Turmoil Ahead In Solar, As Key Suppliers Continue To Raise Solar Input Prices Updated On Thu, Jul 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Consider this. The price of Polysilicon, the earliest processed input in the solar supply chain, averaged CNY (Chinese Yuan) 76/kg in 2020. In 2021, thanks to a series of incidents at key manufacturing plants and rising demand, prices averaged CNY 117/kg. However, prices as of July 24 have climbed to well over CNY 260/kg, after […] Read more
Watch Out For World’s First Solar-Powered Mass Market Electric Car Updated On Tue, Jul 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sion, a five-seater compact family electric car wrapped with 456 solar panels except the windows, is likely to enter the assembly line in the second half of 2023, the German start-up Sono has said. The vehicle was unveiled at Munich. The company is looking to produce more than 250,000 of the vehicles over the period […] Read more
TotalEnergies, Trina Solar Head To Court In US Over 900 MW Of Missed Module Deliveries Updated On Thu, Jul 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy French energy major Totalenergies and Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar, find themselves in court after Totalenergies alleged breach of contract over a 900 MW modules order that its US subsidiaries placed with Trina. The case was filed by Totalenergies in Alameda County, California for orders, all deliverable in the US. Interestingly, all the orders were […] Read more
Flexible Solar Moves One Step Closer to Mass Market With DaZheng Updated On Tue, Jul 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy A 10 year old Chinese startup, DaZheng, has become the first firm worldwide to produce large, flexible perovskite solar panels at scale, with a promised efficiency of 21%. Traditional flexible thin-film solar cells are limited by expensive raw materials and complicated manufacturing processes, which lead to the high cost and limited applications. The new flexible […] Read more
Apollo Invests $175 Million in Summit Ridge Energy For Community Solar Projects Updated On Thu, Jul 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Global conglomerate Apollo Global Management has revealed that it will be making an investment worth $175 million in Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets. Since it came into being in 2017, Summit Ridge has formed two joint ventures totaling more than $1 billion in permanent project capital. It has also expanded […] Read more
SECI Cancelled Solar Tenders Of 166 MW Cumulative Capacity Recently Updated On Wed, Jul 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy In the last two days (11 and 12 July) SECI has cancelled three solar tenders with a total capacity of 166 MW. The three tenders include 100 MW solar tender of Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, 44 MW & 22 MW solar tender of The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). SECI has said that the reason behind […] Read more
SECI Cancels 100 MW Getalsud Dam Floating Solar Tender Updated On Wed, Jul 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Over two months after it first extended the deadline to respond to bidders, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled the tender for the 100 MW Getalsud Dam project near Ranchi in Jharkhand. The cancellation follows a familiar pattern of challenges faced with floating solar tenders in India, where the standout success has […] Read more
Ola Electric Announces Domestic Production of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Updated On Tue, Jul 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Ola Electric has announced that they have succeeded in making a Li-ion cell indigenously. An important development that will support the Indian EV industry as India doesn’t have much organization in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles. Bhavish Aggarwal, the CEO of Ola Electric, revealed the creation of the lithium-ion cell’s success on Twitter […] Read more
Jinko Solar Stakes Claims As First To Achieve 8GW Shipment Milestone In India Updated On Tue, Jul 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy Jinko Solar claims to have become the first and only company to achieve 8GW shipment milestone in India. The solar panel manufacturer has also shared its performance results in recent quarters. Shedding light on becoming the first and only global player to ship 8GW of solar panels to India, Dany Qian, VP, Jinko Solar said, […] Read more
