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NTPC, German institutes team up on solar research

The R&D wing of NTPC Limited, NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA), has collaborated with two German research institutes such as DLR Cologne and the Institute of Solar Energy (ISE), Fraunhofer, Freiburg on solar energy research. NETRA has signed contract agreements with DLR Cologne for Research in solar thermal and ISE Fraunhofer for research in solar PV.
 

NETRA plans to set up state-of-the-art evaluation facilities for CSP, CPV, and solar PV and conduct various programmes on knowledge sharing, capacity building with the German institutions in the area of solar energy. The programme is being funded by the German government under the aegis of the Indo-German Research Cooperation.