India’s Safeguard Duty Move has Not Helped Much: Sudhir Aggarwal Updated On Fri, Sep 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy India’s move to impose safeguard duty on import of solar cells and modules last year hasn’t helped domestic manufacturers much. While import of solar cells and modules from China have declined since the duty was implemented in July 2018, India still imported USD 1.9 billion worth of panels in the 11 months ended June 30, […] Read more
Need to Breed, Encourage Innovation at Grassroots Level: Sahil Shanghavi Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy For India to become a battery or any other storage technology manufacturing hub, we need to breed and encourage innovation at the grassroots level. Both public and private sectors need to collaborate closely with researchers at various institutes in India and fund different ideas in order to come up with better technology than what exists […] Read more
REI 2019: Session on Startups – Innovation in Manufacturing Needed Updated On Thu, Sep 19th, 2019 by Saurenergy At the ongoing Renewable Energy Exposition 2019, a session on the role of startups in the RE space highlighted that the innovation aimed at solving consumer and business problems are key to its future growth. The first day of the Renewable Energy Exposition (REI 2019) saw the convergence of financiers, startup heads and think tanks […] Read more
WEF’s Energy Transition Report Presents Two Narratives on Global Electricity System Updated On Fri, Sep 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy The report co-authored by BloombergNEF (BNEF), Carbon Tracker and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) talks about the implications of ‘Gradual’ and ‘Rapid’ energy transition The World Economic Forum released a report ‘The Speed of the Energy Transition’, today, which laid out the implications of a gradual versus a rapid energy transition and also identified the […] Read more
Neoen to Build Renewable Super Hub in South Australia Updated On Thu, Sep 12th, 2019 by Saurenergy Neoen has unveiled its plans for a massive new renewable super hub in South Australia featuring wind, solar and battery storage facilities. Neoen Australia, a subsidiary of French renewable energy producer Neoen, and the company that operates the world’s largest Lithium-ion battery has unveiled its plans for a massive new renewable super hub in South […] Read more
Innolia Energy Invests Rs 225 cr in PV Modules, EV Products Manufacturing Updated On Tue, Sep 10th, 2019 by Saurenergy Innolia Energy has launched a project worth Rs 225 crore to set up a manufacturing facility in Hyderabad for solar modules, lithium battery and EV products US-based Innolia Energy has recently announced that it has launched a project entailing an investment of Rs 225 crore to set up a manufacturing facility in Hyderabad for solar modules, lithium battery and electric […] Read more
Polarity Set to Unveil India’s First Pedal-Assisted Ebikes Updated On Mon, Sep 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy Six new e-bikes are lined up according to Polarity smart bikes who want to take on urban electric bike users with many choices. Pune based start-up Polarity Smart Bikes will unveil India’s first pedal-assisted electric bikes on 20th of September. The company earlier had planned to unveil the e-bikes in June. In a statement, the […] Read more
Tata Chemicals Launches Li-ion Battery Recycling Operations Updated On Fri, Sep 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy Tata Chemicals has announced the launch of its Li-ion battery recycling plant for the commercial recovery of cathode active materials from spent batteries. One of the largest chemical companies in the India, Tata Chemicals a subsidiary of the Tata Group Conglomerate, which works in the chemicals, crop nutrition and consumer products field has announced the […] Read more
EVs to Cost as Much as Conventional Vehicles in 2-3 Years: NITI Aayog CEO Updated On Thu, Aug 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says that the falling cost of batteries could pull down the price of EVs at par with conventional vehicles in the coming years Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that the falling cost of electric vehicle batteries could pull down the cost of EVs and bring it at par […] Read more
