Former First Solar CEO to Lead EOS Energy Storage Updated On Thu, Nov 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy Eos Energy Storage – a safe, ultra-low cost Znyth battery major announces incumbency of former CEO of First Solar – Jim Hughes. Joining as Chairman of the Board, Jim will be responsible to avant-garde the company from technology development to commercial manufacturing and product deployment. The strategic appointment comes amid the company’s announcement of a $23M Series […] Read more
Trina Solar to Announce Third Quarter 2016 Results on November 23, 2016 Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Trina Solar Limited, one of the leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that it will release its third quarter 2016 results before the market opens on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. In light of the pending privatization, the Company will not host an earnings conference call. Source : PRnewswire Read more
BHEL Commission 5mw Captive Solar Power Plant Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned a 5 MW grid interactive solar power plant on its premises in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy). The solar power plant includes an array of 19,968 photovoltaic modules and spread across 25 acres. It also includes power conditioning units, high tension switch gear panels and the SCADA system which are manufactured and […] Read more
Why EPC are Treading in the Solar Race? Updated On Tue, Nov 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar has taken the momentum with a cumulative installed grid connected solar power capacity reaching 8,062 MW (8.1 GW) as of 31 July 2016. The ecosystem seems stable as analyst asserts that the solar market in India is set to clan the billion-dollar space. Not much appalling on the WTO setback, Indian Solar manufacturing capabilities […] Read more
Beyond Silicon: ground-breaking research areas that chuck the Semiconductor Updated On Fri, Nov 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy One of the research areas of applied science that has seen a lot of promising ideas go down dwindling (and take companies with them) is that of solar photovoltaic cells. But like Edison said, the most certain way to succeed is to try, one more time. New materials are competing silicon based cells with a […] Read more
Innovations in material facilitates in bringing longer-lasting solar PV panels Updated On Fri, Nov 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy A report from Lux Research suggests that material innovation is ramping up in solar as the industry aims to address the widespread decrease in performance over time that affects photovoltaic (PV) modules. Solar modules degrade over the years, due to environmental factors, causing performance drops and even failures. Such degradation is growing in importance because […] Read more
1 MW of solar plant at Karnataka’s NIT to get commissioned Updated On Fri, Nov 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy The National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal has emerged the front-runner among 31 NITs in the country to have a roof-top solar-power project with an installed capacity of 1 MW. The 1-MW of solar project on the roof of 11 buildings will be formally commissioned on 12th November 2016. K.N. Lokesh, Director […] Read more
ReneSola to sell 26MW of Solar Projects in the UK to a European investor Updated On Thu, Nov 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy ReneSola Ltd has announced that it has signed agreements to sell its six utility-scale projects in the United Kingdom to a European investor. These projects have a combined capacity of approximately 26 MW. The six utility-scale projects powered by company’s Virtus II modules are located in Carlam Hill Farm, North Wales, and Monmouthshire. All of […] Read more
Researchers sets New Record for Silicon-based Multi-junction Solar Cell with 30.2 Percent Efficiency Updated On Thu, Nov 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) has developed a silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with two contacts and record efficiency of 30.2 % exceeding theoretical limit of silicon solar cells. To achieve this efficiency, researchers used a “direct wafer bonding” process to transfer a […] Read more