India

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh led yearly electric vehicle sales with a 15.15% share of the cumulative 1.2 million units sold in fiscal 2022-23. It was followed by Maharashtra with a 12.72% share and Karnataka at 9.14%.

Borosil Renewables says the solar glass capacity of its German unit, GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH, has increased to 350 tons per day (tpd) from 300 tpd, following the modification of its furnace.

Avaada Energy has secured a 280 MW solar project through tariff-based competitive bidding in an auction by Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.RUVNL (RUVNL).

USAID’s South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP) says in a new report that Indian green hydrogen demand will reach 2.85 million metric tons (MMT) per year by 2030.

Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (RUVNL) has allocated 1 GW of solar capacity in its latest auction. The selected developers secured a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

The company’s director Abhinav Mahajan told pv magazine the new 400 MW solar panel production line will become operational by July this year. The facility can produce M10, half-cut, 144-cell modules.

Solar Energy Corp. of India, NTPC and NHPC will examine developers’ requests for an extension to their solar and wind-solar projects on a case-by-case basis. The extension will only be granted if the developer has taken all possible measures to implement the project, such as land acquisition and orders for modules and balance-of-system supply, but couldn’t complete it for reasons beyond his control.

In its latest monthly column for pv magazine, the International Renewable Energy Agency shares a series of recommendations gathered from sector experts to help India reach its ambitious solar targets. According to its experts, Quality Infrastructure (QI) will be crucial for the country’s PV market in the years to come. QI is an interdependent ecosystem of the different elements (accreditation, certification, standards, testing, metrology, inspection & monitoring) working together in harmony, and all associated services should be developed in unity and not in a piecemeal fashion. A sound and internationally harmonized QI not only ensures that PV products and services deliver as expected by customers and national energy authorities, but also enables more efficient and competitive markets based on a global economy on scale.

GAIL (India) Ltd, India’s largest natural gas company, has announced plans to expand into vertically integrated solar manufacturing with an undisclosed partner.

Indian scientists have built a four-terminal silicon-perovskite solar cell that uses a top perovskite device with an efficiency of up to 17.1%. The top cell incorporates a room-temperature sputtered transparent conducting electrode (TCE) as a rear electrode.