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Daily News Wrap-Up: MERC Includes Virtual Net Metering in Rooftop Rules

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has included virtual net metering provisions in the Grid Interactive Rooftop Renewable Energy Generating System (Second...

September 9, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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MIT Researchers Find New Method to Optimize Utility-Scale Wind Farms

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revolutionized the blade designs of propellers and wind turbines, allowing for power optimization...

September 6, 2024

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Staff

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Technology

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Wind
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Daily News Wrap-Up: ‘Navratna’ Status Conferred on SECI, SJVN and NHPC

Three government-owned renewable energy agencies, Solar Energy Corporation of India, SJVN, and NHPC, have been conferred ‘Navratna’ status by the government, which gives...

September 3, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Can MIT’s Breakthrough Material Be the Future of Battery Solutions?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have found a potential breakthrough cathode material that might be the future of battery technology. They have...

September 2, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Tata Invests in Lithium-Free Battery Startup Alsym in Boston

Boston-area startup Alsym Energy has raised $78 million in new funding to increase headcount and ramp up prototyping of its non-flammable rechargeable battery technology....

April 4, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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Nanoscale Engineering May Boost Perovskite Solar Cell Durability

Perovskite solar panels could become more efficient and sturdier over longer periods by engineering the nanoscale structure of perovskite devices, claims a new study by...

March 7, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Technology
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MIT Scientists Develop Long-Lasting, Cobalt-Free Batteries for EVs

A new lithium-ion battery, which includes a cathode based on organic materials instead of metals such as cobalt or nickel, has been designed by researchers at the...

January 25, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: NTPC Green Energy Floats 300 MW Solar EPC Tender

NTPC Green Energy invited bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction package with land development for up to 300 MW of inter-state transmission...

October 18, 2023

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Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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MIT’s New Design Can Harness 40% of Sun’s Heat to Produce Clean Hydrogen

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a conceptual design to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a train-like...

October 17, 2023

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Staff

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Other

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Technology
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Inexpensive Aluminium-Sulfur Batteries Could Outperform Lithium-ion: MIT Research

A team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new type of battery made from abundant and cheaper materials such as aluminum and sulfur. Lithium-ion...

August 26, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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MIT Researchers Develop Water-Free and No Contact Method to Clean Solar Modules

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method that uses static electricity to keep solar panels free of dust, removing the...

March 19, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Modules

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Solar
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Light Can Act as an Efficiency Booster for Lithium-ion Batteries

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated how light could be used to improve the efficiency of fuel...

February 26, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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MIT and Google Develop Simulator to Accelerate Solar Cell Development

Researchers at MIT and Google Brain have developed a computational simulator that can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new...

December 10, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology
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New Novel Electrode Material to Unlock Affordable Renewable Energy Storage: MIT

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a novel electrode material that they believe can be integrated into a semi-solid battery...

December 7, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Device to Recover Waste Heat from Photovoltaic Units

Scientists from the University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have fabricated a thermally-coupled...

August 21, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology

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