“A thriving urban mining ecosystem is essential to reduce reliance on imports”, Saurav Goyal, Metastable Materials Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Bengaluru-based battery recycling startup Metastable Materials is pioneering a first-of-its-kind, chemical-free technology and system named ‘Integrated Carbonthermal Reduction’ (ICR) for ‘recycling’ of Li-Ion batteries in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner that can extract a wide range of materials from batteries, with more than 90% recovery rate. We caught up with co-founder and COO Saurav Goyal […] Read more
Boost to SMEs, Easy Imports, Cheaper Financing: Solar Expectations from Budget ’23 Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Budget 2022 made major announcements. Primary among them was the earmarking of Rs 19,500 crore for production linked incentives towards the manufacturing of high efficiency solar photo voltaic modules. While this has been a source of hope for the industry, a major mood dampener has been the imposition of duties on solar cells and modules. […] Read more
Fractal EMS and You.On Integrate Largest BESS in Brazil Updated On Mon, Jan 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy US based Fractal EMS Inc and You.On have announced that they have completed the integration of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in Brazil that has a capacity of The 30 MW/60 MWh. You.On is a Brazil based firm specialising in storage solutions. The official statement of Fractal EMS held that the BESS project […] Read more
Lightsource Bp Agrees to Sell 247 MW Spanish Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Jan 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Lightsource bp, United Kingdom based solar energy player, has announced that it has agreed the sale of its 247MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project to Plenium Partners and Bankinter Investment. The two purchasing firms are independent renewable energy investors. Lightsource bp said that the objective of the sale is to support its growth across the sector. […] Read more
Solar-Driven Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Conversion Updated On Wed, Jan 18th, 2023 by Saurenergy Hydrogen energy has promising prospects and scientists are thinking of new ways for its conversion, At present, hydrogen is produced from fossil fuel methane. However, the process takes up large amounts of fossil fuel energy. A team of researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has come up with perovskite photocatalyst promising the conversion […] Read more
The Top 5: Most Affordable Electric Cars Under 10 Lakh Updated On Fri, Jan 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy The journey of electric cars from being a concept to now being on the verge of replacing conventional vehicles faced a plethora of challenges. Two of the most important challenges were range and cost which made them pale in comparison to their ICE counterparts. While the year 2022 saw the rise of electric cars, the […] Read more
The Top 3 States With Biggest EV Subsidies In India Updated On Thu, Jan 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy India has been successful in spurring the Electric Vehicles trend in the country. While the central efforts were instrumental in this development, the contributions of various states in terms of subsidies have formed the backbone of EV adaptation as well. However, keep in mind that subsidies are unlikely to last very long, possibly not beyond […] Read more
India’s EV Charging Roll Out, ‘Patla Pin’ Magic, And More Challenges Updated On Tue, Dec 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy For a nation that embraced the mobile phone with breakneck speed, pricey prices notwithstanding, the heyday of Nokia phones in the late 90s and through early 2000s became synonymous with the thin-pin charger, which was very popular and ubiquitous at the time. Such was its ubiquity that it was assumed that everyone or every home […] Read more
Li-ion Battery-Maker NorthVolt Aims to Build World’s Greenest Battery Cell Updated On Wed, Dec 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy Northvolt is a Sweden-based startup which develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialisation, and recycling to support clean energy. The Li-ion battery maker was founded in 2016, with a mission to build the greenest battery in the world. The firm provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plants to produce […] Read more
