The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the ensuing lockdown has upended practically every industry in the economy, including Indian utilities. Today, utilities face the unique challenge of managing grid supply-demand equation in a drastically reduced demand situation as factories a... Read more

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine-minute lights-out call was met with resounding support on April 5, 2020. PM Modi had urged Indian citizens to switch off lights at their homes and light up candles, lamps, and mobile phones in a display of solidarity and the country's ‘collective res... Read more

A happy green day dear reader! Not only because this is the 50th year of Earth Day, but also because the world is in respite; it’s a pity that it has come at the cost of a pandemic.   A jolt, bolt from the sky, nature’s fury… call it what you want, the coronavirus outbreak has taken the ent... Read more

From being the only woman in the room to paving the way for attracting more women to join the industry, on this International Women’s Day, India Energy Storage Alliance recognizes women who have contributed significantly to the clean energy, mobility, and technology industry both in India and glob... Read more

As we enter the new decade, I anticipate it will be remembered as the decade in which e-mobility became mainstream. Many industry veterans may question this statement and claim that e-mobility is still a niche and that we need at least two-to-three decades more for e-mobility to challenge the era of... Read more

The year 2018 made the way for 2019 packed with many positives and high expectations. 2019 was therefore expected to be a year of opportunities for energy storage, especially in terms of manufacturing, deployments, and R&D. India alone had projections of 50 percent more RE installation during t... Read more

'Utility must die’ spoke one of the industrial customers during a power quality session in Ranchi today and the others sitting in the audience encored and laughed. There was a glow in eyes of solar PV and storage solutions providers when they heard that most of the industrial units in the state ar... Read more

Introduction India is chasing the dream of 100 % rural household electrification to be achieved before April 2019. The efforts taken are humongous, especially after the roll-out of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – popularized as the Saubhagya Scheme. The scheme was rolled out in Septe... Read more

Charge it or charge it and swap it; do we have an option again? In recent times, we saw an avid problem solver repeating the historical pattern of technology innovation, as he tried to disrupt the electric vehicle market with a superior technology and business model. As the industry mocked his worl... Read more