BluSmart Secures Rs. 200 Cr In Pre-Series B Funding Round Updated On Mon, Jul 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy BluSmart, the Gensol backed EV RideHailing service provider recently completed its Pre-Series B funding round, in which the company secured Rs. 200 Crore (USD 24 million). The funding will further assist BluSmart in expanding its EV operations and building EV charging infrastructure in major Indian cities. This new investment round saw participation from new investors […] Read more
Amazon On Course To Meet RE Goal Seven Years Before Schedule Updated On Thu, Jul 11th, 2024 by Saurenergy Amazon has invested in 50 wind and solar projects in India to date. It claims to be one of the first corporations to enable utility-scale renewable energy projects in India, Greece, South Africa, Japan, and Indonesia, among other countries. In 2019, the company set the goal to match all of the electricity consumed across Amazon’s […] Read more
India’s Data Centre Boom Opens Up A Fresh Segment For Green Developers Updated On Mon, Jul 1st, 2024 by Saurenergy By-Tej Prakash Bharadwaj & Manish Kumar Notwithstanding the sluggish growth of data centres in India in the early 2000s, the advent and popularity of AI means that the data center sector in India is now set for a significant expansion matching its status as a regional power. With a total capacity of around 1,000 Megawatt […] Read more
All In For Battery Based Energy Storage- Saurabh Kumar, GEAPP Updated On Mon, Jul 1st, 2024 by Saurenergy For India’s energy sector, the impact Saurabh Kumar has been well documented. Currently, the Vice President-India, GEAPP (Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet) Kumar is well known for being the man behind the LED revolution in the country, which he initiated during his stints as the key founder of the public sector Bureau of […] Read more
Tata Motors Acquires Ford’s Sanand EV Facility Updated On Fri, Jun 28th, 2024 by Saurenergy To expand its capacity for both production and sales, Tata Motors has acquired a former Ford India manufacturing site located in Sanand, Gujarat. The facility was purchased for approximately Rs 725.7 crore, with an additional Rs 1,300 crore allocated for retooling. It is currently known as the Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM) facility. Electric vehicles […] Read more
Data Centers, EV To Raise US Power Demand To 300 TWh: Report Updated On Wed, Jun 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy Rystad Energy in its recent research report found that the total US electricity demand has remained relatively stable at around 4,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) since 2010. But as electrification accelerates, that’s about to change as the report accredits this growth to the build-out of data centers which can support more widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). […] Read more
Ather Energy Partners With TIIS For EV Workforce Skilling Updated On Tue, Jun 25th, 2024 by Saurenergy Ather Energy, an electric scooter manufacturer based in Bengaluru, has teamed up with Tata Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) to provide specialised training courses in the field of electric vehicles (EVs). The collaboration seeks to train labor to fulfill the expanding needs of the Indian EV market. Through the cooperation, complete courses in EV technology […] Read more
Gender-Based Provisions Needed In State EV Policies, Says Report Updated On Mon, Jun 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy A latest report from New Delhi-based energy think tank OMI Foundation advocated for the inclusion of gender-based provisions to make jobs in the Indian electric mobility sector more inclusive. The report analysed the state policies and also the response of the electric mobility companies and brought to focus the role of women workforce in the […] Read more
India’s Main Opposition Attacks A Modi Govt. Policy With Data And (Some) Science Updated On Mon, Jun 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy For the last 10 years, India’s BJP run government’s renewable plans have gone mainly uncontested in the elections, in part due to the opposition parties’ distraction with other issues. Thus, after a better than expected show in the 2024 elections, it is good to see the main opposition, the Congress party finally do its job […] Read more
