As California aims to provide 60% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% by 2045, a study from California Polytechnic State University provides some good news. Offshore winds along the Central Coast increase at the same time that people start using more energy — in the evening. Read more…
Amaravati: Fast-tracking mega solar power projects for the agriculture sector, the state government has sent tender documents to the Judicial Preview Commission (JPC). The tenders will be invited from the developers after getting the green signal from JPC. The government has targeted launch of power plants capable of producing 6,050 MW Read more…
OSLO: The Norwegian and Swedish energy ministers on Friday signed off on an amendment to their joint green power support scheme, which effectively closes down the system at the end of 2035, 10 years earlier than planned. The amendment formalises an earlier end date from the Swedish side, aligning it with its Read more…
Three southern states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — that have strong renewable energy capacity account for about 71 per cent of outstanding dues from power distribution companies (discoms) to renewable energy producers. The country-wide overdue of conventional generators amounted to ₹1,065 billion in July 2020, whereas ₹103 billion Read more…
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said it plans to install 8,000 solar-powered borewells in coming days and 35 per cent of them would come up in the Purvanchal districts of the state. The districts set to benefit from the initiative include Balrampur, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar and Kushinagar where suitable locations would be identified for installations, it Read more…
The RESCO model addresses household or commercial and industrial consumers’ reluctance to purchase solar PV systems due to technical performance risk, high capital costs and lack of access to debt finance by ensuring that they don’t need to pay anything upfront. Instead, the solar developer offering the RESCO requires the Read more…
In the capex model, small consumers buy the solar PV systems encouraged by accelerated tax depreciation benefits. However, if the government phases out accelerated tax depreciation in 2017 as expected, consumers may no longer choose to buy solar PV systems. In addition, the high cost of capital, lack of debt Read more…
Tariff: The tariff structure must be clear in Power Purchase agreement. Tariffs can be fixed for the entire term or variable. Power purchase: The off-taker is obliged to buy certain amount of energy every month during the PPA term. Payment: The off-taker must pay a pre-determined tariff rate multiplied by Read more…
Bifacial solar cells have been under development for decades and their manufacturing process can be considered one of the most advanced for solar modules today Bifacial cells are capable of generating electricity not only from sunlight received on their front but also from reflected sunlight received on the reverse side Read more…
Half cells involve deliberately cutting a fully processed cell into the half with very advanced laser machines. Half cells are being adopted quickly, thanks to the fact that from a manufacturing point of view only minor changes are needed to include laser machines. Half cells improve module performance and durability Read more…