A lot of disruption is happening in the automotive industry. With stricter regulations on emissions around the world, auto manufacturers are shifting to electric alternatives.   “2021 will be the year electric vehicles (EVs) will take centrestage,” Bharat Forge, country’

Power and Renewable Energy Minister, R K Singh has announced that the Indian government will float 4000 MWh battery storage tenders.   Speaking at the CII AatmaNirbhar Bharat Conference on Self Reliance in Renewable Energy Manufacturing on Thursday, Singh explained the governm

The automotive industry expects the new Maharashtra Electric Vehicle policy to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles and help in developing the charging infrastructure.   The policy, announced by Maharashtra environment minister Aditya Thackeray on Tuesday, has set a target

MG Motor India Ltd, which entered the Indian market recently, has announced the setting up of a 50-kilowatt fast charger for electric vehicles (EVs) in Pune.   The charger was set up as part of the company’s collaboration with Fortum Charge and Drive India to set up E chargi

PLUSS Advanced Technologies (PLUSS) in collaboration with Apollo LogiSolutions (part of the Apollo International Group) has set up a 20,000 sq. ft. packaging box facility in Hyderabad that will be used in storing temperature-sensitive vaccines.   These packaging boxes will ens

The government is planning to set up an establishment to fund businesses with a focus on electric vehicles as well as enable new financial instruments for lending to the public transportation and commercial vehicle segment, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said.   Addressing the I

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has suggested that the utilisation of green hydrogen and advanced batteries will help the region achieve deeper decarbonisation within industry. India has already emerged as one of the lowest cost renewable energy leaders and the Indian G

India is gearing up to create manufacturing, R&D and testing capabilities in the batteries space and the recently approved production linked incentive (PLI) scheme will act as a catalyst to meet both domestic and export needs (once self-reliance is achieved). The Union Cabin

The United States Department of Energy (DOE), India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) have jointly launched a US-India Hydrogen Task Force. This is under the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).

Even though the country has missed out on manufacturing opportunities in the past, as it happened with the solar sector, storage is one of the emerging areas which is also critical for the national energy security programme. The government recently approved the PLI scheme on ACC