The government operated Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has announced to procure 20,000 more electric vehicles in next one year confirmed a senior company official. EESL plans to invest around Rs 2,400 crore for the procurement of these electric vehicles.EESL is also likely to sign a memorandum of... Read more

Days after a Chinese company and its Indian partner won major tenders for e-buses, the government is considering ways to assess the exact cost of such vehicles although it is not planning to cancel the contracts, a senior official said. This follows serious concerns raised by domestic vehicle manuf... Read more

DHBVN is planning to float another tender for the Smart Grid project, under which the discom is laying 11kV distribution lines underground across the city. Two tenders have already been issued for the project. The third, valued at Rs 325 crore, will focus on work in South City and Kadipur. At prese... Read more

In a welcome move, the Indian government has announced that it will be increasing the budget for supporting electric vehicles in India to $ 1.3 billion or Rs. 8,730 crore under the second phase of FAME scheme. The second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles or F... Read more

Solar technology leader LG Electronics joined Cypress Creek Renewables, the nation’s fastest-growing solar farm developer, to celebrate the official opening of one of largest solar-plus-storage installations in the continental United States – an 8.5-megawatt portfolio of utility-scale solar proj... Read more

Okay, so we know CleanTechnica has been down this road before, but now wireless EV charging on-the-go is looking more real than ever before. That’s right, you’re charging as you drive, or better yet, while your car is driving you. Come to think of it, mash up wireless EV charging on-the-go with ... Read more

The prevailing uncertainty over the quantum and timelines related to imposition of safeguards duty and anti-dumping duty on imported solar cells and modules will impact tendering activity in the solar power sector, research and rating agency ICRA said. The Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) ha... Read more

Out of 47,855 MW of the coal-based power plants currently under construction, only 6,445 MW of additional capacity would be required between FY17-22, the National Electricity Plan (NEP) published by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said. The forecast was based on estimating power demand g... Read more

When it comes to the special sauce of batteries, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered it's all about the salt concentration. By getting the right amount of salt, right where they want it, they've demonstrated a small lithium-metal battery ca... Read more

Citing urgency in the need for maintaining quality of solar equipment being deployed in the country, ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has brought forward the implementation date of a quality control order that requires sellers and manufacturers of solar photovoltaic modules to have their ... Read more

The government is likely to extend financial support of Rs 8,730 crore for the second phase of the FAME India spanning five years but the incentives will be restricted to new energy vehicles used for public transport, commercial purposes, and high-speed two-wheelers. According to officials in the H... Read more

India is looking to incentivize lithium-ion battery makers to set up more manufacturing units as the country seeks to promote the use of electric cars, its renewable energy ministry said last week. Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh has held talks with battery manufacturers and has asked them to se... Read more