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US-based wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has merged with Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT), with the combined firm preparing to offer market tandem modules.

Module and also cell makers in India will expand their manufacturing abilities by 13.75 GW for modules and also 6.9 GW for solar cells, according to research by JMK Research and Analytics.

Abu Dhabi-based renewables business Masdar has actually signed a contract to develop solar projects in Iraq with a minimum total capacity of 2GW.

Indian corporation Reliance Industries will create an incorporated PV module factory as well as look to enable greater than 100GW of solar by 2030 as part of a US$ 10.1 billion clean power strategy.

Researchers in China from the Yunnan Normal University and the Jiaxing University have developed a PV-powered ac system that utilizes ice thermal storage rather than batteries to store power.

The expense of structure and also operating brand-new utility-scale PV is now less expensive than running existing coal plants in China, India as well as throughout much of Europe. Yet, rising asset rates can see PV projects come to be momentarily much more expensive in the 2nd fifty percent of 2021, according to BloombergNEF analysis.

The Malaysian federal government has actually authorized a MYR-42.2- billion (USD 10.1 bn/EUR 8.49 bn) financial investment plan by China's Risen Energy Co Ltd (SHE:300118) to construct a huge manufacturing facility for the manufacturing of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, it was announced on Thursday.

Dynamics in the solar devices market, controlled by China, just got a lot more complicated with reports of the US Administration of President Joe Biden enforcing sanctions against specific firms.

Solar wafer supplier 1366 Technologies is proactively checking out manufacturing opportunities in India, looking for a local companion.

Yearly financial investment in solar and also wind generation in the Asia Pacific region could double to US$ 1.3 trillion by 2030 compared to the previous decade, with plan targets and also price decreases improving growth, according to study company Wood Mackenzie.

Independent power manufacturer Etrion Corp (TSE: ETX) today stated it has offloaded its shareholding in a 47.2-MW portfolio of solar parks in Japan to a domestic consortium.

As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7 eV, profiting the fabrication of the leading absorber layer of tandem solar cells. Because of an unique quasi-one-dimensional framework, it shows benefits of much less dangling bonds. Based upon these advantages, the openings defects upon the surface triggering the recombination of carriers could be minimized dramatically, which assists to resolve the photovoltaic problems in solar cells.

Finnish utility Fortum has secured a deal to unload two solar projects in India totalling 500MW of capability to private equity firm Actis.

Global Power Synergy, the power device of Thailand's state-owned oil and gas group PTT, will certainly spend 20 billion baht matching to USD 635 million, in renewable energy properties across Asia consisting of India as well as China.

PV Inverter supplier GoodWe has actually revealed a significant manufacturing development to approximately one million units annually in phase II of its Guangde manufacturing center in China. The company, placed as the leading storage inverter firm in the world by Timber Mackenzie, has a strong visibility across classifications in solar.