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

Giving a further boost to the uptake of renewable energy, the government has raised the minimum quantity of green power that states must procure to 21% of their overall power purchases in FY22 from 14.3% in FY18 (see chart). If the new roadmap for renewable purchase obligation (RPO) is complied with... Read more

TPG Growth’s The Rise Fund, a global social-impact entity, has invested Rs 475 crore ($70 million) in Fourth Partner Energy, a renewable power services company that focuses on building and financing solar rooftop projects. TPG Growth is the growth capital arm of US private equity firm TPG Global. ... Read more

Tata Power has chalked out its final plans to install about 100 Electric Vehicle charging stations across Maharashtra for public use, in partnership with Tata Motors, according to a company official aware of the development. The installations are part of the MOU signed by Tata Motors with the Mahar... Read more

Activist Sunanda Patwardhan was in her office in interior Jawhar district, one morning last year, when a local Warli woman angrily demanded to see her. She had just returned from Mumbai and what she had witnessed left her incensed. “Two-three fans in one room, tubelights, many bulbs, moving pictur... Read more

Electric bus maker Goldstone Infratech, a partner of Chinese electric vehicle major BYD, hit headlines early this year after it bagged orders to supply 290 electric buses, leaving biggies like Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland behind. Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland bagged orders for 190 and 50 buses, res... Read more

The overall electricity demand from electric vehicles (EVs) in India is projected to be around 79.9 gigawatt hours (GWh) by 2020 and is expected to reach 69.6 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2030, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-EY joint study. “The overall EV demand is expected to help utilities earn an estimat... Read more

A new study has found that the UK could meet its growing power needs predominantly with solar and wind energy, with battery storage and demand response providing flexibility. Our sister site Current± reported on the study yesterday. It was produced by consultancy Vivid Economics in partnership wit... Read more

Renewable energy solutions provider Magenta Power today said it has, along with Exicom, installed its first solar charging station for electric vehicles in Turbhe in Navi Mumbai. The grid-connected charging station will be powered by solar energy and will cater to four-wheelers, the company said in... Read more

Indian Space Agency ISRO has come to the aid of the automobile industry ahead of the paradigm shift to electric cars. In a recent statement, they have offered to transfer their space-grade lithium-ion technology at a marginal cost of Rs 1 Crore on a non-exclusive basis for use in automobiles. The mo... Read more

Solar power installations in India increased by 34 percent to 3,269 MW in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Mercom Communications. "Q1 2018 was the best quarter on record for solar installations in India, with 3,269 MW, a 34 percent increase compared t... Read more

India will soon start producing first indigenous Lithium Ion batteries. A memorandum of understanding for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project was signed today between CSIR’s Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and R... Read more