New Technology to Develop Indigenous Graphene Supercapacitor for Energy Storage
The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and SPEL Technologies Pune have jointly developed a technology for generating functionalized graphene at lower costs. This process will be used ...
Huawei Inks Deal with Adani Green Energy for 860 MW of Solar Projects
Huawei, a global information and communication technology company, has signed an 860 MW contract with Adani Green Energy, the renewable energy arm of Adani Group. According to Huawei, its newly ...
MNRE Invites Proposals for Research and Development in Solar Technology
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited proposals for research and development (R&D) and demonstration in the field of solar energy. The proposals have been sent to ...
Amplus Signs Pact with Norway’s Kongsberg to Utilize Efficiency Enhancing Applications
Amplus Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norway’s Kongsberg Digital to utilize efficiency enhancing applications available in Kongsberg’s digital ecosystem, Kognifai. Gurgaon-based Amplus will explore opportunities ...
MNRE Gets ₹1.75 Billion for Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development
The President of India has given his approval for the continuation of renewable energy research and technology development (RETD) program for implementation during 2017-18 and 2019-20 at the cost of ...
Green Bank Network to Provide $41 Billion for Green Infrastructure Projects Around the World
Green Bank Network is expected to mobilize $41 billion in public and private capital for green infrastructure projects around the globe. Green banks are specialised financial institutions that work closely ...
Indian Rooftop Solar Company Freyr Energy Raises ₹270 Million in Series-A Funding
Freyr Energy, a Hyderabad-based rooftop solar company, has announced raising ₹270 million (~$3.81 million) through a mix of equity and debt investments. The company has more than 1,000 installations across ...
Tata Power Agrees to Deploy 35 MWh of Gravity-Based Energy Storage from Energy Vault
Tata Power, an Indian power conglomerate, has announced that it will deploy a 35 MWh Energy Vault system in the next year. Energy Vault system is based on the the ...
DISCOMs Should Have a Defined Timeline for Installing Grid-Tied Solar Inverters: Interview
There has been a lot of talk lately echoing the sentiment that the next big market in India at the residential level will be solar integrated with power back-up technology ...
Thailand’s Independent Solar Power Producers Brace for Levy of Extra Charges
Soon, small independent solar power producers will have to pay extra charges in Thailand to help minimize the impact of blockchain-enabled competition with the state-owned utility, reported the Nikkei Asian ...
China’s ZNShine Solar Wins BHEL’s Contract to Supply 37.5 MW of Solar Modules
ZNShine Solar, a Chinese PV module manufacturer, has won a tender to supply 37.5 MW of PV modules to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is India’s largest manufacturer of ...
Alta Devices Sets New Record for Single Junction Solar Cell with Efficiency of 28.9%
Alta Devices, a manufacturer of thin and flexible mobile power technology, has set a record for a single junction solar cell with an efficiency of 28.9 percent. This claim has been ...
Oxford PV Sets New Record for Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency of 27.3%
Oxford PV, a perovskite solar technology company, announced that it achieved a 27.3 percent conversion efficiency for its 1 cm2 perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ...
Solar Cell and Module Technologies in India Will be on Focus if Duties are Imposed
The Indian solar industry currently is consumed by whether a safeguard duty will be imposed or not and all the pros and cons around it. If a safeguard duty is ...
Four-junction Tandem Thin Film Cells Have Huge Potential for Rooftop Solar: MIT Study
Scientists working in the field of solar energy are constantly trying to find a balance between efficiency and cost. Recently, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
New Water-Based Battery to Store Solar, Wind Energy
Researchers at Stanford claim to have developed a water-based battery that can provide a better solution than lithium-ion for storing solar and wind energy, according to the journal Nature Energy. Though ...
Report: Big Variation in Cost and Performance of Solar Pumps in India
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have recently released a report evaluating a range of solar pump technologies and business models available in India for irrigation and salt mining ...
