Bangladeshi renewables regulator vows to supply skilled solar workforce
In the wake of recent reports highlighting a global lack of clean-energy skills training, the country’s Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority has said it will work with private companies to set up vocational courses.
IRENA presents $2tn plan to drive 5.5m renewables jobs by 2023
Doubling down on renewable energy investment and energy transition spending is required to ensure a truly green global recovery from the Covid-19 crisis and its economic aftershock, claims the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Longi begins mass production of its 540 W panels
Longi wants to expand the production capacity to 12 GW for its new highly efficient modules by the end of the year.
Indian state tenders 500 MW of solar
Projects can be established anywhere in Gujarat which has spare grid capacity, with the relevant substations listed on the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation website.
Organic solar PV cells on paper substrate for indoor use
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have developed 12×12 cm2 sub-modules from organic solar PV cells on a paper substrate that could be used to power flexible electronic devices under an indoor lighting environment. The modules are said to deliver a power density of up to 12 µW/cm2 under illumination from a 1000-lux cool‐white LED.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Big solar-plus-hydrogen, 200 MW of floating PV and higher PV glass prices
And module manufacturer Trina Solar announced on Monday afternoon that the company has signed an agreement with the government of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, for the construction of a 10 GW solar module factory.
Maxeon Solar sues Canadian Solar for alleged patent infringement on shingled technology in Japan
The SunPower spinoff claims that Canadian Solar has infringed its Japan Patent No. JP6642841B2 for shingled solar modules.
Kesterite solar cell with 8.66% efficiency and fill factor of 62.63%
Researchers in South Korea have analyzed the effects of alkali doping on the fill factor of kesterite solar cells and have built a device on a flexible metal foil optimized with a sodium fluoride doping layer.
Solar projects under construction face uncertainty in India
Factors like a labour shortage and proposed duties on module imports could lead to significant cost overruns for Indian developers.
Trafigura to develop 2 GW of renewables
Oil and metals trader will join forces with Australian investment group IFM to launch the new entity, which will develop solar, wind and energy storage projects – some of them supplying clean energy to Trafigura operations – as well as making acquisitions.
