With thousands of hydropower dams planned across the globe, a new report from WWF and The Nature Conservancy demonstrates how the renewable energy revolution can solve the world’s climate and energy challenge without sacrificing its remaining free-flowing rivers and the diverse benefits they provi... Read more

The Indian renewable industry has given a pass certificate to the five years of Modi government rule with 78 percent of the respondents in a survey of CEOs of the industry feel that this government has propelled industry growth by increasing the renewable target to 175 Gigawatt (Gw). Despite policy... Read more

India is expected to add about 80 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in the next five years, according to a survey. About 47 GW will be from utility-scale solar, 21 GW from wind, 8 from rooftop solar and 3 GW from floating solar projects, the survey by consultancy Bridge To India, in which ... Read more

French firm Voltalia has started building the largest energy storage system in French Guiana made up of two separate lithium-ion batteries. The Mana Stockage facility with 10MW / 11.3MWh of storage is located close to Voltalia's under-construction Savanes des Pères project within the Toco storage ... Read more

Electric car owners in Illinois could take a large hit to their bank accounts after lawmakers proposed an extreme hike in registration fees for electronic vehicles in the state. The proposal would raise the annual registration fee to $1,000, more than 57 times the current amount of $17.50. Illinoi... Read more

Among two-wheeler makers, TVS Motor leads in backing start-ups. In the past three years, the Chennai-headquartered entity has invested in four companies. In comparison, HeroMotoCorp had two rounds of funding; Kwang Yang Motor and Mahindra Group had a deal each in this period. TVS Motor, through its... Read more

Expecting rapid adoption of four-wheeler electric vehicles at a mass scale to take time, ride-hailing firm Ola is betting big on two and three-wheelers for its electric mobility drive, according to a senior company official. With lessons learned from its experiment in Nagpur, where the company had p... Read more

Why the country is targeting smaller vehicles in the quest to have 30% electric transport by 2030 The story so far: On Monday, Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. said in a statement that Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, had invested an unspecified amount to support its ambitions to scale up... Read more

India’s coal-heavy thermal power generation sector left the solar and wind energy sector behind in terms of new capacity added in the first quarter of this year. The decline in new capacity added in the renewable energy segment should ring alarm bells for the government as it seems to be falling b... Read more

Long before electric vehicles were a thing, India was exploring ways to use compressed natural gas or CNG to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel for vehicular transport. In 1998, the Supreme Court had directed the government to prioritize use natural fuel to run vehicles... Read more

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has notified guidelines for import of secondary cells and batteries of lead-acid and nickel-based chemistries for use in solar PV power projects. Having notified the Solar Photovoltaics Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compuls... Read more

This report released by Rocky Mountain Institute with support of NITI Aayog in April’2019 covered topics on (i)summary of key policy and industry initiatives to support rapid adoption of electric mobility, (ii) Analyzing the impacts of FAME II with respect to emissions, oil consumption, overall EV... Read more