The country’s largest commercially operated solar-powered mode of transport is set to start operations in the backwaters of Alappuzha. In the last couple of years, the transportation industry in India has been adopting renewable energy in a big way. For airlines as well as railways, solar power h... Read more
An Australian social enterprise distributing solar lights to impoverished communities in India is a finalist in The Venture, a competition for innovative businesses that are creating positive change in the world. The enterprise trains local entrepreneurs in India (known as ‘Pollinators’) to dev... Read more
Building an electric vehicle for India is no longer about creating ugly looking battery operated vehicles. Startups like Ather Energy and Tork Motorcycles are not traders or dealers or manufacturers. They are designers, technologists, and visionaries. They are building products for an entirely new... Read more
Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy rode on a battery-driven bicycle on Sunday here to promote greater use of electric vehicles and mark the World Environment Day."Electric vehicles are future of road transport as they are economical, energy eco-friendly and energy efficient. Technologies h... Read more
Audi India is planning to step into the high-potential Electric Vehicle market of the country. The German luxury car maker will be refreshing its entire portfolio in the coming years, with a clear focus on introducing new products in the electric car market. Though which products will make it to Aud... Read more
India is floating a plan to spur development of 10,000 renewable microgrids and mini-grids to help bring electricity to 237 million people living in energy poverty. Issued this week by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the draft plan calls for 500 MW of installations by energy service compa... Read more
* Manufacturers turn to sunny Australia as testing ground * Tesla, Samsung, Panasonic, Enphase take on local products * Interest in batteries seen soaring as prices fall * Already 15 pct of Australian households have solar panels By Melanie Burton and Byron Kaye MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, June... Read more
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Thursday launched electric version of Verito sedan, ‘eVerito’, priced between Rs 9.5 lakh and 10 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The car, which would be available in three variants, is priced at Rs 9.5 lakh, Rs 9.75 lakh and Rs 10 lakh. It can becharged in 1.45 ... Read more
In a step towards self-reliance to meet defence requirements and to cut the dependence on imports, especially from China, India is all set to produce its first lithium ion (Li-ion) battery.The Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu , has set up the first indig... Read more
It may sound clichéd but the world was well and truly electrified when Tesla Motors launched the Model 3 a couple of months ago. As the bookings came pouring in, CEO Elon Musk tweeted that India was one of the destinations the electric car would be shipped out to from 2017. Some weeks later, Mahin... Read more
Two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed 11 battery-powered e-boats at the Assi Ghat here, the boatmen are facing trouble in getting their batteries recharged. Each e-boat has a set of six batteries that weigh around 180kg. The boatmen have to lug them up the ghat stairs to reach th... Read more
Canada-based renewables firm SkyPower will join China-based battery developer BYD in competitive bidding for 750MW of solar and energy storage development in India. India’s National Solar Mission has seen multi-GW tenders for solar PV capacity completed since the summer of 2015, but news of energ... Read more
