{module This Category} NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 23: New technology for batteries will soon electrify India’s off-grid power facilities. The Institute of Transformative Technologies (ITT) is currently working on three different battery types in the hope of reducing cost and increasing the lifespan ... Read more

{module This Category} Mumbai, Mar 1: France-based batteries manufacturer Saft today said it has bagged a contract from Alstom India to supply back-up battery systems for 20 metropolis trainsets for Lucknow’s metro project. In 2015, Alstom was awarded a contract worth over 150 million euros b... Read more

NISE (National Institute of Solar Energy) - an autonomous entity under the new and renewable energy ministry - and Tiger Power of Belgium on Tuesday inked a MoU for validation of the technology that combines solar panels, normal lead-acid battery and hydrogen fuel cells to produce steady power. ... Read more

{module This Category} MUMBAI: Mahindra & Mahindra is studying the possibility of developing an electric sports car, à la Tesla, with the Indian buyer in mind. The aim is to combine the design capabilities of Pininfarina, the Italian car-styling company Mahindra acquired a year ago, and th... Read more

{module This Category} Microgrids -- distributed systems of localised generation, distribution network and load -- are being increasingly deployed particularly in rural areas of emerging and under-developed countries to achieve energy access. India has been a pioneer in rural microgrids since t... Read more

{module This Category} New Delhi: The government is working on a scheme to encourage the use of commercial electric vehicles for city transport that will remove all necessary permits otherwise needed to run commercial vehicles, including taxis in the country. The government says it feels this h... Read more

{module This Category} As its name suggests, San Diego Gas & Electric’s #1 energy source is natural gas. It obtained 54% of its electricity from gas-burning plants in 2015. Yet, it also operates in a state which intends to produce 33% of its electricity from renewables by 2020. SDG&E ... Read more

{module This Category} Energy storage and microgrid company Electro Power Systems S.A., announces the performance results three months after commissioning its second microgrid in the Maldives. These data confirm that renewables coupled with the EPS energy storage system cover up to 63 percent o... Read more

{module This Category} ABB Ltd will transfer new smart-grid technologies to its Indian arm and ramp up local production New Delhi: Swiss-Swedish power equipment and robotics company ABB Ltd will transfer new smart-grid technologies to its Indian arm and ramp up local production to make the coun... Read more

Record low Indian solar tariffs tendered at a groundbreaking auction may catalyze green investments and help tip the balance of new power to renewables and away from fossil fuels. Solar power in India fell to a record3.30 rupees (5 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour on Feb. 10 after a World Bank-backed ... Read more

{module This Category} India has launched its first grid-scale battery storage system amid ambitious plans to integrate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy into the power system by 2022. Commissioned and operated by Tata Power Delhi Distribution, the 10-megawatt Advancion energy storage array is ... Read more

{module This Category} The participants were representatives from leading companies and educational and research institutions.Primarily the workshop functioned as a match-making and networking conference. New Delhi: Experts from India and Norway recently took part in a workshop organise... Read more