India tenders for Himalayan off-grid solar and storage
The Solar Energy Corporation of India has issued a call for expressions of interest to supply clean energy to isolated off-grid communities and warned components will probably have to be transported manually.
Total-EDF secure 1.35 GW of Indian solar in four months
The generation capacity – three 450 MWp projects in the state of Rajasthan – is expected to be commissioned towards early 2022.
The bigger the module, the bigger the ROI? Let’s crunch the numbers!
Is bigger always better? Had this year not already been dubbed the year of Covid-19, the solar industry might have remembered 2020 as the super-high-power modules year. In this pv magazine Webinar, we will discuss how EPCs and developers can maximize output and return on investment for their next project using these latest generation modules.
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.
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.
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.
India launches tender for innovative solar pumps
Bidders will be expected to deploy their tech in real field conditions. Shortlisted entries will be given sites to install solar pumps under India’s rural PV scheme.
South African renewables jobs should be in coal regions
A study into the potential pitfalls of the shift to clean power in the nation’s coal-dependent energy mix, pointed out almost all of South Africa’s solar farms are far to the south and west of the coal regions likely to bear the brunt of job losses in a country which already has 29% unemployment.
Auctions show Indian renewables still primed for growth
A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says there is plenty of investment capital available for Indian renewables, despite pandemic disruption.
