Tamil Nadu Planning to Bid Out 250 MW Floating Solar Projects Updated On Fri, Jan 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy The department is looking to bid out for projects worth 100 MW, 100 MW and 50 MW at the Mettur Dam, Bhavanisagar Dam, and the Vaigai Dam respectively. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) is planning to float bids for setting up floating solar plants on three dam reservoirs in the State. Floating […] Read more
BESCOM to Rollout Tool for Rooftop Solar Potential Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The tool essentially shows which part of the roof is suitable, based on the colour codes. It then calculates and generates the best system design to set up solar panels. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Bescom) is looking to add a first-of-its-kind tool that evaluates which part of one’s rooftop can generate maximum solar energy […] Read more
Redington Completes Supply of 11 MW of Solar PV Panels Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy Redington completes 11 MW order for South Indian project. Redington India Limited, a multi-brand distributor of solar PV panels, has completed the supply of 11 MW Solar PV Modules for a project in South India. Redington is a solar equipment group, distributing Tier-1 brands like REC, Longi, and Trina Solar Panels. Recently the firm launched […] Read more
Phase II of Pune Airport’s Solar Power Project to Begin Soon Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The second phase will see the installation of a 100 kWp capacity flexible panel solar power plant, making the airport the first in the country to have this facility. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) will soon begin work on the second phase of the solar power plant installation at Pune’s Lohegaon Airport. The second […] Read more
Solar Power to Supply Water in Hyderabad Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The board plans to set up solar power plants on the surface of reservoirs, save electricity bills that run into anything between Rs 80 crore to Rs 90 crore a month. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board (HMWS&SB) is planning to supply water to its consumers using solar power. As the board looks […] Read more
ASU Engineers Break Solar Cell Record Updated On Fri, Jan 18th, 2019 by Saurenergy Addition of chemicals to solution allows the team to surpass their own record from last year A team of researchers from the Arizona State University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nebraska claims to have set the world record efficiency of 25.4 percent for a tandem solar cell stacked with perovskite and silicon. […] Read more
Measuring Solar Panel Degradation with Machine Learning Updated On Tue, Jan 15th, 2019 by Saurenergy The duo has spent the last few years developing and improving statistical and machine learning-based alternatives to enable real-time inspection of solar panels. Parveen Bhola, a research scholar at India’s Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, and Saurabh Bhardwaj, an associate professor at the same institution, have developed an innovative technique to inspect solar panels […] Read more
Iowa’s First Solar and Storage Power Plant Goes Live Updated On Wed, Jan 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. Maharishi University of Management’s new solar power plant, designed and installed by Ideal Energy powered up for the first time in Mid-December. The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. The plant is the first system of […] Read more
Perovskite Slated to Revolutionise the Solar Industry Updated On Fri, Dec 28th, 2018 by Saurenergy Perovskite, which uses a hybrid organic-inorganic lead as the light harvesting active layer could have a conversion rate as high as 37%. Silicon based solar panels which have been in use since the last five decades are soon about to get a tough competition from a new material in development called perovskite. The silicon based […] Read more
