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MNRE- States & Ports Need to Locate Land for RE Manufacturing and Export Services Hubs

The MNRE secretary tweeted that ” All States and Ports requested to identify land parcels of 50 – 500 acres for setting up RE Manufacturing and Export Services Hubs”.

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WoodMac: Distributed Storage Outlook Shrinks for 2020 Due to Coronavirus

March 28, 2020 Anand Gupta

Industry concerns have shifted from supply chain risk to executing projects and bringing in new business. Residential and commercial energy storage installations are taking a hit as the U.S. tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The behind-the-meter storage segment will install 31 percent less capacity in 2020 than previously forecast, according to a new analysis by research […]

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Avalon and RedT Finally Ready to Merge in Rare Flow Battery Confluence

March 20, 2020 Anand Gupta

Consolidation could be just what the fledgling flow battery industry needs. Two flow battery companies are about to complete a months-long effort to combine forces. It’s a rare instance of elective M&A in this challenging sector of the energy storage industry, where acquisitions often happen after a bankruptcy or insolvency. North America’s Avalon Battery will […]

Americas

Trump Administration Lowers Import Tariffs on Chinese Batteries

January 18, 2020 Anand Gupta

The drop from 15 percent to 7.5 percent will improve project economics, but uncertainty lingers. The White House halved import tariffs on batteries manufactured in China as part of the larger trade deal signed this week. The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, […]

Americas

Polysilicon Industry Awaits Certainty on US-China Trade Deal

January 18, 2020 Anand Gupta

U.S. producers of the solar feedstock offer cautious optimism after the trade agreement includes polysilicon. The trade deal signed between the United States and China this week brought a jolt of positivity to U.S. polysilicon manufacturers, who have for years struggled to stay competitive while tariffs hampered access to the Chinese market, which accounts for […]

Energy Storage

Canada’s e-Zn Raises Millions to Commercialize Long-Duration Zinc Energy Storage

January 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

Startup bets on cheap and abundant zinc — and the emergence of a market for long-duration storage. Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million ($1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable […]

Americas

Solar Industry Asks Trump to Allow More Cell Imports to Spur Domestic PV Manufacturing

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

U.S. trade officials are preparing a midterm review of the Trump administration’s solar tariffs, with a range of potential outcomes. It’s been almost exactly two years since the Trump administration placed a 30 percent import tariff on solar cells and modules. And in large part, the industry has coped. Market conditions like module oversupply and […]

Asia - Pacific

Thailand charges towards an electric car future, with a few speed bumps

January 6, 2020 Anand Gupta

Thailand has the biggest automotive industry in Southeast Asia and the 12th largest in the world. Most of those coming out of Thai factories, well just about all really, are standard internal combustion engines with a few ‘hybrid’ models sprinkled in there as well. The hybrids include electric motors and charging systems which saves fuel […]

Americas

Maxeon Aims to ‘Outgrow the Market’ After Splitting From SunPower

November 20, 2019 Anand Gupta

Separated from U.S.-based SunPower, Maxeon may have a freer hand to seek its lowest-cost manufacturing options in China. Last week, the solar industry met Maxeon Solar Technologies, a spinoff that will pull SunPower’s global solar panel manufacturing and sales into a new company based in Singapore. Expected to close next year, the split will leave […]

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US Trade Court Sides With Longi, Jinko, REC in Solar Patent Infringement Case

November 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

A trade squabble between Hanwha Q Cells and some of the world’s largest PV manufacturers appears to be resolved in the all-important U.S. market. Longi Solar, JinkoSolar and REC Group appear to have emerged victorious from a legal attempt to shut the manufacturers out of the U.S. market. In a complaint filed in March, Hanwha […]