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Researchers Find Growing Crops at Solar Farms Improves Panel Efficiency

Researchers from Cornell University have found that growing commercial crops on solar farms is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land, which can increase both...

March 7, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Technology
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China’s GCL System to Make 12 GW of Solar Modules Annually in New Facility

Chinese manufacturer GCL System Integration Technology is planning to invest nearly ¥2 billion (~$292 million) to build a high-efficiency solar module facility with an...

February 22, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Finance and M&A

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Renewable Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Sector Pins Hopes on Budget 2023

The solar sector has a long wish list for the Union Budget 2023, which will be presented in a few days. Stakeholders look forward to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

January 30, 2023

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Mercom India

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Daily Wrap-up
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US Lawmakers Seek Repeal of Duty Waiver on Solar Panels from Southeast Asia

Seven months after President Joe Biden announced a two-year duty exemption on solar modules and cells imported from four Southeast Asian countries, a bipartisan group of...

January 27, 2023

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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Researchers Reduce Performance Losses in TOPCon & SHJ Solar Cells

Researchers at Hebei University, China have developed an organic solution that can compensate for performance losses caused during the cutting and separation process...

January 23, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Technology
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Researchers in Spain Find New Way to Cool Solar Panels to Improve Efficiency

A team of researchers at the University of Alcala in Spain has claimed that a temperature reduction in solar modules by up to 20ºC can enhance the net system efficiency...

November 4, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Technology
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More Space Between Solar Panel Rows Help Lower Module Temperatures: NREL

Distancing rows of solar panels apart can help maintain the module temperature, which usually increases when solar modules are exposed to direct sun for a long time...

October 27, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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Technology to Turn Old Solar Panels Into Heat-Harvesting Thermoelectric Materials

A team of scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed...

July 11, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Solar

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Technology
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India’s Largest Building-Integrated Rooftop Solar System Commissioned

Ornate Solar, a distributor of solar panels and inverters, has announced the commissioning of India’s largest building-integrated rooftop solar system in Bhagru,...

June 23, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Rooftop

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Solar
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Scientists Announce Record Efficiency for Ultra-Thin Solar Panels

A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and Imperial College London collaborated with Amsterdam’s research institute AMOLF to develop a method to help...

April 20, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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IIT Delhi Researchers Develop Portable Solar Tracking Towers

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi (IITD) have developed portable solar photovoltaic (PV) tracking towers of 3 kW and 5 kW capacity. The towers...

February 22, 2022

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Harsh Shukla

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Power Minister Pushes for 24/7 Uninterrupted Power Supply

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K.Singh, said the government intends...

February 18, 2022

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Harsh Shukla

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Renewable Energy
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US Court Revokes Trump’s Decision to Reimpose Tariffs on Imported Bifacial Solar Panels

In a development that could have significant implications for the solar industry, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has overturned the Trump...

November 18, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Explosion at Hoshine Silicon’s Polysilicon Plant in China Threatens Supply

A massive explosion was reported at a polysilicon factory in the city of Shihezi in China’s Xinjiang region. The plant produces raw materials for polysilicon used in the...

June 11, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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First Solar Clocks 32% Rise in Net Sales QoQ in Q1 2021

First Solar, a U.S.-based manufacturer of solar modules, has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). Net sales for Q1 2021 touched $803.4...

May 3, 2021

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Srinwanti Das

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Finance and M&A

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Solar

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