Sanjeev Gupta plans to snatch the world’s biggest battery crown from Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk. Simec Zen Energy, controlled by the U.K. executive’s GFG Alliance, agreed to build a 120-megawatt lithium-ion battery at Port Augusta in South Australia, State Premier Jay Weatherill said in an em... Read more

It was February 7. The banquet hall at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area had more than 150 people teeming around. The meeting was called by Niti Aayog, the Indian government’s policy think tank, and its officials were directing the show. The agenda: recommendations on Ind... Read more

Just days after Indian EV manufacturer Mahindra Electric announced plans to partner with LG Chem to develop new lithium-ion cells and battery packs exclusively for the Indian market, its main competitor Tata Motors has thrown a counter punch. Talking to Indian auto news portal Autocar India, Tata M... Read more

With a special focus on the promotion of ‘Green Energy’ at the rooftop of cold storages, Noida-based Kor Energy (India) Pvt. Ltd., a solar EPC Company has decided to further its efforts to consolidate its solar energy business in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Kor Energy is in the process of execut... Read more

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar today said there is a need for a policy to promote electric vehicles (EVs) in India and the think tank is well-placed to develop it. India cannot completely depend on market or ministries working in silos to deliver a transportation model for future that meets t... Read more

Volkswagen has selected partners to provide battery cells and related technology worth around 20 billion euros ($24.7 billion) for electric-vehicle (EV) projects in Europe and China, pushing ahead with a shift to zero-emission cars. Until its "dieselgate" emissions scandal was revealed two and a ha... Read more

Indian solar industry attracted $10 billion financing in 2017, more than double from $4 billion in 2016, as projects gathered steam on the back of Narendra Modi government’s push to create 100 GW (giga watt) solar power capacity by 2022. According to latest data from green energy market tracker... Read more

Not far from Norway’s North Sea oil rigs, shipbuilders are assembling some of the first ferry boats ever to be powered entirely by batteries. For years, the yard, nestled against the deep-blue sea waters and snow-clad mountains of the country’s deepest fjord, mostly made fuel-guzzling boats for ... Read more

In support of the government’s electric mobility drive, Delta Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., a part of $7.7 billion Delta Group from Taiwan launched its complete range of energy efficient electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions in India. Exhibiting at Elecrama 2018, Delta showcased its diverse por... Read more

A month after India dropped the idea of an electric vehicle policy, the government’s think-tank NITI Aayog has tasked at least seven ministries with framing guidelines to encourage the use of such vehicles. Once framed, the NITI Aayog will put these guidelines together as an action plan for promo... Read more

India-based solar manufacturer and EPC player Vikram Solar has signed a collaboration agreement with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), while at the founding ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Vikram Solar's partnerhsip with the French public resear... Read more

India-based solar manufacturer and EPC player Vikram Solar have signed a collaboration agreement with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), while at the founding ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Vikram Solar's partnership with the French public resea... Read more