Beijing: Chinese tech giant Huawei is planning to make electric cars under its own brand, and now a new report has claimed that the company has filed a couple of patents relating to the same. Specifically, two patents filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. titled “An Electric Drive System, Powertrain, and Electric Vehicle”. The patents […]
Research, Reports & Ratings
Fitch Affirms ReNew RG II’s USD525 Million Notes at ‘BB’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed ReNew RG II’s USD525 million senior secured notes due 2024 at ‘BB’. ReNew RG II is a restricted group of subsidiaries owned by ReNew Power Private Limited (ReNew; BB-/Stable). The rating on the notes reflects the credit profile of the restricted group (RG) of eight entities that have an operating capacity […]
Fitch Affirms Neerg Energy’s USD475 Million Notes at ‘BB-
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the rating of Neerg Energy Ltd’s USD475 million senior unsecured notes due 2022 at ‘BB-‘. The rating on the notes reflects the credit profile of a restricted group (RG) of subsidiaries owned by ReNew Power Private Limited (ReNew; BB-/Stable). The RG has an operating capacity of 606MW in wind (66% of […]
Fitch Rates Greenko Dutch’s Proposed USD Notes ‘BB’
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings-Singapore-02 March 2021: Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of ‘BB’ to the proposed US dollar senior notes of Greenko Dutch B.V (GBV), which is a restricted group of subsidiaries owned by Greenko Energy Holdings (Greenko; BB/Stable), a Mauritius‐based company focused on renewable-energy generation in […]
China’s import of polysilicon for solar cells dips 30%
China’s import of polysilicon, the feedstock for solar cells, decreased by 30 percent from 144,503 metric tons (MT) in 2019 to 100,776 MT in 2020, according to Chinese customs statistics. “Though South Korea still exported sizeable volumes from inventories to China throughout the year, the shutdown of a production capacity of 60,500 tons – at […]
The future of solar technology: New technology makes foldable cells a practical reality
International research team creates solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance IMAGE: FOLDABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS USING CARBON NANOTUBE-EMBEDDED ULTRATHIN POLYIMIDE CONDUCTOR With the recent development of foldable mobile phone screens, research on foldable electronics has never been so intensive. One particularly useful application of the foldable technology is in solar panels. Current solar cells are […]
Earth Lost 28 Trillion Tonnes of Ice in 24 Years Due to Warming: Study
Impacts of global warming are alarming and often irreversible. More than anything else, the unprecedented melting of ice sheets and glaciers is a defining outcome of this global crisis. Left unchecked, the resultant rise in sea levels can submerge the coastal parts of the planet due to the accelerated melting, which, so far, is in […]
SMARTPHONES COULD BE CHARGED BY INVISIBLE SOLAR PANELS HIDDEN IN SCREEN, SCIENTISTS SAY
Smartphones in the future could be powered by invisible solar panels built into the device’s screen. Adding the ability to charge from the Sun, by using the glass in the screen, has long been a dream of phone users. But the materials to make it practically possible are lacking, making such technology difficult to […]
Oxford PV breaks record for solar power efficiency
Oxford PV sets new world record for the amount of the sun’s energy that can be converted into electricity by a single solar cell An Oxford-based lab has created a photovoltaic solar cell that it says has surpassed the efficiency that silicon can ever reach. Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University, says it has […]
U of T, international researchers develop two-sided solar cells to collect scattered light
To increase the performance of solar panels, a team of researchers based in Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany and Canada has created a bifacial, or two-sided, tandem solar cell, built by bringing together the best of the perovskite and silicon technologies. Out in the field, light primarily comes directly from the sun. Conventional tandem solar cells […]