Daily News Wrap-Up: Rajputana Stainless Signs PPA for 3 MW of Solar With KPI Global
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: KPI Global has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Rajputana Stainless for 3 MW of solar ...
Researchers Aim to Develop Solar Minimodules With a Conversion Efficiency of Over 15%
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with researchers from Northumbria University and Loughborough University, aim to develop solar minimodules with a conversion efficiency of over ...
US-Based Barrel Energy to Set Up Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing Facility in India
Barrel Energy, a U.S.-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyderabad-based Roshan Energy Technologies to develop and manufacture lithium-ion batteries in India and North America. Barrel ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: EIB Provides €50 Million to Forsee Power to Expand Battery Business
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a €50 million (~$60.70 million) loan to Forsee Power, a ...
Amara Raja Batteries to Set Up a 50 MW Solar Project in Andhra Pradesh
Amara Raja Batteries has announced that it would set up a 50 MW solar power project worth ₹2.2 billion (~$30.30 million) in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. The project will help ...
IIT Bombay and BHEL to Develop High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Researchers at the National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay are developing crystalline silicon solar cells with targeted efficiency of 22%. Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell ...
Molten Salt Metal-Air Battery Can Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles
A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with six research institutes of China, has designed a new rechargeable battery using salt as a key ingredient to ...
Government Calls for Proposals to Resolve Digital Challenges in Green Energy Transition
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has issued a call for research, development, and demonstration projects that can identify and resolve significant challenges in digital transformation for the green ...
Panasonic to Wind Up its Solar Cells and Modules Manufacturing Business
Panasonic Corporation, a Japan-based electronics company, has announced that it will wind up the production of solar products at its facilities in Malaysia and Japan by the end of the ...
New Nanostructured Alloy Could Revolutionize Aqueous Battery Manufacturing
Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have claimed to develop a battery anode based on new zinc and manganese-based nanostructured alloy that could change the way of ...
Eco-Friendly ZTO Buffer Developed for Kesterite Solar Cell
Researchers at Incheon National University claimed that they had developed a new eco-friendly ZTO buffer that can be used in solar panels instead of existing buffers made with toxic materials ...
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 of developing countries. The researchers ...
Oxford PV’s New Record Efficiency of 29.52% for Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Oxford PV, an Oxford University spin-off company, announced a new record efficiency of 29.52% for its perovskite silicon tandem solar cell. This record efficiency has been certified by the National ...
New Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with Record Efficiency of 29.15%
A team of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) announced that they have set a new conversion efficiency record of 29.15% in a tandem solar cell made of perovskite and silicon ...
Researchers Say 53 Million Hectares of Abandoned Land Could be Used for Solar Deployment
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have estimated the potential for solar photovoltaic (PV) and bioenergy deployment on recently abandoned cropland across the globe. The researchers ...
An Additive That Could Enhance the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells
A team of researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and Soochow University claimed that the introduction of diiodooctane (DIO) additives could enhance the efficiency of nano-scale ...
$130 Million in Funding Goes to Projects Advancing Solar Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would provide a $130 million funding for selected research projects to advance solar technologies. According to the agency, DOE will provide ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Vestas Sets Up Venture to Invest in Sustainability Startups
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Trina Solar and its eight subsidiaries have signed the procurement contract for photovoltaic glass with Changzhou Almaden ...
Researchers Develop Method to Control Voltage Fluctuations in Solar+Storage Systems
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra have claimed to have developed a new method to regulate direct current (DC) voltage for grid-connected solar photovoltaic plus battery energy storage ...
Solar Installations in India Picked Up Speed With 438 MW Added in Q3 2020
India added 438 MW of solar in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020), a 114% rise over last quarter's 205 MW, according to Mercom India Research's newly released Q3 2020 ...
This Process Uses Sunlight to Turn Hazardous Medical Waste into Clean Hydrogen Fuel
A joint team of researchers from India and Wales, led by Swansea University researchers, said they were developing a new process to convert hazardous medical waste into clean hydrogen fuel ...
A Liquid Window That Can Bring Down Energy Consumption of Buildings By Up to 45%
Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University claim that they have developed a liquid window panel that can reduce buildings' energy consumption by up to 45%. The researchers said that the ...
These Transparent Solar Cells Can Generate Power Under Low-Light Conditions
Researchers at the Incheon National University claimed that they have designed a transparent solar cell that can generate power even under low-light conditions. The researchers explained that traditional solar cells, ...
This Method of Deploying Bifacial Solar Modules Could Reduce LCOE of Large Solar Projects
Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) claimed that they had developed an illumination model for deploying bifacial solar modules for large-scale solar projects, decreasing the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for ...
Researchers Develop a Process to Control Instability in Perovskite Solar Cells
A team of researchers from the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence in Exciton Science claimed that they have developed a process that can help enhance the commercial use of ...
