Ola Electric Announces Domestic Production of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Updated On Tue, Jul 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Ola Electric has announced that they have succeeded in making a Li-ion cell indigenously. An important development that will support the Indian EV industry as India doesn’t have much organization in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles. Bhavish Aggarwal, the CEO of Ola Electric, revealed the creation of the lithium-ion cell’s success on Twitter […] Read more
Growing Prices Will Have No Effect On EV Adoption Updated On Fri, Jul 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy In this conversation with SaurEnergy, Anand Kabra, Vice-Chairman and MD of Kabra ExtrusionTechnik Limited, whose EV vehicles and storage division, Battrixx, has grown at a staggering rate in FY ’22, talks about the firm’s plans and market in India. Battrixx, founded in 2018, is a division of Kabra Extrusion Technik Ltd, which belongs to the […] Read more
New Hydrogen Powered Bus By Oil India Limited Updated On Mon, Jul 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy State owned energy player, Oil India Limited (OIL) has announced that it has completed beta demonstration of its hydrogen powered bus developed by Ohm Cleantech. The innovation took place under ‘Startup Nurturing, Enabling and Handholding (SNEH)’ programme of OIL in Pune. It’s a 9-meter bus empowered by a 60kW PEM Fuel Cell engine for electric […] Read more
160 GWh Of Energy Storage Needed To Meet India’s 2030 RE Target: IESA Updated On Tue, Jun 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has recently brought out a report VISION 2030 that projects India will need at least 160 GWh of energy storage by 2030 in order to integrate the targeted 500 GW of non-fossil fuel energy onto its networks. This energy storage capacity has been calculated as aggregate of front-of-the-meter grid-scale […] Read more
Price Of Solar Panel Material, Polysilicon, Touches $40.62, Highest In A Decade Updated On Thu, Jun 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Strong demand coupled with production glitches has pushed the price of a key material for solar panels, Polysilicon, to the highest level in more than a decade in China. Now the cost of clean energy is too high for the companies to afford even as the climate goals are in crying need of more renewable […] Read more
NHPC Hopes To Commission 1 GW Solar Power Projects in 2023 With Recent Contracts Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy India’s largest hydropower generation firm NHPC Ltd expects that three contracts recently awarded to Adani Infra, Tata Power Solar and Sri Sai would commission the 1 gigawatt solar power project by November 2023. Adani Infra, Tata Power Solar and a joint venture of Sri Sai had bagged the contract for producing 600 MW, 300 MW […] Read more
EU Hikes Solar Target to 600 GW By 2030, 320 GW by 2025 Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Still reeling from the aftershocks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it’s struggle to punish Russia adequately with trade sanctions on fossil fuel exports, the EU’s updated REpowerEU strategy has reworked the maths to raise its solar targets by a 10 to 20% by 2025 and 2030 respectively. The new targets are 320GW of […] Read more
MNRE Minister Bhagwant Khuba At Intersolar Europe Updated On Fri, May 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Union Minister of State for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Bhagwant Khuba attended the Intersolar Europe 2022 held at Munich, Germany. The Minister delivered key note address at the investment promotion event on “India’s Solar Energy Market”. Bhagwant Khuba in his key note address said that ‘As Hon’ble PM Modiji’s ambitious Panchamrit targets set […] Read more
India needs $7.2 billion to promote integrated solar module manufacturing: CEEW-CEF Report Updated On Fri, May 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy The CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) said in a report on May 12 that India needs USD 7.2 billion in investments in the next three to four years to boost integrated solar module production. Released yesterday, the report added further that the push to improve local manufacturing could help domestic module manufacturers clock $30 […] Read more
