A push to establish an Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for energy storage has not only been welcomed by clean energy advocates and the industry but might also meet the some stated aims of the Trump administration’s energy policies, an analyst has said. Michael Doyle, a Democrat, has proposed in the U... Read more
India is at the cusp of a renewable energy revolution. The government has already set an ambitious target to achieve 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Keeping the target in mind, states have already started ramping up they're installed solar and wind-powered capacity. Here, ET... Read more
US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has said that grid-connected battery-based energy storage system (BESS) should be evaluated more actively as a commercial storage technology for grid services, as it offers superior performance and a declining price trend in the future. “In the 21st c... Read more
“This modernization plan is truly an incredible feat and consistent with our commitment as leaders to keep sustainability at the forefront of every project that takes place in Manatee County. It’s why we continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with FPL to help do our part to shape Florida’s cle... Read more
While the PSA Peugeot-Citroen group has officially announced that it will bring its Citroen brand to India, we finally have some news on its plans for Ambassador too. Two days before holding its first-ever official press conference in India to show us Citroen's debut model for the country (that will... Read more
Over the past year, several companies have outlined plans to build solar-and-storage systems around the world—from Australia to Arizona and to the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas. As battery and renewable power generation costs continue to fall, utilities aim to combine solar farms w... Read more
Government’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has issued a tender for 200 fast chargers along with three years’ on-site warranty and annual maintenance contract. The tender, extendable up to 10 years, will follow international competitive bidding process. The bidder will be responsible... Read more
India has leveraged its way into the Bolivian lithium reserves after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Bolivia for development and industrial use of lithium, a prime component used to power electric vehicles and cell phones. In a joint statement, issued after talks between President Ra... Read more
PANKAJ KUMAR DRIVES his autorickshaw up to a charging station in a covered parking lot in Gurugram, a satellite city of New Delhi. He flips open a lid on the side of the box that was the driver’s seat. One at a time, he pulls out the two batteries powering the small vehicle, each about a foot high... Read more
JSW Energy Ltd has brought down the curtains on its dreams to roll out its first electric vehicle by 2020, one-and-half years after it had announced plans to enter the market by investing millions of dollars. The company, which is part of the JSW Group, on Friday said in a filing to the stock excha... Read more
The NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) has invited bids for procuring 100 electric buses to operate in the state of Goa.The brief scope of work includes the operation of 100 electric busses including their day-to-day maintenance. The last date for the submission of bids is April 12, 2019. Techno-commer... Read more
India’s first electric three-wheeler, Vikram SAFA, was developed by Scooters India Limited in Lucknow in 1996. Manufacturing an electric vehicle was a novelty then, but today there is a dire need to shift to clean mobility, given the harm vehicular pollution is inflicting on the environment. Elec... Read more