India plans to offer fresh incentives to companies making electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a broad auto sector scheme it expects to attract $14 billion of investment over five years, according to industry sources and a document seen by Reuters. The country’s efforts to pro...

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the much-awaited Vehicle Scrappage Policy in the Loksabha on Thursday, March 18.

Gadkari’s announcement has come after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2021 address proposed a Voluntary Vehicle S...

The government is committed to promote renewable energy resources in the country, especially in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said. He also exuded confidence that within five years, India will be a top manufacturing hu...

Aluminum-ion batteries promise significant improvements over today’s lithium-ion technology. The ability to exchange three electrons per ion, compared to lithium’s one, brings the potential for higher storage capacity. Al-ion batteries could also rely on more cheap/abundan...

Continuing the push for renewable energy — a sector Karnataka is seen as a leader in — Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has announced the establishment of a 500-MW Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) solar power park at a cost of ₹350 crore at Firozabad of Kalaburagi d...

A parliamentary panel has asked the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to monitor working of the implementing agencies on a real-time basis and aid them help achieve a target of having 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022.

The panel''s comme...

Oorjan, a solar energy start-up on Monday said it has launched an online portal to help find jobs and upgrade skill sets in the renewable energy sector.

Under the portal, the company has launched two platforms -- Greenjobs and Greenstitute -- to provide more suitable j...