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Highlights

  • 50th Anniversary of Solar PV in India

    The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Solar PV activities in India.
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  • Short-Term Course on Theory and Technology of Silicon Solar Cells

    Prof. Anil Kottantharayil, at NCPRE and PoTIC, organized a three-day short-term course titled
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  • NCPRE students at the RD20 Summer School in Colorado

    The year 2023 was then the warmest on record, and in response to this
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  • NCPRE Laboratory featured in India Today

    The Hybrid Solar Cell (HSC) Laboratory, one of the key research facilities under NCPRE at IIT Bombay,
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  • Design of Gate Driver Circuit for medium voltage SiC MOSFET

    Advancements in wide-band-gap materials like silicon carbide (SiC) have enabled medium-voltage (MV) power devices
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  • NCPRE’s work on the Effect of Pyranometer Soiling

    Accurate solar irradiance measurement is crucial for evaluating photovoltaic (PV) system performance.
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  • IIT Bombay and Rayzon Solar sign an MoU

    On March 28, 2025, Dr. Shashwata Chattopadhyay, R&D AGM at Rayzon Solar, visited NCPRE and the Photovoltaics Technology
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  • Four Terminal (4-T) Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells at NCPRE

    Silicon solar cells currently dominate the global market as the most widely used and effective solar cell technology.
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  • Heat Sink Design Consideration for H-Bridge Inverter

    Over the past few decades, photovoltaic (PV) power integration into the grid has grown exponentially with installations, now contributing terawatts of power.
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  • NCPRE’s Work on Bypass Diode Reliability Approved for the Creation

    Prof. Narendra Shiradkar represented India in person at the IEC TC82/WG2 meeting in Ben Guerir, Morocco, in April 2025.
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  • NCPRE’s research work on optimizing TOPCon solar cell performance through Sentaurus TCAD modeling of monofacial and bifacial architectures

    The increased deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technologies is one of the most effective strategies for generating clean energy with minimal environmental impact.
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  • NCPRE at IEEE APEC 2025 in Atlanta, USA

    NCPRE participated in the 2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), held in Atlanta, USA, from March 16–20, 2025.
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  • NCPRE presents latest findings on Bypass Diode Reliability at NREL PV Reliability Workshop, Golden, Colorado, USA

    NCPRE’s Prof. Narendra Shiradkar attended the NREL PV Reliability Workshop (PVRW) in Golden, Colorado, USA in late March 2025.
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  • NCPRE advances Perovskite solar cell efficiency towards commercialization with cost-effective innovations

    At the TaiyangNews Solar Technology Conference India 2025, held on April 10-11 in New Delhi, Prof. Dinesh Kabrafrom NCPRE shared significant advancements in perovskite solar cell technology.
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  • Carrier recombination, thermal feedback and photo- luminescence efficiency roll-off in Perovskites

    Perovskite-based optoelectronic devices like solar cells and light emitting diodes are making rapid strides towards commericalization, and NCPRE has a major program in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells.
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Upcoming Courses and Events
  • 3-day training program on "Advanced Power Electronics for Solar PV Integration"
    Course Coordinators: B. G. Fernandes and Shiladri Chakraborty,
    Dates: 17th to 19th July 2025
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  • Three days workshop on "Theory and Technology of Silicon Solar Cells"
    Faculty in charge: Prof. Anil Kottantharayil,
    Date: 28th to 30th May 2025
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  • Two days workshop on "Impact of Inverter-based Resources on Power Systems"
    Faculty in charge: Prof. Anil Kulkarni,
    Date: 4th to 5th November 2024
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  • “Perovskite based solar cells dominated by bimolecular recombination - How far is the radiative limit?”
    Speaker: Prof. Pradeep Nair, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
    Date: September 11, 2024,
    Venue: EEG-301, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
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  • NCPRE Organizes 3-Day Short-Term Course on “Theory and Technology of Silicon Solar Cells”
    Date: May 29 - 31, 2024
    Venue: VMCC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
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  • Talk on Feasibility and utility of Light-Beam-Induced Current imaging along with EL imaging of solar cells and modules.
    Speaker: Prof. K. S. Narayan, Professor, JNCASR and Distinguished Visiting Professor, IIT Bombay.
    on Thursday, Date : 2nd May 2024, 02:30 PM Venue: GG Conference Room, EE Department
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  • Talk on III-V Compound Semiconductor/Si Integration for Tandem Photovoltaics, Future Technologies and the Enabling Role of Innovative Defect Engineering
    Speaker: Prof. Steven A. Ringel, Ohio State University
    on Tuesday, Date : 2sd April 2024, 11:00 AM Venue: Room GG-301, EE Department
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  • PoTIC organizes an exciting webinar on "The fastest energy change in history”.
    Speaker: Prof. Andrew Blakers, Australian National University,
    on Friday, Date : 15th March 2024, 11:30 AM

NCPRE Reports
What can we learn from photoluminescence imaging of silicon solar cells?

Re-energizing Sustainable Solar Manufacturing in India: Technology Roadmap and Recommendations.

All India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability 2018 - Report

All India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability 2018 - Executive Summary

Report on ISA-FICCI-NCPRE Roundtable on Role of innovation
in Advancement of Solar Energy in ISA Countries.

All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability: 2016 - Executive Summary

All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability: 2016

Energy Survey at Cantonment Distribution Section,Thiruvananthapuram

Estimating The Rooftop Solar Potential of Greater Mumbai.

All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Degradation: 2013

Planning for Integration of Solar PV into the Energy Mix - Energy Survey
Report, Chendamangalam Gram Panchayat, Kerala.

Grid Integration of Distributed Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in India.
(Summary of observations and recommendations for a way forward)

Grid Integration of Distributed Solar Photovoltaics(PV) in India.
(A review of technical aspects,best practices and the way forward)