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Perovskites are likely to become a cost-effective and high-efficiency alternative for making solar cells as soon as they become as stable as silicon.

Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat is planning to deploy PV module installation along the Drenthe’s motorway. The panels will be installed on the 300ha area on the median and sides of the road. The project is being developed under the country’s target to find new spaces for clean energy solutions.

Smart City of Indian Ludhiana has partnered with PEDA to start phase 2 of installing the rooftop photovoltaic plants.

The tender launched according to Scaling Solar program is for deployment of solar farms with a total capacity of 60-80 megawatts.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible firms for commissioning of a 1 MW grid-connected solar energy plant at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad.

Indian Railways, one of the world's largest employers, is planning 1GW of solar PV and 200MW of wind power by 2021-22 across its Zonal Railways and Production Units.

A fresh round of funding has bumped total investment in NextEnergy Capital's global solar fund, Next Power III (NPIII), to US$280 million.

S-5!, an authority on metal roof attachment solutions, recently participated in a complex solar conversion project at a manufacturing facility in Clinton, Illinois.

Residential solar loan provider Loanpal announced it has expanded its partnership with Goldman Sachs to finance an additional $200 million in residential solar loans, bringing their total financing commitments to $635 million. Additionally, the partnership will now allow Loanpal to finance hundreds of new products for homeowners that make up the $200+ billion annual home efficiency market.

OYA Solar, a North American full-service solar developer, has launched development operations in Pennsylvania.

Nautilus Solar Energy has acquired a 31.5-MW portfolio of operating solar project assets from Virgo Investment Group.

Jolywood Suzhou has been selected as the only supplier of bifacial silicon solar panels to the Oman-based biggest bifacial photovoltaic array in the world.

OPG and IITD collaborate to conduct a joint research and development of vanadium redox flow batteries. The project is financed by Indian Science & Technology Department.

A group of scientists from three research universities has grown and observed a lithium dendrite, which will allow preventing the growth of such structures.

Korean scientists are studying a lithium-air battery to improve the discharge capacity and durability of the device, which would allow e-vehicles to cover long distances without recharging.