Wafer Process: Reliance-Backed NexWafe GmbH Announces Breakthrough Updated On Thu, Dec 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy NexWafe GmbH (NexWafe) has announced significant breakthroughs in its solar wafer manufacturing technology. The firm seeks to make ultra-thin, high-efficiency, monocrystalline, low-carbon footprint solar wafers with an energy footprint 40% lower than conventional wafer making. The German company achieved cell efficiencies equivalent to Czochralski (CZ) wafers in a production environment, marking a major milestone. Additionally, […] Read more
TOPCon Modules Can Deliver 3.4% Monthly Power Generation Gain Updated On Tue, Dec 3rd, 2024 by Saurenergy According to a global field test, TOPCon modules provide an average power generation gain of 3.15% per watt over XBC modules, with a relative gain of up to 3.4% every month. The result is compelling evidence of TOPCon modules’ superior power generation capability and customer value. The field test occurred between July 16 and September […] Read more
“We Expect TOPCON To Be The Leader For The Next 5-7 years”, S Vasanthi, Websol Energy Updated On Tue, Jul 18th, 2023 by Saurenergy S Vasanthi is a true solar veteran, thanks to her long association with one of the earliest solar manufacturers in India, Websol Energy System Limited. As the Chief Technical officer and director she has been instrumental in visualizing the company’s 1.8GW solar PV cells and 550 MW Module manufacturing capacity expansion at its Falta plant […] Read more
MNRE Calls For Proposals To Fund Under RE-RTD Program for 2022 Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy runs the Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development program (RE-RTD), with an aim to promote indigenous technology development for wide spread deployment of new and renewable energy in an efficient and cost effective manner across the country. Applications for the cohort seeking support will open from June 1, […] Read more
Key Points of Inverter Selection in BIPV Project Updated On Wed, Dec 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Background The organic combination of PV system and buildings makes it fashionable and practical to create green buildings that meet key climate objectives too. These Building Integrated Photo Voltaic or BIPV systems are gaining in popularity with responsible corporates, as they help deliver key objectives of green energy, conservation, and sustainability for new constructions and […] Read more
Asia Held 92% Share in Global PV Module Production in 2020: Report Updated On Thu, Jul 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy The recently published Photovoltaics Report, produced under Dr. Simon Philipps (Fraunhofer ISE) and Werner Warmuth (PSE Projects GmbH), explores key details about the photovoltaics manufacturing sector at the end of 2020 in Germany, the European Union and worldwide, including Asia. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, supported by PSE Projects GmbH, has been […] Read more
German Partners Launch Hamburg Project to Test H2-powered Aviation Updated On Fri, Jul 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy A collaboration between aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik, the City of Hamburg and other German partners plans to modify an Airbus A320 to test maintenance and ground-handling procedures for liquid hydrogen-powered aircrafts. Operation of the demonstrator is planned to begin in 2022 in Hamburg, the world’s third-largest aviation center, which is also funding the project. Liquid […] Read more
New Consortium US-MAC aims to Raise CdTe PV Efficiency to 30% Updated On Tue, Apr 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy A timely response to the global need for clean energy has come from universities and research centres like Colorado State University (CSU), the Wright Center for Photovoltaics at the University of Toledo, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), as well as US-based commercial solar companies working with Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panel manufacturing, which […] Read more
Clean Hydrogen Production Costs to be Brought Well Below USD 2/kg by 2030: ETC Updated On Tue, Apr 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy In its parallel report, the ETC states that the production costs for clean hydrogen can be brought well below USD 2/kg by 2030. In its parallel report Making the Hydrogen Economy Possible: Accelerating clean hydrogen in an electrified economy, the ETC sets out the complementary role for clean hydrogen and how a combination of private-sector […] Read more