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Daily News Wrap-Up: CERC Adopts Tariff for 1500 MW Solar Projects

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has allowed NTPC to adopt a tariff within the range of ₹2.60 (~$0.031) – ₹2.65 ($0.0316) for 1,500 MW solar projects...

September 27, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Scientists Develop Supramolecular Material for Storing Hydrogen

Scientists and researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Northwestern University have developed a supramolecular material that can compress hydrogen for storage...

September 25, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Scientists Find Use of Thin Metals Could Improve Energy Storage Capacity

Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered a breakthrough in understanding the use of lithium-ion storage within the thinnest battery anode, composed of...

September 24, 2024

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Staff

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Build All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell with 28.49% Efficiency

Researchers from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China have developed an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with a record power conversion efficiency...

September 6, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Solar
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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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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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Is Oxford’s Disruptive Technology the Future Beyond Silicon Solar Panels?

Scientists at the Oxford University Physics Department have developed a breakthrough in solar technology that can increase the amount of solar electricity produced...

August 12, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Mechanism for Self-Healing of Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from Monash University, the University of Oxford, and the City University of Hong Kong have developed a “self-healing” mechanism for perovskite...

July 2, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Power Photo–Battery with Multi-Junction Organic Solar Cell

A team of scientists at the University of Freiburg’s Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive, and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems and the University of Ulm...

November 23, 2023

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Staff

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Solar

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Technology
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Fraunhofer Integrates Solar Cells into Car Hoods for Onboard Power Generation

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has integrated 120 PERC (passivation emitter rear contact cell) shingle solar cells into a passenger...

August 24, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Robot to Study Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers at the North Carolina State University have developed RoboMapper, a robot designed to identify new perovskite materials with enhanced stability and solar...

August 7, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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IIT Scientists Claim 26% Efficiency for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell

Scientists at the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) claimed to have achieved a power...

July 5, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Achieve 20.15% Efficiency with Indium Sulfide Layered Perovskites

In a collaborative experiment to increase the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells, a group of scientists introduced an electron transport layer made of...

June 16, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: States Levying Water and Air Cess on Power Generation Illegal

The Ministry of Power has asked all state governments and union territories to withdraw any tax or duty on electricity generation, especially from hydro projects, after...

May 2, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Daily News Wrap-Up: India’s Wind Installations Grew by 168% YoY in Q1 2023

Wind capacity installations in India rose 168% year-over-year to 737.9 MW in the first quarter of the calendar year 2023. Installations grew 222% quarter-over-quarter...

April 13, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up

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