Trina Solar set new efficiency record of 23.5% for interdigitated back contact silicon solar cell Updated On Thu, Apr 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Trina Solar has announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record of 23.5% for a high-efficiency silicon solar cell with an Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) structure on a large-area 156×156 mm2 n-type mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer. Trina Solar’s record has been independently confirmed by […] Read more
Post offices in Raipur are opting Solar Panels for uninterrupted power supply Updated On Wed, Apr 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Post offices in rural areas of Raipur are opting to Solar Panels for uninterrupted power supply and to offer better customer services. However, the process is still at initial phase. The Postal Department is yet to cherry-pick an agency or company which will supply these solar panels to the post offices. As of now it’s […] Read more
Ecotricity announces that it has acquired SunEdison UK solar business Updated On Wed, Apr 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ecotricity has announced that it has acquired home rooftop solar business of SunEdison. Before exiting UK, SunEdison had built a portfolio of nearly a thousand rooftop solar installations, a product known as the Energy Saver Plan. Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder, in a statement said: “This is an exciting and important step for Ecotricity. As a […] Read more
Solar Cell Efficiency Questions Finally Finds an Answer Updated On Tue, Apr 26th, 2016 by Saurenergy The enigmatic material – spiro-OMeTAD has been cloak-and-dagger for around two decades. Despite research efforts, its utility of this material has constrained till hole-transporting material in perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. But latest study has resurrected the potential of spiro-OMeTAD determining the future of solar cells. This time, a team have grown single crys tals […] Read more
Neurosurgeon in Brownsville wins solar panel patent Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Brownsville neurosurgeon Dr. Madhavan Pisharodi has won patent for improved solar panel, which is capable to trap much of the wasted sunlight that reflects off conventional solar panels. Patent office describes Pisharodi’s solar panel patent as “photovoltaic systems with intermittent and continuous and intermittent recycling of light.” The patented panel reprocesses sunlight within the panel […] Read more
Tata Power to raise share of its renewable energy output from its earlier target of 20% to 30-40% by 2025 Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Tata Power has decided to raise share of its renewable energy output from its earlier target of 20%, to 30-40% by 2025 reports PTI Currently the company has working capacity of 9,156 MW which include 693 MW of hydel, 593 MW of wind and 60 MW of solar sources. Speaking to PTI Tata Power managing […] Read more
MNRE formed three panels to improve quality control of solar modules and products Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has reportedly formed three panels to enhance quality of solar modules and products. One of the three panels will make policy for testing laboratories, while another will assign technology and product standards and the third will examine regulations governing solar products reports ET. Modi government has set […] Read more
Energy Efficiency Services limited gearing up to set up its 21st overseas office in New York Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Capitalizing on the tag line, ‘I led the way’, the government owned company, Energy Efficiency Services limited (EESL) is gearing up to set up its 21st overseas office in New York in the near future. Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal speaking at the Renewable Energy Investors Roundtable […] Read more
SkyPower seeking local partners for India solar projects: Report Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Canada based solar power firm SkyPower is looking for local partners for its India solar projects claims ET. The firm has hired Greenstone Energy Advisors to act as interface with the interested parties and filter, on behalf of the company. SkyPower CEO Kerry Adler Speaking to the publication said that the company has entered every […] Read more