Solar Panels

Ayodhya to get 10 solar ferries on Saryu river to promote tourism

The carrying capacity of the ferries will range between 6 to 50 individuals

Punjab to install solar panels in all state govt buildings, says minister

This project will reduce the financial burden of the electricity bills of respective departments by approximately 40 to 50%

Mexico plans to ask US Prez Biden for up to $48 bn for solar projects

Mexico plans to ask US President Joe Biden for as much as USD 48 billion in financing for solar projects, Foreign Relations Secretary Marcel Ebrard said on Tuesday. Ebrard said the request will be presented to Biden at the upcoming January 9-10 meeting of US, Canadian and Mexican leaders in Mexico City. Mexico hopes to build solar energy parks in the northern border state of Sonora, along with power transmission lines. Mexico hopes to receive some of the funding from the North American Development Bank, or NADBank. The bank funds green development projects, but has never provided financing on anything near the scale Mexico is requesting. Mexico also may get some of the funding between now and 2030 by issuing debt bonds. The solar parks are to be run by Mexico's state-owned utility, which has been involved in a trade dispute between Mexico and the United States. The US and Canada accuse President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador of trying to favor Mexico's state-owned utility over power

Gujarat's Modhera village basks in the sun, awaits solar power benefits

Residents of India's first solar-powered village hope for reduced bills, iconic Sun Temple gets light show boost

Biden waives solar panel tariffs for 2 years, seeks to boost production

White House officials said Biden's actions aim to increase domestic production of solar panel parts, building installation materials, high-efficiency heat pumps and other components

Solarwatt flexes muscles in home energy storage fight with Shell, Tesla

Germany's Solarwatt, backed by BMW's billionaire shareholder Stefan Quandt, plans to launch a small module that lets homeowners link rooftop solar panels to power storage batteries

United States bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company

The global solar energy supply chain has been squeezed by record high costs for polysilicon, labour and freight.

Radiance Renewables buys Azure's solar rooftop assets for Rs 536 cr

This is one of the largest acquisitions of rooftop solar assets in India, the company said

US Senators introduce bill to stop fund usage to buy Chinese solar panels

A group of Republican senators has introduced a legislation to prohibit federal funds from being used to buy solar panels from companies based in China, allegedly using forced labour in Xinjiang

Luminous aims Rs 6,000-cr turnover by FY25, to invest Rs 500 cr in 3 yrs

Luminous Power aims to achieve a target of Rs 6,000 crore turnover in the next five years, helped by its solar and the home electrical businesses, said a top company official

PLI scheme to boost solar manufacturing, reduce import dependence

India has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022.

Solar glass shortage threatens China's plans to be carbon neutral by 2060

Solar panel producers like Longi Green Energy Technology Co. have asked the government in China, home to most solar manufacturing, to address the situation by approving new factories

Safeguard Duty drags India's solar target down this year as imports fall

With project developers cutting down on projects, heat is felt by panel manufacturers as well

Ready for low-powered thermoelectrics?

Several types of experimental thermoelectric generators are being tested out in labs, and under real-life conditions

Toyota Motor is trying to figure out how to make a car run forever

A Prius plug-in hybrid that sells for more than 3 million yen offers solar panels as an option

Domestic solar panel manufacturing industry gets 12-Gw boost from Centre

Indian panel makers have been facing stiff challenge, especially from China

Govt plans to increase height of solar panels so farming can continue below

If India is to generate 100 GW of solar power by 2022, it is only a matter of time before agricultural land also goes under

Relief for solar panel importers with provisional stay on safeguard duty

Move will provide interim relief to importers; whether duty would eventually be payable would depend on the finalisation of the proceedings before the High Court

Chinese solar panels may cost more: Directorate suggests 70% safeguard duty

The DGS has not suggested any duty on the imports of these from the US and EU, citing low numbers

Chinese solar panels to face quality control barrier

The government had recently reduced incentives to indigenous solar equipment manufacturers