India’s large-scale electric vehicle (EV) adoption is stymied by the lack of charging infrastructure, higher costs of EVs, range anxiety and other impediments. Battery swapping, which involves simply exchanging discharged batteries for charged ones, has […]
The provision of affordable and accessible EV Supply Equipment is critical for the growth of the EV sector and more industry players are entering this exciting market. Renewable Watch organised a webinar on June 13, […]
The Hinduja Group, accompanied by Caterpillar Venture Capital, Mercuria, Our Crowd, and Volvo Energy, is investing $18.45 million in Connected Energy, a second-life battery energy storage company. The investment will aid Connected Energy in managing […]
State-owned Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is looking out for contractors for installing and commissioning 30 MW of grid-connected floating solar capacity at its thermal power stations in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The bids for this […]
Technical standards have been notified by a special committee constituted by the Supreme Court for bird flight diverters to be installed in priority areas that are associated with the Great Indian Bustard species. These standards […]
ReNew Power, an independent power producer, has announced that it will increase its module manufacturing capacity from the initially anticipated 4 GW to 6 GW. An estimated $325 million to $350 million in capital expenditures […]
The Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) has reached an agreement with bp to sell a 40.5 per cent stake in the large renewables and green hydrogen hub. AREH intends to gradually expand the production of […]
Aramco, the largest oil company in Saudi Arabia, plans to generate 12 GW of renewable energy by 2030. The company stated in its most recent sustainability report that it intends to decarbonize the power supply […]
Tata Power has signed a binding agreement with a consortium comprising BlackRock Real Assets and Mubadala Investment Company as co-investors to raise Rs 40 billion for its renewable energy platform. This investment will be by […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted Karur Transmission, a transmission license to withdraw 1,000 MW of renewable energy from the Karur/Tiruppur wind energy zone in Tamil Nadu under Phase-I. The Commission directed the […]
Inox Green Energy Services, an ancillary of Inox Wind has listed fresh preliminary papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, regulator for securities and commodity markets. The move targets to raise Rs 7.4 […]
Husk Power Systems, the leading net-zero energy company serving rural Africa and Asia, and operator of the largest fleet of community solar-hybrid microgrids, has announced its “Nigeria Sunshot Initiative,” a multiyear effort to provide reliable, […]
Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has agreed to purchase an 85 per cent stake in two offshore wind farms in Gothenburg, Sweden, from Zephyr, a wind power company. The Vidar and Poseidon wind facilities will […]
EVI Technologies (EVIT), an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure startup, has teamed up with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to install EV chargers at oil marketing company’s petrol pumps. Reportedly, the company will set up […]
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways stated at an event that the prices of all electric vehicles (EVs) in India will be equivalent to the cost of petrol vehicles by 2023. The assumption […]
June Issue 2022
With clean energy transition and future energy security foremost on their agendas, countries are racing to expand their renewable energy portfolios. India, with a target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based power by 2030, […]
Increasing discom revenue base, devising enforcement mechanism key to implementation Electricity distribution companies (discoms) could potentially save a quarter of their additional payouts, and effectively pay ~Rs 20,000 crore to generation companies (gencos) this fiscal […]
Distribution companies (discoms) hold a critical position in the entire electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping value chain. In India, discom-led programmes and plans and discom cooperation are important for the viable development of […]
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