As India looks to bring electricity to the quarter of its population still without it, nonprofit groups are increasingly turning to solar microgrids to provide power to the nation’s villages. But the initiatives so far have faced major challenges, as described here by Fred Pearce, a contributing w... Read more
India has developed super capacitors using indigenous materials for strategic use in defence and space sectors as an import substitute and to overcome energy deficiencies in critical equipment, a senior official said. "We have developed super capacitors of different voltage for specific use in defe... Read more
Japanese energy companies and financial institutions are looking to invest heavily in India, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in Tokyo on Wednesday. Goyal said companies and lenders in Japan have evinced interest in setting up big solar projects and equipment manufacturing lines in India, which is ... Read more
Infrastructure finance company IL&FS will develop 5,000-mw solar storage parks in Rajasthan in a joint venture with the state government. "The work on first phase for 1,000-mw is underway. The benefits of energy storage to Rajasthan can be immense," IL&FS Energy's chief technical officer Ra... Read more
Managing Director of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Ravi Uppal, who was present at the 8th India-Japan Energy Dialogue on Thursday, said that although there are new developments in the area of energy storage by the Japanese but the adoption of the technology by India will depend on the cost of the proj... Read more
The number of new stationary battery systems connected to solar arrays on German homes and businesses in 2015 far outnumber the number of electric vehicles that rolled onto roads. A new study has revealed the result demonstrating that despite the German government’s official target of one million ... Read more
There is a March 1 deadline for public comments on whether the association should develop a standard addressing design, construction, installation, and commissioning of these increasingly popular systems.March 1 is the deadline for public comments to NFPA, which wants interested organizations and in... Read more
EITHER THE EPA or the groups opposing its Clean Power Plan will enjoy a victory early in 2016, but the CPP's ultimate fate likely won't be decided for two more years. The year also will see natural gas and coal continue their ascension and decline, respectively, in the pantheon of U.S. generation fu... Read more
India’s rooftop solar power program has received a much-needed boost even as sector experts believe that the target of 40 GW installed capacity by 2022 looks extremely ambitious. Officials of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently announced that the World Bank, the Asian De... Read more
At a time when its customers are moving towards open access, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has embarked on a mission to spruce up its image by utilizing the latest technology to suit the needs of the IT city. Determined to serve its customers with the best facilities, the power ... Read more
On its ambitious journey to become a software company that is zero dependent on grid power,Infosys has gone completely off-grid at its 450acreHyderabad facility by commissioning a 6.6-mw solar photovoltaic power plant capable of generating 12 million units (kWh) a year. The company says this tran... Read more
As many as 15 states have agreed to opt for UDAY scheme, meant for revival of debt stressed power distribution companies (discoms) in the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today. "Within 2 months of announcement of UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) scheme, more than half of the state... Read more