News In Brief July 23: Coal India Gets Graphite Block, PowerCo & QuantumScape, JA Solar And Solarpro Updated On Tue, Jul 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy Coal India Secures First Graphite Block In Green Energy Push Coal India Limited (CIL) secured its first critical mineral asset, a graphite block, in Madhya Pradesh. Acquiring a graphite asset position, Coal India emerged as the preferred bidder for the Khattali Chotti graphite block located in Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The state-owned, Coal India Limited […] Read more
What The Green Industries Said About Budget 2024? Updated On Tue, Jul 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy Hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Union Budget 2024, the industry leaders also reacted to the budget announcements. Many of them talked about the benefits and challenges of the industry in the light of the announcements. The minister, in her budget speech talked about imposing Customs Duty on solar glass imports and include […] Read more
We Are Set To Expand Battery Recycling: Anupam Kumar (MiniMines) Updated On Mon, Jul 22nd, 2024 by Saurenergy How did the journey of MiniMines start? We founded the company in 2021. I started the company with other co-founder Anupam Kumar and Arvind Bhardwaj. We were driven by a vision to tackle the dual challenges of high electric vehicle (EV) costs, lack of critical minerals, massive import dependency worth 7 billion USD, and environmental […] Read more
Global Battery Demand Can Quadruple To 4,100 GWh By 2030, Says Report Updated On Fri, Jul 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy Global battery demand is expected to quadruple to 4,100 gigawatt-hours (GWh) between 2023 and 2030 as electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to rise. As a result, OEMs must hone in on their battery strategies, according to a new report by Bain & Company. Over 250,000 electric cars were sold globally every week in 2023, more […] Read more
What The Renewable Industry Expects From Union Budget? Updated On Fri, Jul 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy Days ahead of the Union Budget 2024, the Indian renewable energy companies have pinned their hopes on the event. A number of green companies have shared their expectations from the budget. Several of them batted for attention of better taxation regime, working on the hurdles for the green companies and suggested several means that can […] Read more
Indian EV Sector Needs Rs 1,151cr To Flourish, Says Report Updated On Wed, Jul 17th, 2024 by Saurenergy Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Ajay Kumar Sood, released a report for building a comprehensive roadmap that outlines research projects in four crucial areas. These areas are energy storage cells, electric vehicles (EV) aggregates, materials and recycling, and charging and refueling. It provided pathways for India to achieve leadership and self-reliance in […] Read more
China Overcapacity ‘Overrated’, Say China Researchers Updated On Tue, Jul 16th, 2024 by Saurenergy Ju Jiandong, Director of the Center for International Finance and Economic Research at PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University and Feng Lu, Assistant Researcher with the Center for International Finance and Economic Research at PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University make the case that overcapacity in the green energy sector is a temporary […] Read more
Quantumscape Moves A Step Forward With Its Solid State Battery Updated On Thu, Jul 11th, 2024 by Saurenergy In an important development, QuantumScape just shipped its latest solid-state battery cell, dubber Alpha-2 to prospective customers. This is considered a massive stride for solid-state cell technology, demonstrating that the technology is close to ready for mass-deployment. QuantumScape has been widely credited with pushing the case for solid state batteries until now, although recently Chinese […] Read more
Canadian Solar Delivers 498 MWH DC BESS For AYPA Power Project Updated On Wed, Jul 10th, 2024 by Saurenergy Canadian Solar secured a contract from Aypa Power (Aypa) to deliver a 498 MWh DC standalone battery energy storage system to the company. The Bypass Project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2025, with e-STORAGE, being a part of its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (CSI Solar). Located in Fort Bend […] Read more
