Ravi Verma, senior executive vice president at Avaada, told pv magazine that the Group would invest $5 billion into setting up an integrated green hydrogen and ammonia plant with 6 GW of captive renewable energy capacity in the state. The green ammonia facility will have...
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The European Commission has an eye on the potential acquisition of Groendus by public retirement funds in the Netherlands and Canada.Dutch non-residential rooftop solar company Groendus is set to be sold by its private equity company owner to two public pension funds, although the move...
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Haryana-headquartered Saatvik Solar has appointed Photovoltaic Solar to handle retail distribution of its PV panels in the Indian market.Haryana-based Saatvik Solar has selected Vadodara-headquartered Photovoltaic Solar to oversee retail distribution of its PV panels in the Indian market.
The manufacturer currently operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit...
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Evolar, a Swedish manufacturing startup, has put its perovskite cell technology through industry-standard accelerated reliability testing. It said its results show that the cells would likely remain stable for more than 25 years in the field.Perovskite solar cells have no doubt caught the solar industry’s...
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Researchers in South Korea have reported success in developing large-area, indium tin oxide-free, flexible organic solar cells. Their zinc oxide bilayer-based organic solar cells demonstrated an efficiency of 7.67% for a module area of 528 square centimeters.Organic solar cells (OSCs) have long been regarded as...
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India has surpassed 10 GW of overall renewables capacity installed for offtake through open access. India’s installed base of “open-access” renewables capacity grew to 10 GW by the end of fiscal 2021-22, from around 300 MW in 2009. Two-thirds of the 10 GW capacity was commissioned...
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Scientists in Japan have developed black glasses grafted silicon microparticles as a negative electrode material to improve lithium-ion battery performance.While its abundance and high gravimetric capacity make it a good fit for highly efficient metal ion batteries, the use of silicon as an electrode material...
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Rajasthan-headquartered Rays Power Infra has commissioned a 150 MW (DC) solar plant in Raichur and Koppal, Karnataka.Rays Power Infra has commissioned a 150 MW grid-connected solar power plant in the Raichur and Koppal districts of Karnataka. The solar developer expects the project to produce 2,40,000...
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JSW Energy, a private-sector power producer, has revealed that its green energy arm has signed an agreement to acquire 1.33 GW of wind and 422 MW of solar assets from Mytrah Energy. The assets are spread across nine states in India.JSW Neo Energy, the green...
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Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have investigated gallium-doping in p-type silicon wafers as a route to better performance. Testing these specially produced p-type wafers in TOPCon and heterojunction cell architectures, which several major PV cell manufacturers are gearing up to...
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