Sajjan Jindal led JSW Energy announced today that it has signed a pact with Maharashtra for setting up a manufacturing unit for Electric Vehicles (EV) and Energy Storage Systems in the state. "In addition to the earlier MoU with the Government of Gujarat with respect to EV manufacturing and associa... Read more

India will "definitely" be considered as one of the destinations for a semiconductor manufacturing facility by the world's biggest power and smart card chip firm Infineon as and when it expands to new locations, the company's global CEO Reinhard Ploss has said. He said that in case the company ventu... Read more

The government has decided against formulating an electric vehicle (EV) policy in an apparent U-turn from its position so far, providing a breather to many carmakers that are unprepared for an abrupt shift to the clean-fuel technology. “There is no need for any policy now,” Nitin Gadkari, minis... Read more

In line with its commitment to drive India’s EV Mission forward and increasing awareness among the consumers, the Indian government's premier policy think tank has installed an Exicom fast charging station for electric vehicles at the organization's office in the heart of New Delhi. Shri Nitin Ga... Read more

The winner of India’s first major solar-plus-storage auction, which has subsequently been scrapped for retendering, has said that despite being an unfortunate development, the firm is still keen to work closely with government on this technology for which the economics are continuously and rapidly... Read more

First there was coal. You burned it to make steam, then the steam was used to turn generators to make electricity. For more than a century, coal was the power that made electrical energy possible for most of the world. But coal has a problem. When it burns, it releases massive quantities of carbon d... Read more

Electric cars are clean, quiet and appear to be the best option of surface transport. Even air transport is seeking a similar option to make the sky cleaner, as thousands of jets criss-cross the globe at all times of the day. We often read about Tesla and its relentless efforts of mass producing ele... Read more

After a Solar and Wind Mission, the government now plans to launch a National Energy Storage Mission. The government is looking to establish this mission in financial year 2018-19. An official told BusinessLine, “The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set up the Energy Storage Expert Commi... Read more

Mahindra Susten’s landmark storage-cum-solar power project in the Andaman and Nicobar islands has been scrapped. Mahindra Susten had last year won the bid to set up the 28-MWh project for NLC (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation). Chairman and Managing Director at NLC India, Sarat Kumar Acharya... Read more

BS VI and rising oil prices are more important realities to be reckoned with Electric could have been the underlying theme of the Auto Expo but there are bigger challenges in store for the industry. For instance, Bharat Stage VI emission norms are due to be implemented in April 2020 and automakers... Read more

India’s priority is technological advancement, especially in education and energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the World Government Summit (WGS) in Dubai on Sunday. His keynote talk, presented as the day’s main address from the WGS guest country — India this year — was heavily focused... Read more

Electric cars bask in the limelight at India's flagship auto show, where an ambitious plan to phase out polluting clunkers has manufacturers racing to lure millions of new drivers to their green vehicles. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government wants all new cars on India's roads to be electric by... Read more