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About: Nitin Nampalli

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Nitin is a regular contributor to Solar Choice News with a focus on solar PV technology. He holds a Master of Engineering Science in Renewable Energy from UNSW and a Bachelor of Science degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. He is currently a PhD candidate researching solar photovoltaics at UNSW. In addition to his studies, he has also worked extensively in solar PV research.

Posts by Nitin Nampalli:

  • Future of Utilities – Part 1: The death of base-load generators By Nitin Nampalli on 11 September, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • Sharp enters energy storage market with SmartStorage By Nitin Nampalli on 18 August, 2014 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News&Solar System Products
  • Phinergy extends electric car range with metal-air battery technology By Nitin Nampalli on 13 August, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • Perovskites: The next PV revolution? By Nitin Nampalli on 24 July, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • New technique to unlock Li-ion’s replacement: the lithium-sulphur battery By Nitin Nampalli on 7 July, 2014 in Batteries & Energy Storage&New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • US solar PV installer SolarCity to start panel manufacturing with new 1 GW factory By Nitin Nampalli on 3 July, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • New chemical breakthrough with stabilised lithium could enable safer, cheaper Lithium-ion batteries By Nitin Nampalli on 18 June, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • Power Japan Plus introduces dual-carbon batteries to replace lithium-ion By Nitin Nampalli on 30 May, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives
  • Midsummer achieves record 16.2% production efficiency for CIGS on stainless steel By Nitin Nampalli on 27 May, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News&Solar industry press releases & announcements
  • Robotic tracking manufacturer QBotix attracts $12 million in new investment By Nitin Nampalli on 26 May, 2014 in Solar Choice News&Solar industry press releases & announcements&Solar Panel Tracking Systems&Solar System Products
  • Ambri’s liquid metal battery edges closer to commercialisation By Nitin Nampalli on 23 May, 2014 in Batteries & Energy Storage&New technologies&Solar Choice News&Solar industry press releases & announcements
  • Murdoch Uni develops algorithm to predict solar output in SW Australia By Nitin Nampalli on 12 May, 2014 in Solar Choice News&Solar panel system information in Western Australia
  • Australian concentrated PV technology finds Chinese takers By Nitin Nampalli on 6 May, 2014 in Solar Choice News&Solar industry press releases & announcements
  • Falling market shares predicted for amorphous silicon PV technology By Nitin Nampalli on 5 May, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives
  • EU project promises commercial organic solar cells By Nitin Nampalli on 30 April, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News
  • Researchers develop new antireflective coating that improves module efficiency by 4% By Nitin Nampalli on 29 April, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • International standards proposed for redox reflow batteries By Nitin Nampalli on 28 April, 2014 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • Combined solar PV and bio-fuel farms: The best of both worlds? By Nitin Nampalli on 22 April, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • Panasonic breaks silicon efficiency record after 15 years with a 25.6% efficient HIT cell By Nitin Nampalli on 14 April, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News&Solar Panels/Modules
  • Solar Frontier achieves record 20.9% cell efficiency on thin-film CIS By Nitin Nampalli on 9 April, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • Ecoppia offers automated, robotic, water-free cleaning solution for large PV farms By Nitin Nampalli on 7 April, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • Panasonic announces stand-alone PV-storage product for remote islands By Nitin Nampalli on 2 April, 2014 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • New Perovskite material from NTU turns solar cells into display panels By Nitin Nampalli on 1 April, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • IHS: n-type silicon, other new technologies to come in 2014 By Nitin Nampalli on 25 March, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • US Department of Energy invests $2.2 million in new solar start-ups By Nitin Nampalli on 24 March, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • Texan start-up offers plug-in DIY solar kit for the US market By Nitin Nampalli on 21 March, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News&Solar System Products
  • Toshiba’s SCiB batteries to be deployed in Japan’s remote islands By Nitin Nampalli on 20 March, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News
  • IMEC reaches record 8.4% cell efficiency for fullerene-free organic solar cells By Nitin Nampalli on 19 March, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • GTAT announces new bus-bar-free interconnection technology By Nitin Nampalli on 18 March, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • BenQ Solar claims title for world’s lightest crystalline silicon PV module By Nitin Nampalli on 13 March, 2014 in Solar Choice News
  • Researchers create colourful solar cells using hybrid organic-inorganic PV technology By Nitin Nampalli on 12 March, 2014 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
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