Gujarat is expected to set up country’s first unit for manufacturing electric cars. On Tuesday, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between JSW Energy Ltd and the Gujarat government to set up a Rs 4000 unit for manufacturing electric cars on Tuesday. The manufacturing unit is expected ... Read more

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has launched a new programme to electrify every willing household in the country by 31 December 2018, using solar, energy storage batteries and LED lighting. The INR163 billion (US$2.5 billion) ‘Saubhagya Yojna’ scheme is aimed at both rural and urban househo... Read more

India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is debating how and whether to introduce a mandate for solar and wind projects above a certain size to be coupled with energy storage. A draft regulation, introducing such a notion was released more than a year ago, but Pankaj Batra, who oversees planni... Read more

Pune, India: Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director of India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and President & M.D. of Customized Energy Solutions (India) receives the Renewable Energy India (REI) award in the category of Leading Crusader for Energy Storage Solutions at the ongoing Renewable Ener... Read more

The noted energy storage firm Leclanché SA is now working to develop an energy storage system to be used at Fastned’s electric vehicle fast-charging stations in Europe. This new partnership will first lead to the installation of systems at two of the Dutch EV charging network’s facilities. The... Read more

Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director of India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and President & M.D. of Customized Energy Solutions (India) receives the Renewable Energy India (REI) award in the category of Leading Crusader for Energy Storage Solutions at the ongoing Renewable Energy India Expo... Read more

In what will be the biggest private investment in a new industry in recent years, India’s leading business groups are readying plans to enter battery manufacturing and battery pack assembly with investments running into several billion dollars over the next decade or so. Reliance Industries, the ... Read more

While the government’s aim of making manufacturers roll out only pure electric vehicles (EVs) on our roads by 2030 seems like an ambitious project, making it a reality will be a challenge considering the infrastructure required to achieve it. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car manufacturer, has... Read more

India will roll out nearly 100,000 battery-powered buses and autorickshaws onto its sulphurous city streets in the coming weeks, setting it on the bumpy road to making new vehicle sales all-electric by 2030India, one of the world's most polluted nations, has one of the most ambitious plans to kick i... Read more

  A lot has been happening in the country’s electric vehicle space. Tata Motors is looking to revamp Nano as an EV, in a bid to boost sales. Mahindra Group, on the other hand, is preparing to enter the cab aggregator sector with electric cars. In a related development, the Japanese parent of Mar... Read more

  Recently, deadly floods in India and South Asia and powerful storms in United States knocked out power to millions. But when people’s lives are thrown into chaos by devastating natural disaster, using alternative energy source may not seem like an obvious response. However, since energy grids... Read more

On a paved expanse next to an electrical substation in Escondido, 30 miles north of downtown San Diego, sits a row of huge silver boxes. The site resembles a barracks, but instead of soldiers, the 24 containers house racks of battery packs. This is the largest lithium-ion battery in the world, acco... Read more