Extend FAME-II and bring back e-2W subsidy, says Indian panel

India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry has recommended the government extend the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) subsidy scheme by th... Read More

Daimler Truck announces customer fleet trials of its hydrogen-powered trucks

Daimler Truck announced it will deploy its hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks for their first customer trial from next year. Companies such as Amazon, Air Products, INEOS,... Read More

Electric aviation: US regional carrier JSX buys 130 hybrid planes, option for 200 more

US regional carrier JSX has placed orders for more than 130 hybrid-electric aircraft from three manufacturers, in a move heralding the arrival of electric aviation. JSX is acquirin... Read More

Honeywell India to focus on battery storage, GH2, open to acquisitions in energy transition says CEO

Honeywell is open to acquisitions in India's energy transition technology sector, its president for India operations, Ashish Modi, told an interview. The US company has recently re... Read More

Australia's New South Wales awards 350 MW solar, 4,000 MWh storage capacity

New South Wales in Australia has awarded long-term energy service agreements to two renewable energy projects and three energy storage projects as part of the government's Electric... Read More

Ambuja Cements to add 1 GW renewables capacity by FY26

India's Ambuja Cements has announced plans to invest ₹6,000 crore in renewable power projects as part of the company's plans to power 60 percent of output from green power. The inv... Read More

Form Energy gets $30 mn from California for 100-hour capacity iron-air battery

Form Energy has received $30 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build a project capable of discharging energy for 100 hours.  The company will use the mone... Read More

An overview of India's lithium deposits and their geological survey status report

India has identified a game-changer for its clean energy transition with the discovery of lithium deposits in Jammu & Kashmir as well as in Chhattisgarh. This not onl... Read More

Does the world have sufficient lithium? A review of scientific and industry discourse

In the dynamic landscape of lithium, commonly known as "White Gold," the soaring demand (driven majorly by lithium battery electric vehicles and battery storage infrastructure) pre... Read More

South Africa launches bids for 5,000 MW renewable and 615 MW battery capacity to beat power deficit

The Government of South Africa has launched bidding rounds for 5,000 MW of new power generation capacity from renewable sources and 615 MW of battery storage, as the country fights... Read More

UK okays £2 bn for 11 green hydrogen projects, launches new funding round

The UK has announced support for 11 new green hydrogen projects at an investment of £2 billion over the next 15 years. The projects – all of which will use electrolysis and have a ... Read More

Essar marks clean energy pivot, plans 1 GW green hydrogen complex in Gujarat

India's Essar group announced plans to invest up to ₹56,000 crore in the state of Gujarat, most of it in a green hydrogen complex marking the conglomerate's pivot to green energy i... Read More

Singapore’s Sembcorp bags 300 MW solar project from India’s NHPC

Singapore-based energy and urban development company Sembcorp Industries announced its renewables unit had bagged a 300 MW solar power project from NHPC Ltd, a hydropower company r... Read More

COP28: Countries agree on deal called 'the beginning of the end of fossil fuels'

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed on Wednesday with countries agreeing to phase down consumption of oil and coal, in a deal the UN said signaled the "begi... Read More

South Korea announces $29 billion to help its battery companies 'reduce foreign dependence'

South Korea on Wednesday announced plans to provide $29 billion in financing over the next five years to strengthen its battery industry and reduce reliance on foreign nations for ... Read More

World's largest solar + battery project comes online in South Africa

The ~$1 billion Kenhardt project – which outperformed fossil fuels in a competitive bid – has installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW/ 1,140 MWh... Read More

US, India governments launch task force to promote energy storage technologies

US-India Energy Storage Task Force, set up by US Department of Energy and India's Ministry of Power to promote energy storage technologies in both nations, will launch on December ... Read More

Vinssen delivers hydrogen fuel cell for ship propulsion pilot in Singapore

South Korea's Vinssen Co Ltd, which specializes in the production of electric and hydrogen hybrid propulsion systems, announced it had successfully tested and delivered a hydrogen ... Read More

India studying advanced building materials, wastewater treatment to reduce CO2 footprint

India's Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) has partnered with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to drive advancements in the country's construction a... Read More

'No country can think of energy transition without first thinking about energy storage'

The India Pavilion at COP28 hosted an event on cost-effective energy systems for energy transition and integration of renewable energy on December 5, under the aegis of the country... Read More

LGES to supply NCM li-ion modules for ICPT's e-bus battery system

South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a supply agreement for NCM lithium-ion battery modules with Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a supplier of he... Read More

US utility disconnects CATL batteries citing security concerns, sparking row

An American company has disconnected large-scale CATL batteries attached to a US military base after politicians raised security concerns, in turn sparking angry reactions from the... Read More

Canada's e-STORAGE to supply 226 MWh batteries to Engie’s Scotland BESS projects

e-STORAGE, a company that specializes in design, manufacturing, and integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for utility-scale applications, will deliver 226 MWh DC of ... Read More

Honeywell provides 124 MWh BESS for 140 MW solar project in US Virgin Islands

US engineering-and-technology conglomerate Honeywell announced it will provide developer VIElectron its first instalment of battery energy storage solutions (BESS) for six solar pa... Read More

US unveils global nuclear fusion plan at COP28, even as Japan-EU reactor comes online

"We are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. And at the same time, yes, significant scientific and engineering challenges exist. Careful thought and thoughtful policy is... Read More

Australian state starts work on A$1 billion 600 MW BESS project in Melbourne

The Australian state of Victoria has announced its first investment through the State Electricity Commission (SEC) to help build one of the world's biggest battery projects, in par... Read More

DEPCOM Power launches Puerto Rico's largest solar + BESS project at Salinas

DEPCOM Power, an integrated engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company that also provides operations and maintenance (O&M) services for utility-scale solar and en... Read More

Saudi ACWA breaks ground on two-phase, 500,000 TPA green ammonia project in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power, the world's largest private water desalination company, announced it had broken ground on the first phase of a 3,000 metric tons per year green hydrogen ... Read More

India puts up 20 blocks of critical and strategic minerals for auction

India's Ministry of Mines launched the first tranche auction of critical and strategic minerals in New Delhi on Wednesday, offering up 20 minerals for exploration, including recent... Read More

JSW signs deal for 35 percent in MG Motor India, marks second foray into EVs

India's JSW Group will acquire 35 percent stake in motor company MG Motor India, the two companies announced on Thursday. The agreement for the transaction was signed in London bet... Read More
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