CEA in its latest report for April 22, 2021, stated that out of the 135 power plants of 1,66,406 MW capacity monitored by it on a daily basis, none is facing critical or supercritical coal stock situation. New Delhi: As many as 38 power plants of 46,720 MW combined capacity had coal stock for less […]
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Tandem Photovoltaics Enables New Heights in Solar Cell Efficiencies – 35.9 % for III-V//Silicon Solar Cell
Fraunhofer ISE has been conducting cutting-edge research in photovoltaics for forty years. Continually the institute has brought forth record cell efficiencies in different material classes and made important contributions in reducing the costs of solar electricity, which is the cheapest form of energy generation today. Photovoltaics, along with wind energy, is the central pillar of […]
Global Energy Review 2021
As the world enters a second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Global Energy Review assesses the direction energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions are taking in 2021. The latest statistical data and real-time analysis confirm our initial estimates for 2020 energy demand and CO2 emissions while providing insights into how economic activity and […]
Fall in cost of financing renewable projects: Oxford University
In contrast to renewables, comparing 2007-10 with 2017-20, coal power stations and coal mines have seen their loan spreads increase sharply, at 38 per cent and 54 per cent respectively. New Delhi: A new Oxford University research tracking how the financing costs for energy projects, measured through loan spreads, have changed over the past 20 […]
Sector Thematic Power – Reforms Essential for Rennaissance
Reforms essential for rennaissance. For more information please see below link.
Copper is the new oil: Demand for the metal expected to soar this decade
The 2020s are expected to be the strongest phase of volume growth in global copper demand in history: report The 2020s are expected to be the strongest phase of volume growth in global copper demand in history, as per Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs has argued that the critical role copper will play in achieving the […]
Rating on Azure Power Solar’s notes unaffected by sale of rooftop projects
Hong Kong : The rating on Azure Power Solar Energy Pvt Ltd (APSEPL’)s 350.1 million dollar 5.65 per cent senior notes due 2024 is not affected by the sale of Azure Power Global Ltd (APGL’s) rooftop solar portfolio,Fitch Ratings (/topic/fitch-ratings) said on Monday. Fitch does not expect the transaction to trigger a change of control provision […]
FINANCING THE WORLD’S SOLAR FUTURE THE NEED FOR A SOLAR FINANCE CORPORATION
FINANCING THE WORLD’S SOLAR FUTURE THE NEED FOR A SOLAR FINANCE CORPORATION. For more information please see below link.
Carbon dots from human hair boost solar cells
QUT researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create a kind of “armour” to improve the performance of cutting-edge solar technology. In a study published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, the researchers led by Professor Hongxia Wang in collaboration with Associate Professor Prashant Sonar […]
KU Leuven: Solar And Wind Energy Can Prevent Conflict In Northeast Africa
A new study shows that a massive expansion of solar and wind power in northeast Africa could ease several tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt around Africa’s largest hydroelectric power station, the new Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Adapting the operation of the GERD to support grid integration of solar and wind power is delivering […]