We Aim To Make Solar Biz Simple & Effective: Nishant Sood Updated On Thu, Apr 17th, 2025 by Saurenergy Tell us about your journey. How do you transition from a finance background to the solar industry? Nishant Sood: I’m a mechanical engineer by background—I graduated from IIT in the early 2000s, followed by an MBA in finance. It was a fairly typical path: IIT, then IIM, and straight into investment banking. I graduated from […] Read more
Attero, NISE Join Hands To Tackle Solar Panel Recycling In India Updated On Wed, Apr 16th, 2025 by Saurenergy Attero, India’s largest cleantech company and a lithium-ion battery recycler, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous body under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), to address solar panel waste management. Under the MoU, NISE will support Attero with its knowledge and expertise […] Read more
Solar Module Prices To Stabilise At Best In 2025, Not Rise, Says Australian Report Updated On Fri, Mar 28th, 2025 by Saurenergy Climate Energy Finance, an Australia based think tank, has predicted that solar module prices are unlikely to rise in 2025, at beat stabilising. This will be reassuring for a lot of developers in India and beyond, who dread the risk of a significant price rise, as supply chains across the world continue to depend on […] Read more
First Solar India’s Disconnect: Big Factory, Small Home Footprint Updated On Mon, Mar 24th, 2025 by Saurenergy First Solar, Inc., a US solar manufacturer, ventured into India manufacturing business with the intention of serving the domestic India market as it inaugurated a fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu with a capacity of 3.3 GW. The firm also had the distinction of making it to India’s ALMM list as the […] Read more
COVER STORY: India’s Different Path For Solar Module Manufacturing Updated On Fri, Mar 21st, 2025 by Saurenergy On February 17, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued its latest ALMM (Approved List of Models and Manufacturers) list. The issuing of the much-awaited list has been increasing in frequency over the year, as the rate of addition of new firms and module manufacturing capacity picks up pace. From just 26 manufacturers […] Read more
IIT Bombay’s 4T Silicon-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Hits 26% Efficiency Updated On Wed, Mar 19th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has conducted one of the first experimental demonstrations of a 4T silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell, achieving over 26% efficiency. A team at the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay fabricated a semi-transparent perovskite solar cell (PSC), which, when combined with a silicon-based solar […] Read more
Top 5: Factors Responsible for Glass Breakage in Solar Modules Updated On Thu, Mar 13th, 2025 by Saurenergy Glass breakage is a growing concern for the solar power plant operators. With the trend towards double glass sided modules as seen in Bifacials, or TOPCon with double glass sided construction, the changes in solar PV module design and materials mean breakages are now a bigger risk than ever. These breakages can be due to […] Read more
Loom Solar Crosses Rs 150 Cr Milestone in Fy24, Profits Spike As Well Updated On Wed, Mar 12th, 2025 by Saurenergy Solar energy solutions provider Loom Solar has managed around three-fold growth in its operating revenue during the last fiscal year. Significantly, the Faridabad-based company also tripled its profits in FY24. Loom Solar’s revenue from operations soared by 2.9X to Rs 151.5 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024 from Rs 53 crore in FY23, […] Read more
With 50 GW Additions, Solar Momentum Strong In US in 2024 Updated On Wed, Mar 12th, 2025 by Saurenergy The United States installed a record-breaking 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2024 Year in Review report released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood […] Read more
