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Chinese photovoltaics company GCL System Integration Technology Co. Ltd is investing CNY 2 billion to construct a 12-GW solar module factory in Jiangsu province, a move that could have a significant impact on the global photovoltaic industry.

Researchers from Korea's Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Rochester in the U.S, and The Australian National University have actually boosted the photoresponsivity of a lead-halide perovskite for solar cell applications by 250%. They developed a perovskite film with a plasmonic substrate made from hyperbolic metamaterial and characterized it with transition dipole orientation.

Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd, the parent company of Wuxi Suntech Power Co Ltd, has announced plans to invest INR 10.5 billion (USD 1.53bn/EUR 1.43bn) to set up a 10-GW TopCon solar cell factory in Anhui, China.

Chinese company Growatt revealed today the inauguration of the very first phase of its factory in Vietnam where it will be producing solar as well as storage space inverters, as well as storage batteries.

On November 30th ACWA Power, a local energies firm, authorized an agreement with Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel) to build the globe's biggest single-site solar-power plant in Al Shuaibah, Mecca province.

Macquarie Asset Management is seeking to offer a 450-MW portfolio of solar projects in India in a manage an equity value of some USD 250 million (EUR 235.1 m), The Mint reports.

Japanese vehicle parts manufacturer Bridgestone Corp (TYO:5108) has actually started the operation of roof solar systems with a combined capacity of 5.8 MW at two tyre production plants.

China-based Trina Solar's 100MW solar fishery project generates high performance in harsh marine environments, providing economic value to customers.

Clean Energy Connect (CEC), which is also a part of the Itochu group, has inked a business power purchase agreement (cPPA) to offer renewable resource to Amazon for twenty years. Amazon will certainly get green power at a set price.

China's production and installed capacity of power batteries fell on a monthly as well as annual basis for the very first time in January

Out of 14 GW solar addition in 2022, rooftop solar made up simply 1.9 GW in India In China rooftop solar made up 55 GW out of 87 GW of complete solar capacity addition in the exact same year

Telangana Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy has clarified regarding Kaleshwaram Project in the state assembly. The Telangana government was considering the opportunity of mounting solar power panels over the canals of the state.

Japanese machine tools maker DMG Mori Seiki Co Ltd (TYO:6141) has actually begun power generation from a 5.4-MW portion of a 13.4-MW roof solar plant it is installing at its Iga Campus located in Mie prefecture, south-central Japan.

Alxa League, a sparsely populated region of Inner Mongolia, is investing 169 billion yuan into clean energy projects, including a massive 86-billion-yuan power base in the Tengger Desert.

The moves by China to restrict access to the most recent solar production technology is squarely aimed at India, and also to an extent the United States, where efforts have actually been made to construct a domestic ecosystem.