Daily Shorts: Tesla range under scanner, Canada clears four wind farms to drive green hydrogen plants

Tesla is under the scanner of US authorities over vehicle range claims, media reports indicate. The Wall Street Journal reported federal prosecutors are looking into the company's ... Read More

India's energy demand to double to 75 exajoules by 2047, boarding hydrogen bus crucial: Dr Lele, Director, NCL

India might have missed several 'busses' such as the solar bus and the semiconductor bus, but the country is all set to board the crucial hydrogen bus along wit... Read More

Hyundai, Korea Zinc partner on EV battery materials value chain

Hyundai Motor Group has announced the signing of an MoU with Korea Zinc, the leading non-ferrous metal smelting company in South Korea, towards a comprehensive ... Read More

​IESA recognises women powering India's clean energy, EV and green hydrogen drive

With Women Equality Day just past, the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) called attention to the pivotal role that women play in driving India's clean energy transformation, wit... Read More

Automotive battery provider Clarios to acquire Paragon’s battery unit

Automotive battery solutions provider, Clarios on Wednesday (August 30) announced it will purchase Paragon GmbH & Co. KGaA's power business that produces batteries and bat... Read More

'India on track for E20 rollout by 2025, will save ₹35,000 crore in import bills'

India is currently dispensing E20 fuel (petrol blended with 20 percent ethanol) at more than 3,300 stations across the country, and the same will be available pan-India by 2025, Un... Read More

ONGC to spend ₹2 lakh crore on clean energy projects

ONGC, India's largest oil company, will invest ₹2 lakh crore (just above $24 billion) on clean energy projects Chairman Arun Kumar Singh told the company's annual general meeting o... Read More

Daily Shorts: Japanese scale up hydrogen play, US auctions wind sites in Gulf of Mexico

Japanese companies are scaling up their hydrogen act. Mitsui & Co, Mitsui Chemicals, IHI Corp and Kansai Electric said they will jointly study a hydrogen and ammonia supply cha... Read More

Enapter bags 101 AEM electrolyzers order from Enoah in Japan

Japan-based Enoah Inc. has placed an order for 101 units of Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolyzers 'EL 4.0' with Enapter AG for deployment in power-to... Read More

Reliance Industries battery giga factory to be set up by 2026; to produce LFP battery solutions

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Monday (August 28) announced that it will enter battery manufacturing ecosystem with LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery solutions and will&n... Read More

Daily Shorts: BYD profit triples, Indonesia's Aceh to get green hydrogen plant

Chinese EV powerhouse BYD said first-half profit tripled to $1.50 billion, as record deliveries helped the company retain the title of China's biggest-selling automotive brand. Dat... Read More

Corvus Energy to supply 40 MWh battery systems for fully-electric ferry

Energy storage systems (ESS) firm Corvus Energy has been selected by technology group Wärtsilä to supply the battery systems for what is claimed as the world's large... Read More

Middle East poised for clean revolution, RE capacity to hit 220 GW by 2030

The Middle East is primed for a 'clean revolution' with installed renewable energy capacity in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region set to grow from 40 GW in 2022 to 220 GW b... Read More

Auto-electrical components manufacturer, Lucas TVS eyes li-ion battery manufacturing

Joining the growing list of companies venturing into battery cell manufacturing in India, motor vehicle manufacturing company, Lucas TVS on Saturday (August 26) announced it will b... Read More

At 1.3 MTPA capacity, ACME plans India's single largest green ammonia plant at Gopalpur in Odisha

Tata Steel and ACME Group announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to establish a green hydrogen and green ammonia project at Tata Steel's Gopalpur Industrial Park (G... Read More

BMW to add high-voltage batteries logistics centre at Plant Leipzig

BMW Group's Plant Leipzig located in the German state of Saxony is the pioneering facility for electromobility, which began assembling BMW i3 electric cars since 2014. The company ... Read More

Weekend Roundup: India may put EVs in priority lending list, BYD buys Jabil's China mobility operations

India could include EVs under its priority sector lending category to make it cheaper for companies to raise funds, Reuters reported, citing an unidentified government official. Th... Read More

MHI appoints Engineers India Limited to monitor progress of ACC-PLI scheme beneficiaries

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Government of India on Thursday (August 24) announced that it has appointed Engineers India Limited (EIL) as Independent Engineer ... Read More

Maldives floats tender for 40MWh BESS, EMS across 18 islands

The Republic of Maldives has recently invited bids for the supply and installation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and energy management systems (EMS) for deployment in 18... Read More

Daily Shorts: Germany eyes geothermal, Malaysia readies EV champion

Germany plans to expand geothermal capacity 10 times by 2030, the country's chancellor said. Germany has some of Europe's biggest geothermal reserves, but has been slow to tap them... Read More

ZeroAvia, Masdar ink partnership to build H2 aircraft refueling infrastructure

ZeroAvia has announced partnership with UAE energy firm Masdar to explore hydrogen production and supply at key locations meant for hydrogen-fueled aviation. The initially foc... Read More

Bengaluru-based Nsure to foray into lithium-ion cell manufacturing; 1GWh plant set to come up in Karnataka

Bengaluru-based Nsure Reliable Power Solutions (Nsure) on Wednesday announced it will soon be entering into lithium-ion cell manufacturing in India with an initial production ... Read More

Daily Shorts: BYD plans battery plant in South Korea, Japan considers $14 bn green push

Japan is evaluating $14 billion in additional investments to promote local production of energy storage batteries, semiconductors and equipment used to make hydrogen, according to ... Read More

GM invests in AI-enabled battery material innovator Mitra Chem

AI-enabled battery materials innovator, Mitra Future Technologies (Mitra Chem) has completed a $40 million first close of $60 million Series B funding round led by General Motors (... Read More

JLR’s used EV batteries to power one of the largest energy storage systems in the UK

With its ambition to adopt circular economy principles, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it will use second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries to develop one of the largest ene... Read More

Daily Shorts: US okays 704 MW offshore wind farm, APA buys $1.1 bn Australian assets

The US has greenlighted a 704 MW wind farm consisting of 65 wind turbines and two offshore sub-stations off the coast of Rhode Island, as part of plans to install 30 GW of offshore... Read More

Northvolt raises $1.2 bn for market expansion; rolls out first BESS at Dwa

Northvolt has announced that it has raised $1.2 billion in convertible notes to finance plans for its further European and North American expansion. The latest developmen... Read More

India defines green hydrogen: less than 2kg emissions for 1kg H2

The Indian government notified the country's green hydrogen standard over the weekend, outlining emission norms that must be met for hydrogen to be classified as 'green', or coming... Read More

Daily Shorts: Denmark to earmark $4B for CCS, Cargill tests wind powered ships

Denmark will earmark around $4 billion in aid to carbon capture storage (CCS) projects, the country's climate ministry announced. The grants will be disbursed over 15 years, but el... Read More

EcoProBM, SK On, Ford to build C$1.2B cathode manufacturing plant in Québec

SK On, EcoProBM and Ford recently announced a joint investment of C$1.2 billion to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Québec, Canada. Scheduled to begin produ... Read More