India's electric vehicle development programme got a shot in the arm last month, with three of the country's biggest carmakers signing a pact to jointly develop critical parts for an all-electric hybrid car.The research & development teams of home-grown Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra &a... Read more
Energy Storage System design and deployment will improve system reliability and unlock the potential of renewable energy; boost for Make in Canada and Make in India initiativesThe Honorable Kathleen Wynn, Premier of Ontario, Canada on Friday unveiled an energy storage project at the signing of an MO... Read more
Power discom Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited has signed an MoU with the Smart Grid Canada and Center for Urban Energy, Ryerson University, Canada for sharing latest trends in smart technology in the distribution sector. "A tripartite MoU was signed here for sharing latest trends in the s... Read more
The air pollution debate, especially after recent court decisions and Delhi's traffic-reduction experiment, is being seized as an opportunity by automakers to introduce greener and cleaner vehicles. Most of them showcased electric and hybrid vehicles at the Auto Expo that began in Greater Noida on ... Read more
Green, hybrid, electric are buzzwords as nearly all auto makers are showcasing their environment-friendly vehicles at the auto show Imagine tyres that generate electricity for your electric vehicle. They could be a reality soon on the streets of India, with tyre maker Good Year Tire & Rubber Co... Read more
Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of Mahindra Group, expects two of its in-house startups to raise external funds by the end of 2016 as part of its plans to turn these entities into standalone companies. "Saral Rozgar and Microgrid could raise external money by the end of this year. We have seen some inte... Read more
With a continued goal to operate a cleaner energy grid, the California Independent System Operator Corp. (ISO) Board of Governors today approved several proposals that support improved integration of storage and demand response resources in the wholesale electricity market. The Board also approve... Read more
Amara Raja Batteries today reported a 33.06 per cent rise in its stand-alone net profit at Rs 136.18 crore for the quarter ended December 2015. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 102.34 crore in the same period a year ago, Amara Raja Batteries said in a statement. Stand-alone net sales al... Read more
The Indian government's Department of Heavy Industry has announced an ambitious goal of deploying six-seven million electric vehicles (EVs) across the country by 2020. This will create a huge demand for lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries and an enormous market potential can be foreseen. The consump... Read more
Ice Energy, the leading provider of distributed thermal energy storage solutions, has introduced the Ice Bear 20 -- a smaller-capacity version of its flagship Ice Bear system. The new system combines Ice Energy's patented thermal storage and smart-grid technology with integrated cooling, enabling ... Read more
The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation will invest $900,000 to support three strategic, bilateral research collaborations under the Ontario-India Research Collaboration Fund, to support researchers from Ontario and India who are involved in developing new anti-malarial treatments, new water... Read more
Domestic battery firms including Eveready have asked the government to make domestic quality standards mandatory for imports to prevent cheap quality products flooding the market. Dry battery makers, including Eveready, Indo National and Panasonic, have successfully made a case before the governmen... Read more