India’s largest utility NTPC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the setting up 50MW of solar power projects combined with battery energy storage near Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Surender Raina, general manager, REDG, NTPC, told PV Tech that the firm has floated ... Read more
Mahindra Electric, part of Mahindra Group, on Monday announced the launch of its new electric car 'e2oPlus' priced between Rs 6.73 lakh and Rs 9.51 lakh (ex-showroom Bengaluru).On a full charge, the Mahindra e2oPlus can travel for up to 140 km and can achieve a top-speed of 85kmph, a top company off... Read more
In order to promote sustainable mobility, one needs to look at alternative sources of energy and fuel. The day is not far when, fossil fuels would have run their course and leave the vehicles of the world to run on electricity. This is where Ather Energy comes in. A start-up, which was backed by Fli... Read more
A research and innovation company involved in the field of Speciality Polymeric Additives and Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage is proud to announce that its state of the art research laboratories are now DSIR recognized. PLUSS is the only company in India manufacturing mat... Read more
The power ministry will bank on storage facilities to provide electricity to rural India, Goyal said. “We will ensure that solar power generation would touch 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2019… pilot projects have been set up India will not adopt a technology discarded by the Western countries even if i... Read more
San Francisco: Tesla Motors today said that India will ‘definitely’ be a market for their next generation low-cost sustainable model-3, with the Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari asking the iconic company to outline their proposals for entry into the Indian market. During a visi... Read more
Black & Veatch has formed a joint venture with Schneider Electric USA for the design and construct of an energy security microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego. They said that the microgrid solution will allow operations at mission-critical facilities to continue unin... Read more
The Union government has set in motion the process of rewarding performing states under Uday, the flagship programme in power sector. It would extend support to the country’s first smart grid project to be set up at Gurgaon in Haryana, which has been a performing state under the debt restructuring... Read more
As Tamil Nadu is in a position to sell about 1,000 MW surplus wind power to other states, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urged the Centre to set up a dedicated inter-state green energy corridor for the purpose.Tamil Nadu, with an installed capacity of 7,600 MW of wind power, contributes about 27% of ... Read more
NEW DELHI: All major railways stations across the country will soon have battery-operated cars (BoC) to facilitate movement of passengers, especially disabled, ailing and elderly, on platforms.Passengers, however, will have to pay for the service as the railways will appoint private firms to run the... Read more
Electric bicycles are slowly coming back. The hotbed for revival of battery powered bicycles is Coimbatore, the engineering hub of Tamil Nadu, which is famous for electric motors and wet grinders. Eco Fibers, a Coimbatore-based start-up is building a concept electric bicycle that can travel between... Read more
Though the global data storage market showed a slight year-over-year (YOY) decline, a closer look at the numbers shows that there is much to look forward to. The market for flash, the innovation leader of the storage industry, continued to grow (72 percent YOY in Q4 2015) to $955.4 million. And clos... Read more