100% Renewables, Beyond the Grid – Aspiration or Destination? : Survey Updated On Thu, Oct 3rd, 2019 by Saurenergy In August 2019, Deloitte surveyed 308 executives across multiple industries in the private and public sectors to understand these organizations’ paths in the transition to renewables, their goals and procurement strategies and the challenges they face. Driven by economic incentives and mounting external pressures for organizations to decarbonise their energy supply, the renewable energy transition […] Read more
Canada, US to Reduce Dependence on China for Lithium and Other Rare Minerals Updated On Tue, Oct 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy Canada is in talks with the US to seek ways for both to reduce their dependence on China for rare earth elements, key minerals for high-tech products Canada is in talks with the United States to seek ways for both to reduce their dependence on China for rare earth elements, key minerals for high-tech products, […] 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
Calcium Instead of Lithium Can Make Better RE Batteries Updated On Thu, Sep 12th, 2019 by Saurenergy A newly synthesized yet cheap chemical could be the answer to manufacture low cost and high power calcium batteries. The advent of renewable energy with its innate unpredictable nature has brought a global need for effective energy storage. This need has so far fuelled the demand for Lithium which can easily be stored, transported to 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
Amara Raja Launches EV Charging Stations and Electric Autos in Tirupati Updated On Thu, Aug 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Amara Raja has launched electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping stations and a fleet of electric autos in the temple town of Tirupati Amara Raja Batteries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Amara Raja Group has launched electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping stations in the temple town of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The firm, […] Read more
