking in a farmhouse factory
Kunwer Sachdev, the founder of Su-kam brand inverters in India, has converted his farmhouse in Gurugram into an R&D and manufacturing facility for new-age solar and lithium battery storage products under his new venture Su-vastika Systems. He speaks to pv magazine about their offerings including mobile energy storage, lithium battery tester, solar inverters, and more.
GAIL to enter solar manufacturing
India’s largest natural gas company plans to partner with an undisclosed company to undertake vertically integrated solar manufacturing.
People on the move: Longi Hydrogen and Hygenco
Gaurav Gaba has joined Longi Hydrogen as sales director. Shashank Adlakha is starting a new position as a chief operating officer at Hygenco -The Hydrogen Company.
