Solar Energy

Agrivoltaics Make Their Case For India

It is a truism that no change is really big enough to matter, unless it impacts the agricultural sector in India. After all, even after 2021, the Agriculture and allied sectors account for over 50% of our workforce, and contribute a substantial 18% to the country’s GDP. With the highest amount of arable land in […]

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Kerala’s Malappuram Collectorate Faces Unique Solar Powered Protest

Applicants for government jobs in Malappuram have devised a unique option to power their protests, installing solar panels and batteries to power their agitation for more jobs. In doing so, they have maintained Kerala’s reputation for the most innovative protests probably. The protestors are aspiring lower primary school teachers who are demanding a larger list […]

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US Firm Uses Solar Energy to Make Sustainable Nitrogen Fertiliser

California-based Nitricity has created an experimental reactor that produces economical and ecological nitrogen fertilizers using solar energy. Their on-site fertilizer production eliminates the emissions of fertilizer transport and provides a sustainable alternative to the Haber-Bosch process, which uses fossil fuels to fix nitrogen. The nitrogen extracted from the air enables Nitricity to produce nitric acid, […]

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Global Floatovoltaics Market Expected to Reach 4.8 GW by 2030: Report

Global floating solar panels market, estimated at 1.6 GW in 2021, is projected to reach 4.8 GW by 2026, finds a new study published by research company Global Industry Analysts (GIA). Floating solar panels or floating photovoltaics (FPV), which are also known as floatovoltaics, are solar panels that are mounted on a structure floating on a […]

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BESCOM Floats Supply and O&M Tender for 50MW Solar Projects

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has invited bids for the empanelment of firms for the installation and maintenance of grid-connected rooftop solar plants of various capacities, totalling 50 MWp, in its jurisdiction for five years under CAPEX (Consumer Investment) model. The full scope of the project includes design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning, as well […]

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Delayed Captive Status of Solar Plant No Cause to Deny REC, finds CERC

In a case involving refusal to issue of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) due to late recognition of a solar plant’s captive status, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) ruled in favour of petitioner Suryakant Gupta, the owner of Rajaram Maize Products, who installed a 4.8 MW solar power plant on his own land in Chhattisgarh for captive […]

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Privatisation Bound CEL issues Tender for 1 Million Solar Cells

Central Electronics Limited (CEL), the public sector enterprise in the eye of a privatisation tussle, has invited bids for the supply of one million multicrystalline solar cells of 4.68 W output or higher. CEL’s privatisation process has been put on hold due to objections raised regarding its valuation as well as the buyer credentials. In […]

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Italian Oil Giant Eni Buys 800 MW Solar Portfolio in Greece

Italian energy group Eni, through Eni gas e luce, has acquired the Greek company Solar Konzept Greece for an undisclosed amount as part of its plans to shift away from oil and gas. Solar Konzept Greece previously belonged to Solar Konzept International, which is majority owned by Aquila Capital, a sustainable investment and asset development company, […]

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Ubiquitous Energy Raises $30 M to Push Transparent Solar Window Tech

Ubiquitous Energy, which makes transparent photovoltaic glass coating that harnesses solar power to generate energy, all while remaining visibly indistinguishable from traditional windows, closed a $30 million Series B funding round late last year. Including this Series B round, a total of $70 million of funding has been raised by the company to date to […]

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