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This new material keeps solar cells cool while still catching lights

Solar cells capture sunlight and turn it into electricity, but most of the surplus energy turns into heat, which actually harms the solar cell and interestingly solar cells are only about 20 percent efficient. Researchers at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA have come out with a technology to keep the solar cells cool. The […]

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GE signs contract with TSK to provide 220MW LV5 series 1,000-volt solar inverters

GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a contract with TSK to provide 220-megawatt (MW) LV5 series 1,000-volt solar inverters and has established the possibility to expand the collaboration for future possible projects with the LV5 series solar inverters. Both the companies have been strategic partners in thermal power plant and wind businesses. With the new […]

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India will lead the world towards clean energy: Piyush Goyal

Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, felicitated 102 awardees at CST & Solar Cooker Excellence Awards- 2016 on Friday in National Capital.  The minister also released 9 knowledge documents collated by several experts to provide information on Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology (CST) on the occasion. Speaking […]

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Fullerene-free Polymer solar cells manufactured using low-cost printing technology sets a new world record

Researchers at Linköping University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed cheaper and more reliable polymer solar cells. In recent years, polymer solar cells have emerged as a low cost alternative to silicon solar cells. In order to obtain high efficiency, fullerenes are usually required in polymer solar cells to separate charge carriers. […]

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TNERC announces new solar power tariff

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has passed comprehensive tariff order on Solar Power which comes into force from 1st April this year. The tariff works out to Rs.5.10 per unit for Solar PV projects and Rs.11.12 per unit for Solar Thermal projects without AD benefit. The AD benefit component of the tariff is […]

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Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited begins solar power project

The Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC) has started installation of rooftop solar project on the existing plant switchyard building as part of a demonstration project at Ib Thermal Power Station (ITPS) in Jharsuguda district. OPGC says that the project can produce 3KW of solar power which will be used to power switchyard building internal […]

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Boviet Solar USA modules pass industry’s highest long-term reliability tests

Boviet Solar USA has announced that its modules have passed the industry’s highest long-term reliability tests, far exceeding the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards. The tests that modules of Boviet Solar have undergone include failure modes of the solar modules subjected to real field conditions. Boviet Solar modules were subjected to damp heat testing three times […]

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BrightSource Energy announces advanced solar field technologies

Leading concentrating solar power technology (CSP) company BrightSource Energy, Inc. has launched advanced solar field technologies. New technologies deployed at Israel’s Ashalim Solar Thermal Power Station reduce costs; accelerate construction schedule and increase energy production. BrightSource’s solar field technologies feature improvements to the heliostats, solar field communications network and solar field control system. The under […]

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Solar Power Tariffs to witness Legitimate Fall – Study

Despite aggressive bidding, debt viability of projects with low execution and counterparty risks — especially those under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission scheme and Solar Park scheme, is likely to remain intact,” said a recent report of India Ratings and Research, or Ind-Ra. Solar power tariffs—which hit a low of Rs 4.34 per unit […]

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