Making inroads in the Indian renewable energy sector, AC Energy, the energy platform of Philippines-based Ayala Corp has announced its plan to develop a 140MW solar plant in India. This is the first major investment by AC Energy in India, and the company will be developing the new project in a join... Read more

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced that it has issued a tender for setting up 1,070 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects in Rajasthan. It further that developers will have to submit a single bid for any quantity beginning from a minimum size of 10 MW goin... Read more

BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) and EV Motors India Pvt. Ltd. (EVM) have joined forces to set-up smart electric vehicle charging stations. As part of this venture, the first smart public charging station under the corporation was inducted at Patparganj, East Delhi, Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s Hon’... Read more

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced an investment program that would earmark $750 million to build charging stations and other electric-vehicle infrastructure as part of the state's long-term goal to decrease CO2 emissions. The measure is set to establish more than 50,000 charging stations... Read more

ReNew Power has announced that it plans to enter into the manufacturing of solar cells and modules in India.The announcement was made by ReNew Chairman and MD, Sumant Sinha in the Aatmanirbhar Bharat event held by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), yesterday. The company is expected to invest... Read more

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched the Grid-eMotion Fleet, a game-changing grid-to-plug EV charging system that provides a step-change approach for public transport and commercial operators. The smart mobility solution facilitates operators to proficiently scale up their operations and is anticipa... Read more

India has entered a strategic agreement with Argentina to establish scientific-technological co-operation in the field of Lithium which includes joint exploration, production and commercialization of mineral products. In February, when President of the Argentine Republic, H.E. Mr. Mauricio Macri vi... Read more

The global investment in new renewable energy capacity, exclusive of large hydropower dams, stood at $132.4 billion in H1 of 2020, up 5 percent from a revised $125.8 billion in the same period in 2019, regardless of COVID-19, as per recent research by BloombergNEF (BNEF). It, however, further that... Read more

Tesco Stores (Malaysia) on Tuesday, July 14, entered the “largest long-term power purchase agreement (PPA)” for solar energy in Malaysia with Sdn Bhd and NE Suria Satu Sdn Bhd (NESS). As per the joint statement, the first phase of the PPA would see the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) pa... Read more

Cargill, a US-based global food corporation, has announced that it is escalating its global renewable energy portfolio with 10 fresh projects. One of the facilities would be set up in the Davanagere region of Karnataka, India, as a joint venture with CleanMax. Cargill’s Davanagere facility has i... Read more

General Electric, the global leader in energy has entered an agreement to co-develop 500MW pumped hydrogen storage project at Dungowan Dam in the New South Wales state, Australia. The site of the project, Dungowan, is a part of the massive 4,000MW renewable energy plus storage project which is curr... Read more

India plans to impose tariffs on imports of lithium-ion cells for as long as a decade and offer incentives to boost local manufacturing as part of a broader effort to scale down trade ties with China, two people aware of the developments said. Tensions along the India-China border have prompted Ind... Read more