Swiss start-up Insolight – founded by three researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne – has closed a CHF5 million (€4.63 million) funding round from several Swiss backers including investment firm Investire and financial services provider Zürcher Kantonalbank. The Swiss Immo Lab real estate innovation company founded by mortgage company Avobis, insurer GVB Read more
KOCHI: In a proud moment for Kerala, ‘Aditya’, India’s first solar-powered ferry which commenced operations three years ago in Vembanad backwaters, has won the prestigious Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating. “The Aditya, from Navalt Boats, is a sun-powered commuter ferry that is one of the Read more
New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to India’s solar equipment imports from China, even before various government initiatives to check imports and boost domestic manufacturing set in. As per Commerce Ministry data, Indian imports declined by 83 per cent in the April-June quarter of current fiscal, totalling $69 million (Rs 515 Read more
NextEra Energy Inc recently announced its plan to invest $65 million in its first green hydrogen power facility. The facility will come in Florida, United States, and is expected to be online by 2023 on receiving approval from state regulators. Through its Florida Power & Light utility, NextEra will propose Read more
Introduction The purpose of the Energy Conservation Building Code (Code) is to provide minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design and construction of buildings. The Code also provides two additional sets of incremental requirements for buildings to achieve enhanced levels of energy efficiency that go beyond the minimum requirements. The Code Read more
Delta is No.1 on grid solar inverter manufacturing company, providing inverter that are specially designed as per indian electrical grid conditions. Addition to their industry’s high efficiency, Delta solar inverters are design for a long service life. These inverters are easy to install, maintain and monitor. Delta has dealer, distributor, stockiest and service center Read more
Digital technologies have been transforming energy management. Digitalization utilizes communications technology and data to generate in-depth analysis, help better decision-making and automate or control operations intelligently at a site level. Insight is a part of Schneider Electric’s residential and commercial solar and storage ecosystem, providing intuitive mobile and web-browser-based interfaces Read more
Germany deployed around 437 MW of fresh PV capacity in June, according to new figures released this week by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). Installations fell slightly from 446 MW in May, but June capacity additions were still considerably higher than the monthly totals in the January-April period. Developers connected 2.36 GW Read more
India will reach a cumulative renewable energy capacity of 120-125 GW by December 2022. This will include 50% from solar, 38% wind and the balance from other sources—according to ICRA analysts. The analysts expect utility-scale solar capacity to achieve the 60 GW target set by the government. Rooftop solar and Read more
New Delhi: The government’s one-year extension of the safeguard duty (SGD) on Chinese solar power equipment till July 29, 2021 has taken the solar industry by surprise. Industry executives said that instead of creating such fencing, the focus should be on reducing the cost of domestic manufacturing. However, associations such as the National Solar Read more