TOPCOn Makes Inroads In India’s Solar Manufacturing Sector Updated On Fri, Dec 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Around 2019, mono-PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Contact) was well on its way to dominate the solar market in India, in a market that was ruled by polycrystalline modules until then. Researchers and developers had already estimated its dominance five years ago in 2014, but it took a wholesale shift to mono-PERC by leading Chinese manufacturers […] Read more
Solar Rental Marketplace OTOVO Raises €40mn Funding Updated On Wed, Nov 15th, 2023 by Saurenergy Norwegian solar startup Otovo has secured €40mn from its existing investors including Å Energy, Axel Johnson Group, and Nysnø, the Norwegian government’s Climate Investment Fund. The funding will help the firm expand its rent-to-buy online marketplace for solar panels, as it seeks to ride the strong residential solar market growth across the EU. This latest […] Read more
Berkeley, DOE Produce Database To Map Solar PV Facilities Updated On Tue, Nov 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy Berkeley Lab and USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) produced a publicly available database. The detailed Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) aims to map ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) facilities with capacity of 1 megawatt. This come alongside US’s DOE (Department of Energy) data, that released an online dataset of […] Read more
EU Solar Market Faces Challenges From China and US: ESIA Report Updated On Wed, Nov 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy The European Union’s (EU) industry association body, the European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA), released a report that evaluates factors that can contribute to the de-risking and scaling up of Europe’s solar PV manufacturing. The alliance evaluates the factors affecting European industries, aiming to achieve the goal of 30 GW of domestic manufacturing capacity by 2025 and the EU’s […] Read more
TotalEnergies Starts 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Plant with Battery Storage in Texas Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy French Energy major TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football […] Read more
What is ailing the growth of solar irrigation in Bihar? Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Birender Singh is a 68-year-old farmer based at Azamgarh village in Sitamarhi district of Bihar. Buoyed by his interest in solar, he installed a 2HP, off-grid solar pump in 2016. It was installed under the state government’s Chief Minister New and Renewable Energy Solar Pump Scheme. Singh was among the 2,771 farmers who received the subsidized solar pump under the […] Read more
NTPC REL Calls EPC Developers for 650 MW Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has issued a tender inviting online bids from bidders on single stage two envelope (that is, envelope-I: techno-commercial bid and envelope-II: price bid) basis for EPC package for development of 650 MW (2 X 325 MW) grid connected solar PV projects at Bikaner, Rajasthan. The last date and time […] Read more
The Future of Indian Solar Market: TOPCon Technology Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ankit Singhania, Director & Co-Founder, Navitas Solar The Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) structure got more consideration for development of high-performance solar cells by the introduction of a tunnel oxide layer between the substrate and poly-Si, which is best for attaining interface passivation. When the Si solar cell’s efficiency approaches 23%, most of the recombination […] Read more
October Solar Additions Equal To Full 2022 As Europe’s Solar Romance Blooms Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Rystad Energy Research reports that Europe’s solar installation levels are exceeding expectations, with the amount installed in October 2023 already matching the total installed in all of last year. Rystad Energy modeling forecasts new solar capacity additions will grow 30% this year versus 2022, surpassing 58 gigawatts direct current (GWDC) of new panels by the […] Read more
