Solar is wrongly perceived by some people to be an area-intensive energy generation technology requiring much more space than conventional fossil-fuel power plants.The area of solar panel per person needed to provide all required energy is simply estimated. Typically, developed countries such as the United...
Read MoreSwiss PV manufacturer Meyer Burger hit its 321 MW production volume target last year, and its expansion into the gigawatt scale is already underway, as it recently completed two additional purchase agreements with major customers. It has also applied for hundreds of millions of funding...
Read MoreIndia reached 7.7 GW of cumulative installed open-access solar capacity as of Dec. 31, 2022, with a record annual addition of 2.5 GW during the Jan.-Dec. period in 2022. India added 2.5 GW of open-access solar capacity in 2022, an increase of 92% over 1.3 GW...
Read MoreUsing some of India’s existing gas-based power capacity as peaking plants would be more economical than the other options in the short-term market for peak power supply. Gas-based power plants can provide ancillary services to maintain the grid’s power quality, reliability, and security as renewable...
Read MoreHuasun has switched on the manufacturing lines for its new heterojunction module factory in China's Anhui province.Huasun has started manufacturing activities at its heterojunction (HJT) solar cell factory in Xuancheng, in China's Anhui province. The new factory will have an annual capacity of 2.4 GW and...
Read MoreMitsubishi Electric has developed an air-source heat pump that uses propane (R290) as the refrigerant. It can produce between 5 kW and 8.5 kW of heat and domestic hot water to a temperature of up to 75 C.Mitsubishi Electric has unveiled an air-source heat pump...
Read MoreMarch 14 is the deadline to lodge an interest in installing and commissioning grid-connected rooftop solar plants in various sizes for residential consumers in the State.Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corp Ltd (TSREDCO) is looking to empanel EPC contractors for an aggregate 50 MW of...
Read MoreAdani Green Energy Ltd has commissioned a 700 MW wind-solar hybrid plant in Rajasthan. With this, its operating renewable portfolio has now reached 8,024 MW, the largest in India.Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the renewables arm of the Adani Group, has announced its 700 MW...
Read MoreFuturaSun, an Italian solar panel manufacturer, has acquired land for its new 2 GW solar module plant in an industrial area near Padua, Italy.FuturaSun has announced plans to build a 2 GW solar module factory in Cittadella, Veneto, Italy. It said it will initially invest...
Read MoreScientists in China have fabricated a Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite solar cell based on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as the organic spacer cation. They claim this innovation offers higher power conversion efficiency and outstanding stability.Scientists at Zhengzhou University in China have designed a solar cell based on low-dimensional...
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