SSN-COE Team Gets Rs 12 Cr Grant from DST for Solar Ingot Manufacturing Tech Updated On Wed, Mar 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy Researchers at SSN-COE have been awarded a Rs 12 crore grant from the DST, for tech they believe can catalyse India’s solar ingot and wafer manufacturing abilities SSN College of Engineering (SSN-COE), Chennai has announced that a team of its researchers led by Professor P. Ramasamy, Dean (Research) have been awarded a grant of Rs […] Read more
COGOS to Deploy 1000 EVs in its Logistics Fleet, Partners With Altigreen Updated On Fri, Mar 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy Intra-city logistics company, COGOS has announced its partnership with Altigreen by deploying 1000 EVs in its fleet, a step to further strengthen its commitment towards electric mobility in the country. The partnership has materialised at an opportune time as the budget 2021 and the later impositions of green tax and new scrap policy, extensively showed […] Read more
BCD Announcement This Week? Speculation Reaches Fever Pitch, Again Updated On Tue, Mar 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy A report in BusinessLine, quoting sources in the MNRE, has speculated on the possibility of Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on modules and solar cells finally being announced this week. Readers will recall that the announcement was widely expected in the Union Budget in February, but was conspicuously missing. The report quotes its sources as saying […] Read more
Amazon India Ties up With Mahindra Electric to Strengthen E-mobility Commitments Updated On Tue, Feb 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Amazon India has announced its partnership with Mahindra Electric to further strengthen its commitment towards electric mobility in the country. Earlier in 2020, Amazon India had announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles will include 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025 in India. These EVs are in addition to the global commitment of 100,000 electric […] Read more
Epsilon Gets Qualified as Anode Precursor Supplier for Li-ion Batteries Updated On Tue, Feb 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy Epsilon receives initial order for its Anode precursor material and successfully qualifies as a supplier in the global Li-ion battery supply chain Epsilon Advanced Material, a leading domestic manufacturer of advanced cell chemistry materials and a subsidiary of Epsilon Carbon, has received an initial order for its Anode precursor material from two top anode makers […] Read more
The 2021 Roadmap For Solar Updated On Thu, Feb 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy With Budget 2021 finally behind us, India’s renewable energy sector, particularly solar has to reckon with a new reality finally. The renewable energy sector, especially solar, will have the government’s ear, but don’t expect any major moves anytime soon, as the government grapples with broader issues across the economy. Solar at least has the comfort […] Read more
National Hydrogen Energy Mission Document to be Finalised This Month Updated On Wed, Feb 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy The draft National Hydrogen Mission document has already gone through the consultation process and is expected to be finalised in February 2021 In the Budget Speech 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to launch a National Hydrogen Mission for generating hydrogen from green power sources. The ministry has now announced that the draft mission document […] Read more
Budget 2021 Reactions. Industry Welcomes Broad Direction, Hopes For Specifics Updated On Tue, Feb 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The Union Budget 2021, for all its usual detractors, has been welcomed in more ways than one. While the stock markets seem to have welcomed the bold moves to junk fiscal limitations and go for high spending to revive the economy, the industry has welcomed it for more reasons. One couldn’t help but notice during […] Read more
EV Sector Should Switch to Completely Indigenous Batteries: Nitin Gadkari Updated On Sat, Jan 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Ministry of Road Transport & Highways asked the EV industry to shift towards indigenous battery technologies. With electric vehicles (EVs) fast becoming the new reality, the need to emerge as pioneers in developing leading battery and power-train technologies, the ministry stated. In a statement, “Noting that the challenge we presently face is the control on […] Read more
