Pune: Power supply to societies in Baner, Balewadi and Kharadi was restored by Tuesday evening after Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd completed the repairs of 15 transformers that service these areas.  A statement from the distribution company said these transformers broke do... Read more

The Indian government has committed 980bn rupees ($14.5bn; £10.9bn) to a flagship smart cities' programme, but the social entrepreneur behind the country's first smart village thinks they've missed some low-hanging fruit. City-dwellers tend to take electricity for granted, says Ashok Das, but for ... Read more

The World Bank's groundbreaking US$1 billion loan for India's solar programme will partly focus on improving transmission for solar parks and supporting innovation in wind and energy storage hybrids, according to a senior government official. Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary of the Ministry for New a... Read more

KOLKATA: The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission's (GERC) proposal to share generation based incentive with utilities or consumers is likely to result in 75bp lower rate of return for wind energy developer's projects, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Ind-Ra believes such policy levels... Read more

Hero Electric has a wide range of products on offer in the Indian market. They now plan on introducing an all-new and India's very first Lithium-Ion e-bike. The Indian-based two-wheeler manufacturer confirms this report via its official website claiming that the Optima DX will be 'Coming Soon'. A 4... Read more

In quite a surprise move, Elon Musk's Tesla Motors has just offered to buy his cousin Lyndon Rive's company, SolarCity, in an all-stock deal that values the solar installer at more than $2.5 billion. This proposal represents a value of $26.50 to $28.50 per share, or a premium of approximately 21 p... Read more

The UK’s storage market had already been boosted by news of a 20 MW frequency response project and an ongoing tender for 200 MW of additional projects, now the debate has been pushed further along after the release of a UK parliamentary committee report on Friday. The U.K. Energy and Climate Ch... Read more

Tata Motors has been recently spotted testing the full electric powertrain of the Tata Nano. The full electric vehicle of the Nano sports no changes in design, with the only change being the electric charge point in the left rear side corner of the vehicle. Going by the looks of the electric vehicl... Read more

How about a green cab ride? Bengaluru-based Lithium Urban Technologies has launched an exclusive fleet of electric vehicles for city rides,while seeking to reduce carbon footprint considerably.What started off as a pick-up-and-drop service for corporates with 10 cabs will have 100 cars in two mont... Read more

India’s renewable energy targets will see massive amounts of capacity added to the grid over a very short period of time. The Indian government is looking at ways to minimize its impact on the existing grid. According to media reports, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is contemplating the... Read more

India's thermal power giant, NTPC LtdBSE -1.43 %, is taking a giant leap in renewable energy although it believes that for the next 10 to 15 years coal will remain the country's primary source for generating electricity, Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh said. He said NTPC continues its l... Read more

A Stanford University research lab has developed new technologies to tackle two of the world’s biggest energy challenges – clean fuel for transportation and grid-scale energy storage. The researchers described their findings in two studies published this month in the journals Science Advances a... Read more