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Month in a Minute: Top Headlines from the Indian Renewable Sector in September 2024

India added 3.6 GW of solar open access capacity in the first half (1H) of 2024, a 153% increase from the 1.4 GW installed during the same period in 2023, according to...

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Demand for Silver Rising as India Ramps Up Solar Cell Production

India imported more silver in the first four months of 2024 than it did in the whole of last year, and according to data from Silver Academy, it is set to double again....

September 27, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Scientists Develop New Way to Recover Silver from End-of-Life Solar Cells

Scientists from the University of Camerino have developed a novel way of extracting silver from end-of-life solar cells. Solar cells use various metals, such as aluminum,...

September 26, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Photovoltaic Industry Needs to Cut Silver Consumption to Avoid Supply Risks

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, have found that the current rate of reduction in silver consumption is insufficient to avoid the rising...

January 9, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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New Laser Technique to Reduce Amount of Silver in Solar Modules

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy (ISE) have developed a new laser technique to reduce the amount of silver used in the production of solar panels...

May 17, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Dependence on Silver Could Hamper Terawatt Scale Solar Module Production: Report

Researchers from the School of Photovoltaic Renewable Energy and Engineering (SPREE), University of New South Wales, estimate that the annual photovoltaic (PV) module...

September 30, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Silver Demand by the Global Solar PV Market Surges to 3,142 Tons

As the solar photovoltaic (PV) market continues to expand, with 18 countries achieving 1 GW installation capacity in 2020, silver’s offtake by the PV industry reached...

April 27, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Solar Module Prices to Remain High Until Second Half of 2021: Chinese Manufacturers

Two leading Chinese manufacturers have said that the spiraling prices of raw materials like glass, polysilicon, and silver since the second half of 2020 have led to a...

April 26, 2021

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar and EV Sectors to Prop Up Silver Demand as Prices Roll Off Eight-Year High Hit in February

The solar photovoltaic and electric vehicle sectors have been a steady source of silver demand over the past decade. The demand is expected to continue in the coming...

March 17, 2021

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Nithin Thomas

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This New Dispensing Technology Promises Higher Electricity Yield from Silicon Solar Cells

HighLine Technology GmbH, a spin-off of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System ISE, claimed that it has developed a new dispensing technology, which enhances the...

October 10, 2020

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Harsh Shukla

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This Startup Aims to Reduce Solar Cell Cost by Replacing Silver with Copper

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a $3 million funding to Australian startup SunDrive to advance the commercial development of its low cost, a...

October 7, 2020

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Rahul Nair

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These Organic Solar Cells Can Be Used on Windows to Generate Energy

A research team from the University of Michigan said they set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells. Instead of following the conventional...

August 28, 2020

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