Thursday, 15 October 2026

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy increased enlisted solar cell manufacturing capacity under ALMM List-II to approximately 37.8 GW, according to GreentechLead.

The latest revision, issued on October 8, 2026, added 402 MW of annual manufacturing capacity from Gopin Semicon's facility in Kamrej, Surat, Gujarat, per GreentechLead.

India's manufacturing capacity nears 50 GW, though that figure includes a stabilization period for newly commissioned solar cell lines, according to Mercom India.

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has announced the first application round for offshore renewable energy feasibility permits, according to Dentons.

The move follows the enactment of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2026 and accompanying regulations, Dentons reported.

Applications open on 19 October 2026 and close on 19 April 2027.

The Government of Canada committed $100 million to advance offshore wind development in Nova Scotia, with funds aimed at moving the province's Wind West project from concept toward development, Natural Resources Canada said. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announced the commitment, which the department said would help secure the private investment the project needs.

Of that total, $5 million will fund floating light detection and ranging buoys that measure offshore wind speeds and ocean conditions, according to Natural Resources Canada. The data will help proponents prepare for a Call for Bids that the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator plans to launch in winter 2027.

Natural Resources Canada is also providing nearly $3 million to Net Zero Atlantic to expand transmission modelling and conduct marine survey work. The modelling covers the transmission of offshore wind power from Nova Scotia to Quebec, Ontario and beyond, while the survey work supports transmission cable routing, the department said.

Mexico's mixed-investment model, which pairs the state utility CFE with private entities, gives renewable energy investors certainty, Baja California official Josué Alberto Valenzuela said, according to energy-storage.news.

Under the scheme, the investor covers a project's capital expenditure while CFE guarantees the purchase of at least 70% of the energy produced, energy-storage.news reported. Valenzuela said interest in promoting renewable projects is strong and that the arrangement provides investors with certainty.

In India, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said the country's energy transition must balance decarbonisation with affordable and reliable power, according to Millennium Post. He warned that a shift to clean energy should not increase costs for households or slow industrial growth.

Adani said clean energy must become a reliable and affordable option for households and businesses for the transition to succeed, Millennium Post reported.

Researchers at Princeton Engineering corrected internal defects in perovskites by adding a novel combination of chemicals during fabrication.

The additives, zinc bromide and methyl ammonium chloride, produce perovskites with fewer defects in the crystal structure, which allows electrons to retain energy from sunlight longer.

According to the researchers, the technique could translate to a 1% improvement in the power generation of even the most cutting-edge perovskite solar cells.

The advance is attributed to the defect-free perovskites retaining energy from sunlight 10 times longer than untreated perovskites.