CESL Selects Agencies for Battery Swapping Station Sites, E-Vehicle Charging Stations Updated On Tue, Oct 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of public sector companies under the Ministry of Power, has today announced the list of selected agencies for the installation of 124 battery swapping stations, 352 standing chargers for electric two and three wheelers as well as 1294 […] Read more
Convergence Energy Services Expands Charging Stations On Highways Across India Updated On Fri, Jul 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy A wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) will establish public charging stations on expressways and national highways. CESL will install 810 electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) throughout 16 expressways and national highways, traversing10,275 km across the nation. Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) […] Read more
CESL Mulls $10 Billion Tender For 50,000 EV Buses To Decarbonise Public Transport Updated On Thu, Jul 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy State-controlled Convergence Energy Services Ltd. (CESL) is looking at floating a $10-billion tender to buy close to 50,000 electric buses to help make public transport carbon emission-free. CESL Managing Director Mahua Acharya has been quoted by a news report as saying, “Such tenders are beginning to look like infrastructure projects and local production of electric […] Read more
Tata Motors emerges lowest bidder for electric buses in CESL tender Updated On Thu, Apr 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Tata Motors has emerged as the lowest bidder in the mega tender for 5,450 electric buses floated by Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) under the remodelled FAME II scheme, the government said on Tuesday. Discovered prices of the Grand Challenge tender are between 15 per cent and 48 per cent lower than the price discovered […] Read more
CESL Gets Lowest Ever Prices for 5450 Buses under FAME II Scheme Updated On Wed, Apr 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a PSU under Ministry of Power has announced today that it has discovered the lowest ever prices for the biggest ever demand for electric buses under the Grand Challenge tender. The tender, announced in January this year, had hoped to get the first batch of buses on the road by […] Read more
CESL Launches Massive 5500 cr Tender For Electric Buses Updated On Thu, Jan 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy Giving a big thrust to the adoption of electric buses for public transport in the country, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), today announced the floating of a request for proposals for the biggest ever demand for electric buses, under the ‘Grand Challenge’ – a set of homogenized […] Read more
Procurement At Scale Helped Bring Down Prices By 22% For 3 Wheelers Updated On Fri, Dec 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy With its focus on delivering clean, affordable, and reliable energy, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) is playing a key role in creating an enabling ecosystem for transitioning to renewable, energy efficient solutions, specially, electric mobility. CESL, a subsidiary of state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), works under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Saur […] Read more
CESL To Collaborate With DTC To Establish Public EV Charging Network In Delhi Updated On Tue, Sep 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy Delhi Transport Minister, Kailash Gahlot today laid the foundation stone for setting up the first Public Electric Vehicle Charging Plaza in DTC Nehru Place Bus Terminal and inaugurated a Public EV Charging Station at the site, which will help in giving a push to faster electric vehicle adoption in the National Capital. Convergence Energy Services […] Read more
Reflections on World EV Day Updated On Fri, Sep 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy September 9, or World EV day, went by with a flurry of activities to commemorate the same. This writer too spent time moderating panelists at an event to commemorate progress, followed up by ‘fireside chat’ with an Electric Bus specialist for India. What came out really strongly was the overall optimism across the EV space, […] Read more
