India has embarked upon an ambitious plan to install 227 GW of renewable energy by 2022. Solar energy forms more than 65% of this 227 GW dream. I call these targets ambitious since, as of today, the installed solar capacity in India is around 21 GW, out of which about 9 GW has been installed in 2017... Read more

BP will buy Britain's largest electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster and plans to use its technology to roll out ultra-fast chargers across its 1,200 petrol stations in the country over the next 12 months. Royal Dutch Shell, Volkswagen and Daimler have all made acquisitions and investments in ... Read more

Automotive battery maker Exide Industries today announced the signing of a pact with Swiss-based firm Leclanche SA for setting up a joint venture company to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India's electric vehicle market. As part of the joint venture (JV) agreemen... Read more

Scientists have developed a novel self-assembling battery device that can be recharged within seconds and could power mobile devices of the future. Researchers from Cornell University in the US created a new battery architecture to address the demands for energy storage devices that can be charged ... Read more

Bengaluru-based Lithium Urban Technologies, which launched its operations in 2014, with just 10 cabs has today over 400 cabs crisscrossing the roads of Bengaluru and Delhi. Each of these vehicles traverse 200 to 300 kilometers per day, which means close to 1,00,000 kilometers of transport that is hy... Read more

For faster adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs), the State must focus on ensuring a policy framework that helps bring down manufacturing costs and incentives for customers. With Telangana preparing to release its EV policy by June end, here is a look at what the industry has to say. Both, the EV and... Read more

Hero Future Energies has commissioned the country’s first large-scale hybrid renewable energy project — a combination of sun and wind power — in Karnataka’s Raichur district. The company has added a 28.8 MW solar project to an existing 50 MW wind project set up two years ago. A hybrid proj... Read more

A chemical compound commonly used to boost crop yields could be the answer to helping the world increase its consumption of renewable energy. In a world first, Siemens is opening a £1.5m pilot project in Oxfordshire employing ammonia as a new form of energy storage. The German industrial firm hop... Read more

Energy Storage integration company FlexGen announced it has been selected by Vistra Energy to establish largest energy storage project in Texas. Flexgen will design and integrate a 10-MW, 42-MWh energy storage system at the 180-MW Upton 2 Solar Power Plant in Upton County, Texas. The project is ex... Read more

In Berlin, Germany this week, Renault opened up its second electric vehicle-only concept store. It's the second such store in Europe, and it does make me wonder if the same sort of concept would make sense for Nissan to apply in the U.S. Officially called the Renault Electric Vehicle Experience Cen... Read more

The Kerala government is all set to tap into the demand for electric vehicles in the state. The government is planning to takeover the state-run Maharatna company BHEL’s subsidiary, BHEL Electrical Machines Ltd (EML). BHEL EML, a public sector unit based in Kasaragod, Kerala, manufactures traction... Read more

India’s power planning body prefers the European electric vehicle charging infrastructure standard that’s used by German and American automakers, according to officials aware of the development. The Central Electricity Authority’s April report recommended the European Combined Charging System... Read more