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Report on enhancing Solar PV rooftop uptake in India through innovative EU business models

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Now.Solar

IntroductionGovernment of India has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of installed capacity of Renewable Energyby 2022, comprising 100 GW of grid-connected solar power, of which 40 GW3 has been targeted for solar rooftop. Though India has made significant … Continue reading →

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PV WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIN

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Now.Solar

ExECUTIVE SUMMARY:This study aims to analyse the current state of play of the PV waste management landscape in India and to provide recommendations on how to enhance the policy framework around it. A comparison of the EU and Indian regulatory … Continue reading →

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Iberdrola plans three more Spanish solar projects totalling 450MW

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Now.Solar

Iberdrola is progressing with efforts to develop three solar farms in Spain’s Valencia region that will have a combined capacity of 450MW and require an investment of more than €235 million (US$284 million).The utility plans to build two plants (PSF … Continue reading →

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Photovoltaic Module Energy Yield Measurements: Existing Approaches and Best Practice

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Ritesh Pothan

IEA PVPS Task 13, Subtask 3 Report IEA‐PVPS T13‐11:2018 May 2018 Table of Contents Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………… 9 Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………………….. 10 List of abbreviations ……………………………………………………………………………… 11 Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………. 13 1 2 3 4 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Background Information ………………………………………………………… 18 … Continue reading →

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IEA-PVPS T13-01 2014 Review of Failures of Photovoltaic Modules Final – Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ritesh Pothan

Posted in Crystalline, Renewables, Solar | Tagged and back contact degradation, back sheet adhesion loss, burn marks, cell cracks, defective bypass diodes; and special failures of thin-film modules, delamination, disconnected cell and string interconnect ribbons, engineering lines, EVA discolouration, frame breakage, front glass breakage, image based methods, IV Curve, junction box failure, potential induced degradation, pv industry, PV module designers, PV Modules, shunt hot spots, snail tracks, Solar Curve, Solar PV, standardisation committees, such as micro arcs at glued connectors, technological research laboratories, test equipment developers, testing companies, UV fluorescence, visual inspection | Leave a comment

Trade War: SolarWorld challenges US import duty rates and loopholes

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The key challenge is SolarWorld’s attempt to appeal the so-called ‘scope ruling,’ which enabled Chinese module manufacturers to avoid duties if they used solar cells produced outside China. PV manufacturer SolarWorld is taking the United States government to court for … Continue reading →

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Citigroup: How solar module prices could fall to 25c/Wp

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Energy analysts at global investment bank Citigroup suggest that the cost of solar PV modules could fall beyond most expectations in coming years – and reach a cost of just 25c a watt by 2020. The prediction is included in … Continue reading →

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Who’s Next? – Fears from Suntech bond default spread to other Chinese PV manufacturers

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Testing times for China-based PV manufacturers as loans and lines of credit scrutinised. The Suntech Power Holdings saga has quickly led to questions being asked of the financial health of other leading China-based PV manufacturers. According to a report from Bloomberg, … Continue reading →