In view of the Government’s thrust on renewable energy, PV Ramesh, CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, speaks to The Pioneer about how this sector is set to reach new heights How is the demand in the power sector panning out? Is there a vertical upsurge in the demand on ground? The I... Read more

Since 2014, Prime Minister (PM) Modi has been pushing for reforms affecting the life of million fellow citizens. Global analysts have been critically and objectively assessing every move of the Modi government. Economists and organisations associated with the evaluation of socio-economic progress ha... Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off India’s race to turn all new passenger car sales electric by 2030. The largest order has gone to a company that hasn’t commercially started producing the vehicles. Tata Motors Ltd hasn’t sold a single electric car yet, though Chief Executive Officer ... Read more

India Inc is preparing plans for mega investments for the electric vehicle mission including charging infrastructure worth thousands of crores in cities, batteries and purchase of three-wheelers and cars. Government officials said they have held extensive discussions with more than 50 companies, do... Read more

Bridging the gap between the idea and the prototype is the hardest part that an energy startup faces in India. Realising such challenges that startups face in the energy space, Shell India has launched its accelerator programme to support them. This programme is called Shell E4, where the four Es st... Read more

If all goes according to plan, Bengaluru could be the first city in India to have electric buses for public transport. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is readying tender documents to procure 150 electric buses.“Electric buses are the future of transportation. Switching to e... Read more

The technology group Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient energy solutions, will offer technically and environmentally advanced energy storage solutions to the power markets in India. Following the acquisition, in May 2017, of Greensmith Energy Management Systems Inc., a m... Read more

India will offer foreign investors USD 300 billion worth of investment opportunities in energy projects over the next decade, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. India, which imports over 80 per cent of its oil needs, wants to cut its reliance on foreign oil by 10 per cent by 2022. "In the... Read more

p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi while chairing a high-profile meeting with top CEO’s of international and domestic oil and gas companies today said the status of energy sector in the country is highly uneven and welcomed suggestions made for a comprehensive energy policy.In a meeting coordinated... Read more

India is required to set up large lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) manufacturing plants to become a global player in electric vehicles (EVs) technology market, Niti Aayog member V K Saraswat has said. As the government is looking to give a major push to use of EVs, Saraswat said the main challenge would... Read more

Amara Raja Batteries Limited, a dominant Indian player in lead-acid space, is looking to make a foray into other battery technologies while keeping the cost factor at the core of its business strategy. "Besides the alloy development we are also considering the alternative chemistries. The work on r... Read more

Japan-based NEC completed a demonstration project in India to introduce energy management technology using renewable energy sources at telecoms towers with unstable power supplies, with the goal of reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The demo used solar power photovoltaic generation system... Read more