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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

Indian solar panel makers demand anti-dumping duty against China

This is the third attempt by the Indian panel makers to approach DGAD for anti-dumping duty

Solar panels so cheap that manufacturers may be selling at a loss

The global spot market price for solar panels fell 2.4 per cent to an average of 36 cents a watt on December 28