The Union government has set in motion the process of rewarding performing states under Uday, the flagship programme in power sector. It would extend support to the country’s first smart grid project to be set up at Gurgaon in Haryana, which has been a performing state under the debt restructuring... Read more

As Tamil Nadu is in a position to sell about 1,000 MW surplus wind power to other states, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urged the Centre to set up a dedicated inter-state green energy corridor for the purpose.Tamil Nadu, with an installed capacity of 7,600 MW of wind power, contributes about 27% of ... Read more

NEW DELHI: All major railways stations across the country will soon have battery-operated cars (BoC) to facilitate movement of passengers, especially disabled, ailing and elderly, on platforms.Passengers, however, will have to pay for the service as the railways will appoint private firms to run the... Read more

Electric bicycles are slowly coming back. The hotbed for revival of battery powered bicycles is Coimbatore, the engineering hub of Tamil Nadu, which is famous for electric motors and wet grinders. Eco Fibers, a Coimbatore-based start-up is building a concept electric bicycle that can travel between... Read more

Though the global data storage market showed a slight year-over-year (YOY) decline, a closer look at the numbers shows that there is much to look forward to. The market for flash, the innovation leader of the storage industry, continued to grow (72 percent YOY in Q4 2015) to $955.4 million. And clos... Read more

New Delhi: Solar power companies are looking at powering electric automobiles, seeking to develop an entirely new industry on greater policy support and lower costs for renewable energy. Fortum India Ltd, a unit of Finnish renewable energy firm Fortum Oyj that brought solar tariffs in India to the ... Read more

YES BANK, India fifth largest private sector Bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SIDBI under the Partial Risk Sharing Facility (PRSF) for financing Energy Efficiency Projects program. The pact is the latest endeavor in YES BANK continuing commitment towards financing and promoting cl... Read more

Coimbatore: A German team of investors along with the German ambassador, Martin Ney, will visit Coimbatore on July 20. The two day visit will include a meeting with the chief secretary to the government in Chennai and with Coimbatore corporation commissioner to discuss the smart city project. The Ge... Read more

Bengaluru: It’s zippy, has a maximum range of around 100km and travels from 0-25km/h in under 10 seconds at a cost of less than 10 paisa per kilometre under ideal conditions. Its makers say the Spero, a cross between a bicycle and an electric bike, can do 100km on around one unit of charge (at a m... Read more

France has given a fresh techno- commercial proposal for building six atomic reactors in Jaitapur even as it again raised concerns over India's civil liability law and sought "same level of protection" which are available for companies at the international level.   An Electricite de France (EDF) ... Read more

Hanergy Holding Group Ltd. introduced four cars powered by solar panels as it seeks to expand the use of photovoltaic technology to products ranging from furniture to bags. Cars powered by solar cells can be commercialized, the company said Saturday in a statement in Beijing. The cars, which can be... Read more

Developers have experienced curtailment of solar power in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to India’s Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA). While wind power has faced curtailment in the past, now solar energy is being curtailed for the first time, sometimes in the range of 50-100% d... Read more