The domestic forging industry, despite being poised for a robust growth during the current financial year, was facing a threat following the Centre's "renewed focus towards Electric Vehicles (EV)," an industry official said. “The; introduction of EVs will have an adverse impact on the forging indu... Read more

Late last week, California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) asked the state to approve four lithium-ion battery storage projects. Three of which would be owned and operated by a third party, and one, built by Tesla, would be owned and operated by PG&E itself. One of the projects—sp... Read more

The Energy Department of Andhra Pradesh is planning to promote the usage of electric vehicles (EVs) in the state. The Department will shortly open up 50 electric vehicle charging stations in various cities of Andhra Pradesh and has prepared a concrete plan of action. According to the Andhra Pradesh... Read more

Hyundai India has released plans to manufacture and export electric cars in India. Hyundai will produce the EVs at its factory in Irungattukottai near Chennai. The company plans to introduce an electric SUV in India, possibly in the next couple of years. Hyundai will launch the electric SUV across 1... Read more

After the overwhelming response to the first Masterclass program held in Mumbai, Indian Energy Solar Alliance (IESA) along with Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) is gearing up to hold 2nd MasterClass, in Delhi on 13th and 14th July. The two-day workshop will pro... Read more

India’s neighbour Bangladesh is exploring the possibility of expanding electricity trade between the two countries using capacity generated from renewable sources. “I have approached my Indian counterparts on whether we can develop some system to cooperate in renewable energy so that we could b... Read more

To address the apprehensions about the viability of low renewable tariffs, discovered in the latest auctions, the government plans to call a meeting with banks and financial institutions in July. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) would request lenders to extend their support to the sec... Read more

Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), State’s nodal agency for developing renewable energy, has come out with draft plans to allow educational institutions to set up solar energy plants with capacities of 1-5 MW each. The move follows an announcement made by Electricity Minister P. Thangaman... Read more

Bolivia, known to have the largest reserves of Lithium, has offered the metal -- used in making batteries of electric vehicles, laptops and smart phones -- to India, the South American nation's ambassador, Sergio Dario Arispe Barrientos, said on Sunday. Barrientos said his country is willing to sig... Read more

The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Instead, they’ll spend their golden years chilling beer at 7-Elevens in Japan, powering car-charging stations in California and storing energy for homes and grids in ... Read more

BMW has awarded a contract worth just over a billion euros ($1.16 billion) to China's lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) , allowing the company to build a factory to produce cells for electric cars in Europe, the German carmaker's spokesman Glenn Schmidt said on Thursda... Read more

Chinese electric carmaker BYD Co Ltd has opened a new lithium battery plant in the northwestern province of Qinghai, which will be the world's biggest when construction is fully completed next year, it said on Thursday. The factory, BYD's third, can eventually produce 24 gigawatt-hours of batteries... Read more