Southern Railway has identified 300 acres of vacant land and 160 acres of land alongside tracks to set up solar plants under power purchase agreement (PPA). The plants on vacant land will have a capacity of 67MWp and those alongside tracks will have a capacity of 40MWp under power purchase agreement. The tender has been floated by Read more
Number of partnerships were inked on 8 th September 2020 at the First World Technology Summit hosted by the International Solar Alliance (ISA). ISA has been given the nodal agency mandate for implementing India’s global electricity grid plan. It has also entered into a partnership with NTPC which will help Read more
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
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