US utility-scale battery storage to double, led by additions in California, Texas

America's battery storage capacity is likely to double in 2024, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said. Data shows battery storage capacity in the US would increase by... Read More

EU approves €902 mn aid for Northvolt's EV battery plant in Germany

Decision helps keep the plant in Europe in the face of competing incentives from America The European Union has approved €902 million in aid for Swedish company Northvolt to set up... Read More

Telangana govt. to support Amara Raja's Giga Corridor project

Automotive and industrial battery major, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd (ARBL) will receive the necessary support from the Telangana government for its INR 9,500 crore Giga Corridor... Read More

e-STORAGE to supply 220 MWh DC battery for Epic Energy's Mannum solar project

Canadian Solar announced that its battery subsidiary e-STORAGE will deliver 220 MWh DC of energy storage solutions to a standalone energy storage project owned by Epic Energy in Ma... Read More

Tamil Nadu draws green investments from Reliance, JSW Energy

India's southern state of Tamil Nadu inaugurated its Global Investor Meet (GIM) on Sunday and announced more than ₹55,000 crore of investments from Day 1, with industrial conglomer... Read More

Lakshadweep gets region’s first on-grid solar project with battery storage

India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday (January 3) inaugurated Lakshadweep's first on-grid solar project with a battery energy storage system enabling the Union Territo... Read More

VinFast to invest $2 billion for EV manufacturing in Tamil Nadu

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has chosen the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to set up a 'first-class electric vehicle production hub' in the South Asian region. The construction of ... Read More

Green progress: Germany’s CO2 emissions fall to 1950s levels after RE dominates energy mix

Germany's carbon dioxide emissions fell to their lowest in 70 years in 2023, touching levels last seen in the 1950s, the think tank Agora Energiewende announced. This was largely d... Read More

KABIL to invest ₹211 crore for exploration of lithium blocks in Argentina

India's KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd) has announced an investment of ₹211 crore ($25.712 million) over a period of five years for exploration stage activities... Read More

China's revised NEV purchase tax policy comes into effect

China's revised taxation policy for the purchase of new energy vehicles (NEVs) has come into effect from the start of this year. The current taxation scheme has replaced the t... Read More

ACME, Greenko, Reliance, BPCL among SECI's green H2 production tender winners

The list of winning bidders for Solar Energy Corporation of India's (SECI) tender for the selection of green hydrogen producers for setting up local production facil... Read More

MENA: Top 6 'high-potential' countries for low-carbon hydrogen

World Economic Forum's latest report titled "Enabling Measures: Roadmap for Low-Carbon Hydrogen Middle East and North Africa" dated 20th December has assessed the hydrogen readines... Read More

Smartphone-maker Xiaomi strides into electric vehicle market: Launches Xiaomi SU7

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. on Thursday (Dec. 28) unveiled its first electric car, Xiaomi SU7, and announced its ambition of becoming a top global carmaker in t... Read More

Chilean govt. retains majority stake in lithium production in Chile

The Chilean government on Thursday (Dec. 28) announced that the State will have a historic 50%+1 stake in lithium production in the country with the State-owned Copper Company... Read More

Bengaluru city inducts 100 e-buses; plans to add 1,400 e-buses by April

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that 1,400 new electric buses will be added to the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation by April next year. In the fir... Read More

Bloom Energy, SK ecoplant partner for a major hydrogen demonstration project

Leading solid-oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technology manufacturer, Bloom Energy on Wednesday announced that it has tied up with SK ecoplant, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate... Read More

Wardwizard partners with BEEAH Group to bring electric mobility to GCC countries and African Nations

Electric vehicle manufacturer under the 'Joy e-bike' brand in India, Ward Wizard Innovation and Mobility Ltd (Wardwizard) has signed an agreement with the BEEAH Group co-owned by t... Read More

Volts UAE, Schneider Electric ink agreement to set up giga-industrial BESS facility in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi-based smart energy storage solutions provider, Volts UAE Ltd (Volts) and global leader in energy management and industrial automation, Scheider Electric have si... Read More

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

EXCON 2023: Electric, H2 solutions ready for Indian CE, off-highway segments

At one of the largest exposition of construction machinery and off-highway vehicles in India, OEMs and technology suppliers presented a variety of battery-electric and hydroge... Read More

2023 VinFuture Prize honors solar-battery storage green energy platform

The 2023 VinFuture Grand Prize worth $3 million has been awarded to four scientists, namely Prof. Martin Andrew Green (Australia), Prof. Stanley Whittingham (United ... 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

Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power, Egypt seal $4 billion green hydrogen deal

Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power on Wednesday (Dec. 20) signed an agreement to develop a green hydrogen project worth more than $4 billion in Egypt. The framework agreement follows the si... Read More

Lhyfe Bretagne: Lhyfe launches its latest green hydrogen production site in France

Lhyfe, the global leader in green hydrogen production has inaugurated Lhyfe Bretagne -- one of the two largest green hydrogen production sites in France along with recently la... 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
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