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Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd is accepting bids from domestic manufacturers to supply 1,540 quantities of 660±4 Wp mono PERC modules. Bidding is open until February 21.

The Mumbai-headquartered manufacturer is expanding its solar module manufacturing capacity to 12 GW from 9 GW at present. The new addition will start production by March.

Ketan Chitnis, vice president of the stationary storage business unit at Nexcharge, has joined L&T Power as head of Li-ion and other cell chemistries. Vinay Pabba, the founder of VARP Power and a former chief operating officer at Greenko, has been appointed as the new COO of Vibrant Energy.

Adani Solar, Jakson, Premier Energies, Vikram Solar, Waaree and other Indian manufacturers are showcasing their high-output modules (from 500 W to 600+ W) at this year’s Renewable Energy India Expo 2021.

Waaree solar panels installed on all four facades of CtrlS datacenter facility in Mumbai cover over 50,000 square feet of facade area and generate about 1 MW of power.

A new, non-destructive technique has been proposed by researchers who say identifying early-stage discoloration in EVA encapsulants can help detect degradation in solar panels before power output is affected. The IIT Bombay group used an ultraviolet accelerated aging test during 34 days on three encapsulant samples.

The emerging startup has become the second Indian module manufacturer to launch AC panels integrated with Enphase microinverters, after Waaree announced its partnership with Enphase in 2007.

ReNew Power Ventures, which is backed by Goldman Sachs, is exploring an opportunity to acquire the solar assets of Waaree Energies ahead of a planned IPO, reports Mint.