Softbank, Longi develop 665 g/m2 heterojunction solar modules with 22.2% efficiency
Researchers from the two companies have built a lightweight and flexible silicon heterojunction (HJT) PV panel that measures 563 mm x 584 mm and weighs just 218.5 g.
Tata Power records its highest ever quarterly profit of INR 1,533 crore
Tata Power has reported a net profit (profit after tax) of INR 1,533 crore in July-Aug.-Sep quarter of FY 2024-25, up 51% year-on-year.
Larger, thinner… and weaker?
With hailstorms in Australia and the United States severely damaging solar arrays – including “golf-ball sized” hail at the 350 MW Fighting Jays project in Texas in March 2024 – insurers are raising premiums and reducing or canceling hail coverage. Everoze Partner Simon Mason discusses the challenges the industry faces in minimising its hail risk exposure.
Solar module manufacturing capacity could exceed 1.5 TW by 2035, says IEA
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest report, which maps out the future evolution of clean energy manufacturing, says the combined global market for PV, wind turbines, electric cars, batteries, electrolyzers, and heat pumps will rise from $700 billion in 2023 to more than $2 trillion by 2035.
ANIL’s solar module sales in H1 FY 2025 surpass 2 GW
Adani New Industries Ltd’s solar module sales in the first six months of FY 2025 hit 2,380 MW (1,082 MW domestic and 1,298 MW export).
KAUST, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin present 31.2%-efficient blade-coated perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
The perovskite-silicon tandem device has a two terminal configuration and a 2D perovskite layers at the bottom interface. It was able to retain around 80% of its initial efficiency for 1,700 h.
JinkoSolar announces new TOPCon solar modules with efficiency of 24.8%
The Chinese manufacturer said the new Tiger Neo 3.0 modules are available in two versions with outputs of 495 W and 670 W.
EESL seeks 1 GWp of DCR-compliant crystalline solar modules for rooftop PV projects across India
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), registered as a national vendor under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana, has launched a tender for the procurement of around 1 GWp of crystalline solar PV modules, each with a rated capacity of 540 Wp and above. The modules must comply with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s domestic content requirement.
“We aim to emerge as the preferred supplier of hydrogen electrolyzers,” says Airox Nigen CEO
Anil K Agrawal, founder and chief executive officer, Airox Nigen Group, spoke to pv magazine ahead of the launch of the company’s new arm Aspire Hydrogen. Led by Aniruddh Agrawal, Aspire Hydrogen will set up an integrated green hydrogen value chain in Haryana. This incidentally coincides with 30 year completion of Airox Nigen.
Indoor perovskite solar cell based on self-assembled monolayers achieves 42% efficiency
Researchers in Taiwan have developed an efficient carrier transport and defect passivation approach at the nickel oxide/perovskite interface in perovskite solar cells, enabling devices with 42% efficiency under indoor lighting conditions, and over 20% in simulated sunlight.
