Tata Power Solar, one of India's largest integrated solar companies and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, commissioned a 450 MWDC capacity solar pant for Brookfield Renewable India. The installation entails set up of over 800,000 modules and was completed within record 7 months’ timeframe. The project will produce...
Sharp Corporation has achieved a conversion efficiency of 32.65%, the world’s highest, in a lightweight, flexible, practically sized solar module developed as part of the “Research and Development of Solar Cells for Use in Vehicles” project*3, which is administered by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)...
Gurugram- ReNew Power has announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire an operating wind and solar portfolio of 527.9 MW, comprising 471.65 MW of wind and 56.25 MW of solar assets. The Company has also signed a PPA with MSEDCL for a 200-MW solar project. Both deals see the...
Saatvik Solar secured an order for manufacturing and supply of 9.3 MW Mono Perc Half cut MBB modules in a reverse bidding auction through BHEL.  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed an agreement to set up a grid-connected 8 MW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Mauritius to help...
Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have compared the costs of several of solar-plus-storage configurations with those of other wind-plus-battery plants across seven US wholesale electricity markets. “We seek to understand the trends in the commercial development of hybrids and to identify factors that may alter those...
Hanwha Group has installed South Korea’s first solar beehive at the Korea National University of Agriculture and Fisheries (KNUAF), as part of a pilot program to increase the population of the world’s most important pollinators. Around 40,000 bees will help pollinate the fruit trees on campus and vegetation in...
Noida-based Jakson Group has commissioned the 70 MW Amguri Solar Park in Assam. The solar project, which is located in Sivasagar district, was launched by the chief minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma. Jakson Group developed the solar project on a build-own-operate basis with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) also...
Sharp has released the NU-375KH solar panel on the Japanese market. The new monocrystalline modules are purportedly suitable for gable roofs with large installation surfaces and different roofing materials. “The module has a 14% higher output than our conventional panels,” the Japanese electronics manufacturer said, attributing the improvements to its multi-wire technology...
Chinese solar module maker Risen Energy has launched a new module for rooftop applications, based on 210mm cells. “It is a multi-busbar solar module manufactured with non-destructive cutting technology, capable of operating at an efficiency of 21.7%, outperforming its peers by 0.4%, increasing solar return on investment for users,” the manufacturer...
Adani Green Energy has revealed that its Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer One Ltd. (AHEJOL) unit has commissioned a 390 MW wind-solar hybrid power plant in Rajasthan. The project is purportedly India’s first large-scale wind-solar power plant. It benefits from a 25-year power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) at a...