Reliance’s solar unit Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL) will buy preferred shares of German firm NexWafe worth 25 million euros ($28.82 million). NexWafe is developing and producing monocrystalline silicon wafers grown directly from inexpensive raw materials, going directly from the gas phase to finished wafers. This is expected to give solar manufacturers a significant … Read more
Reliance sprung another surprise on October 10, 2021 (Sunday) when it announced two strategic investments into it’s newly identified focus area – Solar Power. In the afternoon – 100% acquisition of REC Solar Holdings for an enterprise value of $771 million (Rs 5,800 crore) from China National Bluestar (Group) Co Ltd; and In the evening … Read more
The government is mulling delaying the imposition of customs duty on imported solar equipment or allowing extension of deadline for completion of domestic solar projects which are facing supply uncertainties from vendors in China, power and renewable energy minister RK Singh told ET. “We have received a demand saying there is this problem (Chinese companies … Read more
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, joined Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion.The chairman of Ltd. entered the rarefied group of 11 men as his conglomerate’s stock climbed to a record on Friday. He’s now worth $100.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg … Read more
Exide has informed that the Company is evaluating foray into lithium-ion (li-ion) cell manufacturing and is details on Govt’s recently announced Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for such batteries. The scheme’s outlay of Rs 18,100 crore is intended to establish 50 Giga Watt Hour (GWh) of advanced cell chemistry and 5 GWh of niche advanced … Read more
Shreevar Kheruka (Managing Director of Borosil Limited) announces that in the event of an unfortunate demise of any employee due to Covid – the family will be given 2 years of salary; and the education of the children of the employee will be paid till graduation in India. The above policy was made applicable for … Read more
The Company is in the process of expanding it’s production capacity of solar glass by adding a 3rd furnace (SG-3) of 550MT/ day that would more than double it’s total current capacity of about 500 MT. This would allow the Company to cater to a total solar industry demand of about 5GW annually as against … Read more