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86% of New Clean Power Capacity Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels in 2023: IRENA

Renewable energy costs have decreased in 2023, making clean energy sources more economically viable than fossil fuels. This reflects the broader progress in the global...

September 26, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Markets & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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Levelized Cost Of Energy Primary Driver For Choosing Right Solar Inverter Size

As solar power installations continue to grow, it has become crucial to optimally size the solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters to maintain their efficiency and performance...

December 14, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Inverters & BOS

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Solar
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Offshore Wind Reaches Cost Parity with Coal Fueled by China’s Thriving Market: Report

Over the past six months, new-build offshore wind and storage project costs have experienced 2% and 12% reductions, respectively, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF)....

June 19, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: SAEL, Avaada Win MSEDCL’s 500 MW Solar Auction

SAEL Industries and Avaada Energy have won Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company’s auction to supply 500 MW of solar power from intrastate grid-connected...

April 14, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Inverters with Higher Input Current Needed to Match the New High-Power Solar Modules

Mercom hosted a webinar to discuss ‘How to Maximize Power Generation From Various Modules With the Right Inverter.’ The webinar shed light on the...

June 23, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Inverters & BOS

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Solar
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Rooftop Solar Plus Storage Can Save C&I Consumers from Power Cuts

India is staring at a power crisis as coal stocks at thermal plants are depleting. The Power and Coal ministries, on their part, have said that the fears of a crisis are...

November 5, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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US Had a Pipeline of 160 GW for Solar Projects With Battery Storage at the End of 2020

According to a recently released report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the pipeline of solar capacity in the U.S. at the end of 2020 was around 460 GW....

October 8, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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It is Still Early Days for New Solar Module Technologies to Gain Wider Acceptance

Mercom hosted a webinar on September 8, 2021, to discuss the impact of the rapidly changing module manufacturing landscape on the project’s levelized cost of...

September 9, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Struggling Solar MSMEs Want a Technology Upgradation Fund for Manufacturing

While the government has come up with several protectionist policies to give impetus to the manufacturing sector in the solar space, the deck is stacked against the...

August 3, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Micro-Crack Problems in Solar Modules and Methods to Identify Them

String inverter supplier Solis has underlined three important factors that could affect the performance of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules –...

June 30, 2021

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Staff

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Other

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Sponsored News
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Renewable Cost Drop Leaves 80% Coal Plants Uneconomical in the US: Report

A new report titled the ‘Coal Cost Crossover 2.0‘ published by energy and climate policy firm Energy Innovation has noted that 80% of the coal-fired power...

May 20, 2021

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Srinwanti Das

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Other

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Other Energy
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Site-Specific Information Critical in Yield Assessment for Solar Projects: Report

The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its IEA Photovoltaic Power System (PVPS) Task 13 report, has said that the main challenge in long-term yield assessment for...

February 13, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Power to Cost 15% to 25% Less in the Upcoming Decade: Report

The cost of solar power has declined 90% over the past two decades, and it is expected to go down another 15% to 25% in the upcoming decade, Wood Mackenzie said in a new...

January 27, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Combining Off-Grid Solar System and Pumped Hydro Storage for Steady Power Generation

Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra claimed that they developed a system that could be utilized to provide electricity access in rural areas...

January 23, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Off-grid

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Solar
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Module Technologies and Trends Dominating the Indian Solar Market

The year 2020 is behind us, and 2021 promises to be positive for the solar industry. According to Mercom Research, around 48 GW of solar projects are either awaiting...

January 15, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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