Over 3 Lakh workers will be employed by 2022 to achieve India’s solar and wind energy targets Updated On Thu, Jun 22nd, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar and wind energy employed more than 21,000 people in India in 2016-2017, and are expected to employ an estimated 25,000 people or more in the following year A recent report from Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) notes that over 300,000 workers will be employed in the […] Read more
Solar Industry Expects Loss of 88,000 Jobs in U.S. Next Year if Suniva gets trade protections: SEIA Updated On Fri, Jun 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy Despite Suniva’s claims that its move is meant to protect domestic manufacturing, SEIA found that U.S. solar manufacturing jobs will actually decline if the petition is granted. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently said that an estimated 88,000 jobs, about one-third of the current American solar workforce, would be lost if Suniva gets trade […] Read more
GCL-SI Achieves Efficiency of 20.6% for its Multi-crystalline PERC Solar Cells Updated On Wed, Jun 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy “GCL-SI will further advance towards the goal of realizing an average efficiency of 20.5% and a maximum efficiency of PERC solar cells somewhere between 20.8% and 21% in 2017” GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced that it has achieved efficiency breakthrough of 20.1% for Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) in mass production by […] Read more
RenewSys Launches Production of India’s First 5 BB Solar Cells, Completes Ramp up of its Cell Line Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy RenewSys will start commercial production of its 5BB Solar PV Panels/Modules from July 2017 onwards. RenewSys, India’s first & only integrated manufacturer of Solar PV Modules & its components- Encapsulants, Backsheets and PV Solar Cells, became the first Indian company to launch the production of five Bus Bar (BB) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cells. The 5BB […] Read more
Vikram Solar hits 1GW solar module production capacity milestone Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Vikram Solar is planning to further increase the solar module production capacity to 2 GW by 2020. Indian solar module manufacturing giant Vikram Solar has announced that it has reached 1 gigawatt production capacity milestone. In doing so, the company is contributing to the Indian government’s target of reaching 100 GW of installed solar energy […] Read more
Indian Navy to Setup 19 MW Solar Power by 2018 Updated On Thu, Jun 8th, 2017 by Saurenergy Indian Navy has pledged 1.5 percent of its works budget to renewable energy generation, and contribute towards national mission of achieving 100 GW solar power by 2022. To achieve the national mission of 100 GW solar power installations by 2022, the Indian Navy will be adding up 19 MW of solar PV by 2018, in […] Read more
NEXTracker Achieves 1 GW of Solar Tracker Sales in India Updated On Tue, Jun 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy NEXTracker’s projects commissioned or under construction with Sterling & Wilson, Adani Green Energy, SkyPower, CleanMax Solar, Suzlon, and ReNew Power are milestones that demonstrate the rapidly growing adoption of solar trackers in India. NEXTracker has announced that it has sold over 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar trackers to utility-scale power plants in India. This achievement […] Read more
Ujaas Energy to Develop 15 MW Solar Power Project for HAL in Maharashtra Updated On Tue, Jun 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy Ujaas Energy will design, engineer, manufacture, procurement, supply, construction, erection, testing and commission the 15 solar power project in HAL Ojhar Township, Nashik. The Indore based EPC firm, Ujaas Energy has secured a 15 MW ground-mounted solar power project for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The project will be developed on turnkey basis at the at […] Read more
INDEOtec Secures Order New PECVD Tool Order for Heterojunction Solar Cells Updated On Fri, Jun 2nd, 2017 by Saurenergy The new tool order for the OCTOPUS PECVD system would be configured to facilitate advanced research of certain layer stacks for heterojunction and other high-efficiency PV solar cells devices. INDEOtec, the Swiss based PV manufacturing equipment specialist has secured an order intake by the institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE). By the reception of this […] Read more
