The long read: Batteries for batteries
Earlier this summer, Delta-EE completed a new research study on ways to pair energy storage with EV charging infrastructure, across homes, workplaces and vehicle fleets, in addition to bus-charging applications. Robin Adey-Jones, a Delta-EE analyst, presents the report’s findings on the size of the opportunity that EV charging offers for stationary storage batteries.
Tata Power to develop 150 MW solar for Tata Power-Distribution
The project has to be commissioned within 18 months from the date of execution of the power purchase agreement.
ReNew Power the first Indian company to cross 5 GW renewables mark
The developer has achieved a first for India and announced another 3 GW of clean energy capacity will be on the way in the next 18 months.
Off-grid solar sector witnesses sales of 4.1 million products in six months
Industry body Gogla and the World Bank’s Lighting Global program said the last six months set a record for off-grid solar deployment. Solar home systems and other small off-grid appliances are being used in ever larger numbers.
France based IBS partners with ION Energy for Lithium battery pack manufacturing
The company aims to emerge as a global leader in battery pack manufacturing with plans to set up a manufacturing unit in India in 2020-21 and the USA.
Assam will begin producing quantum dots for solar cells in Q1 2020
Amtronics’ Tech City facility—constructed to a 75,000 sq.ft footprint—will use US firm Quantum Materials Corp’s technology to manufacture quantum dots and thin-film quantum dot solar cells.
BHEL tenders for operations and maintenance of 50 MW solar plant in Madhya Pradesh
November 4 is the last date to bid for the NTPC Mandsaur plant, which uses 40 numbers of 1250 KW grid-interactive power conditioning units (inverters).
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar gets CCI nod to buy stake in Hero Future
Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy business Masdar is wholly owned by the emirate’s state-owned Mubadala Investment Company. Established in 2006, it develops utility-scale and off-grid renewable energy projects.
7 GW solar tender gets one-week extension—but will it help?
The manufacturing linked ISTS tender may face a ‘no bid’ situation even with amendments and bidding extensions, industry insider Gopal Lal Somani tells pv magazine as he explains the major reasons for developers’ cold response to some of the recent tenders.
Perovkiste solar cells need proteins
A U.S. research team has used protein bacteriorhodopsin to improve the efficiency of what it called ‘bioperovskite’ solar cells. The scientists used Förster Resonance Energy Transfer to predict the strength of long-range excitonic transport between the perovskite and protein layers.
