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Indian Oil Tenders for 350 kW Solar Projects in Gurugram Plant
Indian Oil has tendered for the design, purchase and also building and construction of 350 kW solar power plants at its LPG bottling plant in Gurugram, Haryana.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, rooftop solar, Indian Oil, Gurugram, Projects
SECI Extends Deadline for 15 MW Floating Solar Tender in Himachal
SECI has expanded the quote entry deadline for its tender for establishing of 15 MW grid-connected floating solar PV power plant in Himachal Pradesh.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, India, SECI, tender, floating PV, Asia, Himachal Pradesh, Deadline
Ayana Renewable Acquires Solar Assets Worth 40 MW in Karnataka
Ayana Renewable Power has actually introduced the acquisition of a 100 percent equity risk in two First Solar established solar plants, with a total capability of 40 MW.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, First Solar, Asia, solar projects, Ayana Renewable, Shivanand Nimbargi, Sujoy Ghosh
American Electric Power subsidiary seeks solar result in PJM area
American Electric Power is looking to buy power from new solar plants situated in the PJM powerpool location, a regional transmission organisation for United States 13 states and the District of Columbia.
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, american electric power, aep energy partners
CPV panels for agrivoltaics
Swiss start-up Insolight has actually raised EUR4.6 million to bring its focusing PV module technology to commercial manufacturing. The panels have a claimed performance of 30% and power result of 160 W. Originally conceived for rootop solar, the item is currently being recommended as a fascinating alternative for agrivoltaic projects.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, Insolight, Laurent Coulot, Start-up, CPV panels
SolarEdge up 12% after hrs on second-quarter income and also strong profits-- despite Covid-19
The inverter and also energy storage company was able to preserve its streak of rewarding quarters in what was expected to be a difficult period for solar and also the Israeli business said it sees "indicators of recovery in the U.S."
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Germany, Italy, Australia, Europe, Asia, SolarEdge, Israel, Oceania, Netherlands, North America, covid-19, United States, Zivi Lando
Chevron looks to renewables to power Australian operations
The power business has revealed it will certainly build 500 MW of renewable energy projects to power several of its worldwide facilities under a four-year contract with Canada's Algonquin Power & Utilities.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, Total Eren, Australia, Lightsource BP, Argentina, South america, Asia, Oceania, enel green power, North America, kazakhstan, New Mexico, Chevron, Allen Satterwhite
Suntech to reach 10 GW of yearly output capacity by year-end
The Chinese manufacturer has finished the very first 1.5 GW stage of its 10 GW growth plan. It will certainly release another 4 GW phase by the end of this year at two new centers in China's Jiangsu district.
Aug 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Suntech, Wuxi Suntech
Green hydrogen economic situation evaluation for United States, Europe
A brand-new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation offers forecasts for eco-friendly hydrogen costs by 2050. The group claims to have consisted of system expenses that have been neglected in eco-friendly hydrogen economic situation evaluations thus far. Typical eco-friendly hydrogen costs, however, will certainly almost be cut in half in the United States and Europe.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Market Research, USA, Europe, IRENA, hydrogen, North America
South African chemicals manufacturer looks for bids for 20 MW of PV
Sasol intends to power its procedures in the communities of Secunda as well as Sasolburg with 2 10 MW solar projects. The effective bidders with sell power to the factories under power purchase arrangements.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, Sasol, Hermann Wenhold
Scratching the surface of LeTID
The devices behind light-elevated temperature-induced deterioration are still not completely comprehended, yet it is known to cause considerable efficiency losses for modules in the field. Researchers in China are investigating the causes of the sensation, as well as are currently concentrated on the surface area of the materials and the user interfaces in between the silicon and passivation layers.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, letid
USTC makes development in solar cell performance
A study team led by Prof. CHEN Tao and also Prof. ZHU Changfei, and also their partner Prof. HAO Xiaojing at UNSW, created a hydrothermal deposition approach for the synthesis of antimony selenosulfide for solar cell applications. With this absorber material, the solar cell break the 10% benchmark performance obstacle. This outcome has actually been released in Nature Energy entitled "Hydrothermal deposition of antimony selenosulfide thin films enables solar cells with 10% performance".
Aug 3, 2020 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Chen Tao, Hao Xiaojing, ZHU Changfei
Highly efficient as well as stable double layer solar cell developed
Solar cells transform light into energy, but they can be inefficient and at risk to the atmosphere, deteriorating with, paradoxically, too much light or other variables, including dampness and also low temperature level. An international study team has established a brand-new sort of solar cell that can both stand up to environmental dangers and is 26.7% efficient in power conversion.
Aug 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, kaist, Byungha Shin
Inkjet printing manufacture leads method for functional perovskite solar cell manufacturing
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a brand-new manufacture strategy based on inkjet printing that might make it possible for quick, effective and also scalable production of perovskite solar cells.
Aug 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Washington, solar cell, perovskite, North America, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Helge Eggers, Inkjet printing, Ulrich W. Paetzold
Australian political election pledge includes interest-free car loans for roof solar and battery storage
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the nation's Labor Party will certainly offer zero-interest financings for rooftop photovoltaic panels, family battery storage and also hot water heatpump if re-elected in an upcoming political election.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Battery Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, home solar, canberra, australian capital territory, Andrew Barr, Amanda McKenzie