In India’s Renewable Push, UP’s Energy Crop Farmers See Little Hope Updated On Thu, Aug 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy Ranjit Singh, 36, is a farmer in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. He owns 10 acres of fertile land in this region, which he mainly uses to grow sugarcane. After several months of arduous work on his farmland, he harvests this crop and sends it to his nearest sugar mill, around 12 km […] Read more
World’s First Prototype Of Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle Launched In India Updated On Wed, Aug 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri have now launched the world’s first-ever prototype of BS-VI STage=II Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle in New Delhi. Toyota Kirloskar Motor developed the vehicle. This vehicle uses a mixture of fuel to drive the car. It includes ethanol, a biofuel […] Read more
Lok Sabha Passes Energy Conservation Amendment Bill 2022 Updated On Tue, Aug 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy The onslaught of climate change is forcing countries to reduce their carbon footprints and move towards clean forms of energy sources to decarbonize their economies to protect the planet from the rising temperatures. The Lok Sabha (House of Commons) of the Parliament has passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in a bid to promote […] Read more
EVs Buying Costs To Be At Par With Petrol Vehicles In A Year, Says Nitin Gadkari Updated On Mon, Jun 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has expressed the hope in an event that the prices of all electric vehicles (EVs) are going to be equal to the cost of petrol vehicles in India in the coming one year. The premise behind the comment from the Union Minister is that, as […] Read more
Solar recharging of EVs far more efficient use of land than ethanol crops for blended fuel in India: IEEFA Updated On Thu, Mar 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy A new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) shows that generating solar energy to recharge electric vehicle (EV) batteries would be a far more efficient use of land than growing crops for ethanol. India’s 2025 target for 20% ethanol blending in petrol requires large increases in ethanol from sugar and […] Read more
After Reliance, IOC, NTPC, now GAIL to Foray into Hydrogen Updated On Mon, Aug 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy State-owned natural gas corporation GAIL plans to foray into hydrogen and ethanol production, as well as expanding its presence in the petrochemicals segment. Hydrogen is a clean fuel that, when consumed in a fuel cell, produces only water. Many countries are venturing into hydrogen production from a variety of domestic resources, such as natural gas, nuclear […] Read more
India’s Three Battles To Lose Updated On Wed, Jun 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy What, and how India sets about achieving climate goals in the decade to 2030 matters. Not just for the impact it will have on doing our bit on global warming, but also for what it does to shift the country decisively away from our current energy pathways. The decade to 2030 also seems to be […] Read more
Gadkari Predicts: All Buses in India Will Switch to Electric in 2 Years Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Only electric buses will run across India in the next two years and that too without making it mandatory, Nitin Gadkari, India’s road transport and highways minister, said in New Delhi on Sept. 23. Speaking at an event on energy efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises, Gadkari said that cost-saving in running Internal Combustion […] Read more
