The future of transport is electric.’ We are sure you’ve heard this before, and we’ll tell you why. Rising fuel prices and increasing environmental hazards associated with petrol and diesel vehicles have led to a pressing need for cleaner, greener, and more affordable mobility solutions worl... Read more

The government of India is looking to reaffirm plans to motivate efficiency in the electric vehicle ecosystem under the recently announced Rs 10,000 crore FAME II policy. In what looks to be a planned follow-up on the vehicle eligibility criteria, the government has now come out with requirements f... Read more

Move over gun-toting baddies, looks like James Bond will be fighting a greater global nemesis, climate change. Reports have emerged that the suave British secret agent may be steering an electric Aston Martin in the latest Bond film. As sensitization towards and demand for electric vehicles are on ... Read more

India’s electric vehicles (EV) space has just received a South Korean booster shot. Carmakers Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors today (March 19) announced that they plan to invest $300 million (Rs2,059 crore) in the EV initiative of India’s top cab-hailing company Ola. The two companies are tapping... Read more

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with increasing power demand in the coming years. Historically, the country has also been a power deficit with millions of people without access to the grid. While generation is catching up with especially with the growth in solar and wind, ... Read more

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a Request for Selection (RfS) for the setting up of 2,000 MW of grid-connected solar PV power projects (Tranche-I) under the second phase of the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) program in which the projects will be developed on Build-O... Read more

India is finally seeing the emergence of a grid-scale energy storage market after years of anticipation. This month the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) invited bids for 3.6 gigawatt-hours of storage connected to 1.2 gigawatts of solar on India’s interstate transmission system, the bigges... Read more

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has invited bids to set up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) including buses and four-wheelers, on a turnkey basis. The scope of work includes the supply, packing, and forwarding, transportation, storage, installation and commissioning of th... Read more

Fortum, one of the world's leading clean energy companies, is eyeing a signal role in powering a wide fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) on Indian roads. With a dominant presence in Nordic countries and the Baltic region, Russia and Poland, Fortum is looking to deepen presence in India by building on... Read more

The government has modified the existing scheme for the development of solar parks and ultra mega solar parks in a bid to ease constraints related to the availability of land and evacuation infrastructure. “In order to address the two most critical elements such as land and power evacuation infra... Read more

BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) on Tuesday said it has launched a pilot to establish solar microgrids, becoming one of the first discoms in the country to do so in an urban setting. “These micro grids will combine rooftop solar with lithium-ion-based battery energy storage systems. As a technolo... Read more

The government has notified phased increase in basic customs duty on parts of electric passenger vehicles to be assembled in India to 15 percent from April 2020 and 10 percent on imported lithium-ion cells by April 2021 to promote domestic manufacturing of EVs. The notification is part of the road ... Read more