Volkswagen settled its emissions cheating scandal with the US federal government and the state of California for $15.3bn last week, of which $2bn will be earmarked to finance and deploy electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure across the US over 10 years.Bloomberg New Energy Finance expects sales of electric vehicles from the VW Group […]
Trina Solar Announces Achievement of 21.1% Average Efficiency for Industrially-Produced Monocrystalline PERC Cells
Trina Solar Limited , a global leader in photovoltaic (“PV”) modules, solutions, and services, recently announced that it has achieved an average efficiency of 21.1% for its industrially-produced P-type monocrystalline cells (156 x 156 mm2) with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (“PERC”) technology, and that the solar modules using these high-efficiency cells reached an output power […]
China installs 18.6 GW of systems in 2015, but part of that may never be able to connect
By Frank Xie, senior research analyst, IHS Technology Bottom Line China installed 18.6 gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2015, while over 4.5 GW of systems have been carried-over to 2016 for grid connection. Chinese inverter shipments reached an historic record of 22.8 GW in 2015, out of which 7.5 GW were write-down and […]
Supply and Installation of Solar Submersible Pump Set (1 HP), Solar Panel with Controller Unit
On behalf of the President of India, General Manager, Tear Smoke Unit, BSF, Tekanpur invites, on line tenders in two bid system (Technical bid & Financial bid) from manufacturers/suppliers /traders for supply, Installation and commissioning of various types of machines mentioned in Schedule –III as per the details contained in the schedules and appendices of […]
IBC SOLAR delivers PV system for Norway’s “largest freezer”
Solenergi FUSen AS, the Norwegian Premium Partner of IBC SOLAR AG, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy storage, has expanded one of its prestige projects in Vestby, Norway. In 2014, the company installed Norway’s biggest PV installation to-date on the rooftop of a dry storage facility belonging to the country’s leading food […]
Solar Urja Lamps (SoUL) To Light Up 10 Crore Students In India
While announcing the completion of 1 Million Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) programme of IIT Bombay in record time, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Mr Piyush Goyal has announced the scaling up of the programme to 10 crore students across the country. “MNRE will provide the required […]
IIT-Bombay to get govt assistance of 1,800 crore for SoUL programme
Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said the Centre will provide assistance of Rs 1,800 crore to IIT-Bombay for its Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) programme. Under the programme, the institution will disseminate solar lamps to 10 crore school children across the country. “The mission commissioned with distributing 10 lakh solar lamps to school children. Now, we […]
Mumbai City airport increases solar energy output
Adding to its solar energy generation capacity, Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) has announced the commissioning of additional solar power of 410 kWp inside the airport premises.The solar panels, spread across five locations at the T2 and Cargo terminals, have been positioned on rooftops for optimum utilisation of space. Until now, the airport was generating […]
Kerala With 71-MW projects, the sun is set to smile down on the state
IF things pan out, solar power use in the state will be stronger by 71.3 megawatts (MW) this financial year itself. The Power Department intends to complete a bevy of big and mini projects in 2016-17 which will add to the rising solar power use in the state. Construction is already underway on 20 projects, […]
Few takers for solar pumps, Maharashtra plans to relax norms
The BJP-led Maharashtra government’s ambitious scheme of installing five lakh solar agricultural pumps across the state, a pet initiative of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has got off to a slow start with few farmers showing interest in the scheme.While the government has given a contract for at least 10,000 solar pumps to be installed in […]