Focus on Energy Storage: Size and Costs Finally Promise a Breakthrough Soon Updated On Thu, Aug 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy For everyone counting on renewables to replace the pollution and carbon emissions of fossil fuels, energy storage has been the missing link in a wholesale shift to renewable energy. Energy storage, even though being discussed widely today, has been around for a while. Basic storage batteries have been used since the early 1800s, when Alessandro […] Read more
India has a Game Plan for Electric Vehicles: Amitabh Kant Updated On Mon, Jul 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy India has put in place a game plan for electric vehicles and its components to ensure clean cities, reduce imports and utilise solar power, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said. India has put in place a game plan for electric vehicles (EV) and its components like batteries to ensure clean cities, reduce imports and utilise […] Read more
Fuel Subsidies 3-Times Higher Than EV Budget: Report Updated On Thu, Jul 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy A new study has revealed that fuel subsidies for petrol & diesel between Oct’18 and Jun’19 amounted to almost 3 times the 10,000 crore EV budget under FAME A new study has revealed that fuel subsidies for petrol and diesel in India, between October 2018 and June 2019 amounted to almost 3 times the three-year […] Read more
Uber, Sun Mobility to Deploy Electric Autos in India Updated On Thu, Jul 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Global shared-mobility service provider Uber announced a partnership with Bangalore-based Sun Mobility to launch an electric auto service platform. The Ride-hailing giant Uber on Wednesday announced a partnership with SUN Mobility to deploy electric autos in India. As part of the agreement, SUN Mobility will offer its energy infrastructure platform, which includes swappable Li-Ion smart batteries […] Read more
CEEW Report on Power Job Growths with Green Energy Updated On Tue, Jul 16th, 2019 by Saurenergy A new report has revealed that India’s renewable energy workforce has grown five-fold in the past five years. In 2019, nearly 100,000 workers are employed in the solar and wind industry in the country, up from 19,800 workers in 2014. Of these, 12,400 new workers were employed in FY19 and 30,000 new workers were employed in […] Read more
The Big Moves in Budget 2019 Updated On Fri, Jul 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy Less than an hour after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget speech, it appears that it is not a bad budget at all for the renewables and EVs. Less than an hour after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget speech, it appears that it is not a bad budget at all for the renewables and […] Read more
Economic Survey: Emphasise on EVs, Supporting Policies to Reduce Total Ownership Cost Updated On Fri, Jul 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy The country must emphasise on EVs and appropriate policy measures to lower the overall lifetime ownership cost, according to the latest Economic Survey The country must emphasise on electric vehicles (EVs) as these represent the next generation in sustainable mobility and appropriate policy measures are needed to lower the overall lifetime ownership cost to make them […] Read more
Encourage Capital’s Fund For Indian Rooftop Segment Closes at $40 Mn Updated On Sat, Jun 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Encourage Capital has announced the first closing of a new fund at $40 million, which will invest in Indian commercial rooftop solar segment Encourage Capital, LLC, an impact investment asset manager and advisory firm, has announced the first closing of a new private equity fund, Encourage Solar Finance, L.P. at $40 million. The fund will […] Read more
India takes advantage of distributed nature of Renewable Energy: Secretary, MNRE Updated On Thu, Jun 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy Aanand Kumar has said that India has been able to take advantage of distributed renewable energy sources to provide electricity to all of its households. Today at @IRENA Council meet, I highlighted the fact that India is taking full advantage of distributed nature of RE. Standalone solar household systems, mini & micro grids have helped […] Read more
