Tata Power Installs 150 EV Charging Stations In Mumbai Updated On Thu, Jun 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Making way for clean energy transition, Tata Power has installed as many as 150 green energy-powered EV stations in Mumbai. These stations have been built in residential societies, malls, commercial complex and petrol pumps. This green drive on a massive scale by Tata Power is steered by renewable/clean energy sources like wind, solar, and hydropower. […] Read more
MSEDCL To Set Up 2,375 EV Charging Stations in Maharashtra By 2025 Updated On Thu, Jun 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy In the midst of rising electric vehicle adoption, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has announced the setting up of 2,375 EV charging stations across the state of Maharashtra by 2025. Of the 500 EV charging stations proposed in 2018, 13 have been built across the state. Currently, work is in progress in 49 […] Read more
EVI Technologies, HPCL IN Agreement For EV Chargers at 136 Locations Updated On Mon, Jun 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy The network of EV charging stations is going to spread out with every Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump at 136 locations offering its space to EVI Technologies for installation of a charging station. A press release issued by EVIT, a startup with profile of 380 EV chargers in 17 cities across India, claimed […] Read more
Extending The Net Metering Policy To Energy Storage Devices Will Grow The Market Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sheru, an energy storage startup supports storing energy in the cloud and solves the lack of storage problems by aggregating idle battery capacity to create a virtual energy storage platform. Sheru was started by three friends, Ankit Mittal, Shikhar Sharma, and Nakul Mehan, engineering graduates from BITS Pilani. Having helped build robotics solutions in India’s first deep […] Read more
Two Indian Agri-energy Organisations Make It To Shortlist For Ashden Awards Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives and Oorja Development Solutions, trailblazing agri-energy organisations working with smallholder farmers in India, have made it to the shortlist for Ashden Awards. This year the awards received 148 applications from across the world. A release by Ashden says, “The Indian initiatives include Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives helping tribal […] Read more
Mobile Fuel Delivery Startup Repos Energy Gets Funding From Ratan Tata Updated On Wed, May 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy National startup award winner Repos Energy has raised a pre-series round of funding from Ratan Tata. A report quoted Ratan Tata as saying, “Repos is a well-conceived project with good execution. I wish them all the success.” A few months ago, Repos Energy had forged a tie up with Mahindra’s Truck and Bus Division (MTB) […] Read more
Pumped hydro resurfaces when sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy When the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, grid-scale energy storage will be a big challenge as climate neutrality increasingly presses for a massive scale-up. Pumped hydro is back and can catapult India into the big league to make up for the lost opportunities. Not just that, as we are seeing during the […] Read more
Maharashtra Postpones EV Policy Due to Inadequate Charging Ecosystem Updated On Mon, Apr 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy An underdeveloped ecosystem is certain to prove to be an impediment in faster adoption of electric vehicles. In the present case, a resolution has been issued by the Environment Department of the Maharashtra Government aimed at implementing state’s Electric Vehicle Policy from April 2023 instead of April this year. The postponement of the EV Policy […] Read more
Clean energy spending has jumped 50% to record levels since Oct end: IEA Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Clean energy spending earmarked by governments in response to the Covid-19 crisis has risen by 50% over the past five months and now stands at over USD 710 billion worldwide, though there are troubling imbalances between regions, according to the latest update of the IEA’s Sustainable Recovery Tracker. This unprecedented amount of enacted spending is […] Read more
