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What is the relevance of building-integrated photovoltaics in the current solar market?
While the most common place for solar panels on a building is the rooftop, it need not always be the case. There are enough folks worldwide who would like more parts of their building covered by solar panels, so that they can get more power generated from the sun by...
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What are Perovskite solar cells? Why are they getting increasingly attractive in a C-Si dominated PV market?
While so far, it has been the crystalline silicon technology (denoted as c-Si) that has been dominating the solar PV market, with around 90% of total market share, one alternative that could pose some serious competition to siliconis Perovskite. Perovskite solar cells that is made up of a perovskite-structured compound....
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What cost benefits do solar-wind hybrid systems bring along with it?
It is common wisdom that the wind blows most when there is no sun, and the sun shines best when there is no wind. OK, that's putting rather poetically, and possibly not very accurately - essentially, wind power plants generate the most during evenings and nights and solar power plants...
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Bioplastics Uses and Applications – Current, Emerging Markets – Bioplastics Guide
The Bioplastics Guide, an initiative by EAI, is a focussed consulting and market research division for the global bioplastics and biopolymers sectors. The Guide has an interesting section that provides an overview of the end use segments and applications for bioplastics. Get to know more about the current and emerging...
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Overview of Bioplastics – Classifications, Feedstock, Uses, End of Life Options – Bioplastics Guide
The Bioplastics Guide, which was started by EAI as a specialized division to provide strategy and market consulting for the bioplastics and biopolymers segments, has a useful section that provides an overview of bioplastics. The following are the main topics discussed in this section: Bioplastics and its classification Feedstock used...
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Bioplastics Market & Strategy Consulting – from Bioplastics Guide
EAI had been studying the bioplastics industry for the past few years and in the recent past we had the opportunity to look at the sector, in India and worldwide at close quarters. Based on these, we have put together an exclusive team to provide strategic and market consulting for...
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Solar panels over elevated structures – an additional benefit from a rooftop solar power plant
Not everyone would be happy with solar panels covering all their rooftop without room to move. For those houses and commercial buildings that can actually utilize their rooftop for something, cluttering it with row after row of solar panels is not a great idea. But these guys can still have...
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Can rooftop solar plants too deploy trackers like the ground-mounted solar farms?
The use of trackers can significantly enhance overall generation from a solar PV power plant. There is no argument about this. Trackers as a result are becoming quite common across a number of solar farms worldwide. A question hence naturally arises - can these trackers be used for rooftop solar...
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Will solar with battery storage disrupt the solar power market?
Depending on who you are, you either love battery storage or you hate it. The facts are as follows: Storing solar power in batteries is not really a super efficient way of using solar power - as this process ends up wasting about 30% of the solar power generated! At...
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What are hybrid solar inverters and how do they benefit rooftop solar power plants?
For all its environmental and other sustainability benefits, rooftop solar suffers from one big problem - it is not a 24x7, reliable source of electricity. Unless of course you consider using a battery along with the solar panels; or using a diesel generator in conjunction with the solar panels. If...
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