Transportation minister Nitin Gadkari made an announcement recently that India will switch completely to electric vehicles by 2030. Bold indeed! The earlier initiative from 2015 called Faster Adoption and Manufacture of (Hybrid and) Electric vehicles (FLAME) seems to have failed to take off. But Mr.... Read more
Enel SpA is seeking acquisitions in the energy storage business, as developments in battery technology are set to play a key role for the wider adoption of renewable sources. Europe’s biggest utility by market capitalization sees the U.S., Europe and Latin America as the markets with the mo... Read more
In a move that will impact marketplaces, housing societies and the upcoming wedding season, diesel generator sets were banned in the capital from Tuesday as the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to improve Delhi's air quality during the high-pollution winter months kicked in.The ban was among a sle... Read more
State-run coal mining and power firm NLC India has auctioned a 20MW solar PV project to be combined with 28MWh of energy storage capacity in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. According to consultancy firm Bridge to India, this is the first time such an auction for utility-scale storage has been com... Read more
Tata Motors has commenced trials of its nine meters electric bus in Guwahati on Monday, October 16. With seating capacity of 26-34 passengers, the full-auto transmission equipped Tata Ultra Electric bus was flagged off by Anand Prakash Tiwari, MD of Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC). ASTC in... Read more
A steady momentum has been building up in India on the clean and renewable energy front. The government has been working to effect a radical shift in our energy production and consumption patterns to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. According to last year’s National Electricity Plan (NEP3) forec... Read more
In an auto industry race to develop electric vehicle batteries that charge faster and are cheaper and safer than lithium-ion cells, startup Zap&Go will do all that with its carbon-ion alternative 'within a few years', a company executive said. Oxford, England-based Zap&Go will begin product... Read more
MOIL must make significant contribution to Make in India by developing technology to meet Manganese requirement of batteries to be used in Electric Vehicles etc., said Steel Minister Shri Birender Singh while chairing mid-year review meeting of MOIL, a PSU under Ministry of Steel. The Minister asked... Read more
India’s leading electric vehicles manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra is preparing a massive push in the electric mobility business with a planned investment of over $600 million. Mahindra & Mahindra will launch electric versions of existing crossover sport utility vehicles in the near futu... Read more
Exuding confidence that energy consumption will rise over 4 times Power Minister R K Singh today urged investors to invest in renewables saying the equipment prices will come down further. The country will require USD 100 billion investment to achieve the target of 175 GW reneweable energy by 2022,... Read more
As global discussions pervade on the sharp decline in the price of Energy Storage making battery-backed solar power more viable, and Tesla prepares the ground to install 100 MWh of Storage in Australia, India’s closest equivalent – the Mahindra Group – has set a new global benchmark for Energ... Read more
Tech Mahindra, an Indian Multinational IT company, and Power Ledger, a new blockchain startup from Australia, are collaborating to test a new service in India, integrating the peer-to-peer Power Ledger platform with microgrids. Microgrids are gaining a lot of popularity recently because of the incr... Read more