UK-based developer Lightsource Renewable Energy is looking at solar tenders, distributed generation and energy storage opportunities in India, according to chief strategy officer James Brooks. This week, Lightsource announced its partnership with UK Climate Investment (UKCI) to both develop and acq... Read more

In pursuit of all-electric vehicles in less than a decade & a half, the state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) tasked with fast-tracking the electric agenda, floated world’s largest single tender of 10,000 electric cars procurement supposed to be used by the federal government i... Read more

With the first phase of the electric vehicles tender slated for November, the Government of India has reportedly invited snap bids for EV chargers to ensure adequate charging infrastructure for 500 electric sedans that the government will procure next month. The bid is scheduled to take place toda... Read more

The government’s recently announced 100% household electrification scheme, Saubhagya, aims to tackle the next link for electrification, where until now most efforts focused at the village or hamlet level. The good news is that most villages are now connected to the grid, and remote locations far f... Read more

In a recent energy market report, data suggests the energy storage industry will generate a positive 15% CAGR over a five year period. The projected growth within the Indian energy market is closely associated with the rising demand for a stable source of electricity to support a rapidly developing ... Read more

The Indian energy storage industry hopes a 28-megawatt-hour battery plant in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will kick-start a utility-scale market that has been slow to emerge. “This will help open up opportunities for such hybrid projects in India,” said Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, executive direct... Read more

A team of scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune has developed a graphene-based supercapacitor that has a better capacity and power and offers a stable, non-toxic alternative for batteries. The researchers, who believe the supercapacitor will have multiple u... Read more

The ministry of power and renewable energy is working on a roadmap to produce and sell only electric vehicles in India by 2030. Chennai is known as the Detroit of India due to its vast automobile sector and as the nation embarks on this ambitious mission, the automobile sector in the city is expecte... Read more

Union minister for road transport & highways, is highly optimistic about electric vehicles in India, telling Smitha Verma that as the use of electric vehicles grows, the technology will become cheaper and more accessible. Edited excerpts: When can we expect the electric vehicle policy? The e... Read more

Ashok Leyland is looking at investing Rs 400-500 crore in its electric vehicle business over the next three to five years. Managing director Vinod Dasari told ET that the commercial vehicle manufacturer, the flagship firm of the Hinduja Group, aims to be future ready.At the same time, he said, the... Read more

The union ministry for road transport and highways has received a draft note from National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog suggesting possible measures, including a “push to Make in India and setting up institutional framework” to get in place the required ecosystem for electric ... Read more

The power transmission sector in India is the most attractive to invest in currently, followed by roads and highways, and renewable energy, according to the Infrastructure Investability Index, prepared by rating agency CRISIL.   In its first such report, which tracks, measures, and assesses ... Read more