Expert’s Note: COP28 breakthroughs and India’s green hydrogen ambitions

COP28 this year was a good experience, with the event witnessing many breakthrough announcements, starting with the global community's announcement of tripling renewable capacity a... Read More

Fluence milestone: crosses 20 GWh of energy storage systems globally

Fluence Energy last week announced that the company had surpassed 20 GWh of deployed and contracted energy storage systems globally.  In a release, the company called this an ... Read More

SK On, Solid Power partner to speed up development of all-solid-state batteries

SK On, a leading electric vehicle manufacturer has signed an agreement with a US-based developer of solid-state batteries, Solid Power, to speed up the development of all-soli... Read More

Panasonic eyes productivity boost before third battery plant in North America

Panasonic might put its third battery plant in North America on hold and focus on boosting productivity instead, Group CEO Yuki Kusumi said in an interview. "I keep telling people ... Read More

Accelera, Daimler Truck, PACCAR plan 21 GWh battery plant in Mississippi

Cummins' zero-emission division 'Accelera', Daimler Truck, and PACCAR have finalized the location for their joint battery cell manufacturing facility as Marshall County, ... Read More

Green NCAP's 2023 winners are electric: 4 EVs scored high in energy efficiency

Green NCAP recently announced its Category Winners of 2023, in which the top performers in all categories turned out to be electric cars, except two categories meant only for petro... Read More

Cleantech Startups in the MENA Region

Cleantech startups in the MENA region are helping their countries transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon future. Backed by government-led initiatives, venture capital fund... Read More

International Battery Company raises $35 M; looks to expand its India giga factory

US-based lithium-ion battery maker, International Battery Company (IBC) has completed a Pre-Series A funding round and raised $35 million for building a lithium-ion cell manufactur... Read More

US DoE announces $131 mn for R&D in EV battery, charging systems

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has announced more than $131 million for projects to advance research and development (R&D) in EV batteries and charging systems, ... Read More

IESA pre-Budget recommendations to strengthen India's energy security

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), the country's premier industry body for companies operating in the energy transition space, has submitted its pre-Budget recommendati... Read More

INOX Air Products signs MoU for 500,000 mtpa liquid ammonia plant in Maharashtra

INOX Air Products has recently signed an MoU with the Government of Maharashtra for setting up a 500,000 mtpa liquid ammonia production facility with a proposed outlay of... Read More

BYD to supply 1.1 GWh of batteries for 'world's largest' BESS project in Chile

Spanish RE developer Grenergy Renovables, which is developing its flagship BESS project 'Oasis de Atacama' in Chile, has signed recently a supply agreement with the ... Read More

GODI plans 12.5 Gwh cell factory in Telangana

GODI India Private Ltd has signed an MoU with Telangana to set up a 12.5 GWh cell manufacturing facility with an investment of ₹8,000 crore, the parties announced. The agreement wa... Read More

Hydrogen for sustainable aviation: Where are we now?

Hydrogen is emerging as a game-changing contender for innovation towards meaningful reduction in aircraft emissions. Real-life validation of its potentialities over the next few ye... Read More

Altair extends support to e-mobility simulation lab established at IIT Madras

Computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) tech firm Altair has announced its collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to establish an e-... Read More

Clean Hydrogen Mission: Forging a united front to tackle climate change

About two-thirds of global emissions arise from transportation and hard-to-abate industries such as steel. Clean hydrogen serves as a promising solution for decarbonizing these sec... Read More

Decarbonizing healthcare: Envision to supply 200 GWh RE power to Roche, four others

Chinese greentech company Envision Energy has announced a three-year renewable energy supply with five global leading healthcare companies in a collaboration that helps decarbonize... Read More

The Year in Review: Stories that defined the cleantech industry in 2023

From multilateral climate talks at COP28 to the commissioning of groundbreaking cleantech projects, 2023 witnessed some momentous developments giving us hope and keeping alive the ... Read More

Northvolt secures $5 billion loan for the expansion of homegrown giga factory and battery recycling plant

Swedish battery manufacturer, Northvolt AB has secured a $5 billion loan package that will enable further expansion of its cell manufacturing and battery recycling plant ... Read More

ACC, Circulor tie-up for supply chain, emissions mapping ahead of European battery passport rules

Battery manufacturing company Automotive Cells Co (ACC) and UK startup Circulor announced a partnership to verify the green credentials of raw materials that ACC uses to manufactur... Read More

Giga Storage announces 'Green Turtle' 600 MW/ 2,400 MWh BESS project in Belgium

Amsterdam-based BESS company Giga Storage has announced the development of the 'Green Turtle' project, an energy storage project with 600 MW of power and 2,400 MWh of cap... Read More

MENA: Clean energy transition in top gear

Middle East and North African countries are diversifying their economies towards clean energy. Strategic plans are in place to boost renewable energy capacities, EV adoption, and g... Read More

What’s next for India’s battery manufacturing industry in 2024?

The year 2024 will prove to be a notable year for India's domestic cell manufacturing industry. After years of laying the policy and regulatory groundwork for building a domestic c... Read More

Coal-fired Poland changes stance, plans to set end date for fossil fuels

Poland's new government plans to set an end date for generating power from coal, the country's Secretary of State for Climate Urszula Zielinska said on Monday, reversing the previo... Read More

Stellantis Ventures invests in Tiamat for sodium-ion battery technology

The corporate venture fund of automaker Stellantis has recently made a strategic investment on a France-based company 'Tiamat' that is developing and commercializing sodi... Read More

Mitsubishi plans 80,000 TPA GH2 plant – world’s largest – in Netherlands

Reports say the Japanese company will invest over $700 million and use the project as a test bed to develop know-how for mass production of green hydrogen. Mitsubishi Corp pla... Read More

Exagen gets nod for 500 MW / 1 GWh battery in Leicestershire, UK

UK renewable energy developer Exagen announced it had been granted planning permission for a 500 MW / 1 GWh grid-scale battery energy storage project in Leicestershire by the Blaby... Read More

NIIF's India-Japan Fund invests INR 400 Cr. in Mahindra's last mile mobility business

Mahindra Last Mile Mobility Limited (MLMML), a subsidiary of automotive major Mahindra & Mahindra, has attracted investment of INR 400 crore from the India-Japan Fund (IJF... Read More

Veolia eyes 8 GW of green capacity, top spot in Europe’s district heating, building efficiency

French water-waste-and-district heating company Veolia has a target to increase its energy production capacity from biofuels and renewables by 50 percent to 8 GW by 2030, the compa... Read More

CES 2024: E-mobility with digital, connected techs displayed in flair

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 last week, the spotlight gleamed on the dazzling future of transportation – a symphony of electric mobility and connected car techn... Read More