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ARAI signs agreement with ISIE for electric solar vehicle rallyThe Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIEINDIA) and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a national rally called electric solar vehicle championship (ESVC) 3000. This national rally is planned on the theme of world solar challenge, Australia, a statement issued by ARAI said on Wednesday. The vehicles designed and manufactured by engineering college students will start from Delhi and will end at ARAI Pune, Chakan. The vehicles will cover over 1600 kms in eight days. This rally is supported by the NITI Aayog.... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: The Times of India
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Sterlite Power secures Rs 2K cr funding to execute Lakadia Vadodara projectSterlite Power on Wednesday said it has secured Rs 2,024 crore funding from IndusInd Bank and L&T Infrastructure Finance to execute Lakadia Vadodara transmission project. Sterlite Power has achieved financial closure for its Lakadia Vadodara Transmission Project Ltd (LVTPL), it said in a statement. According to the statement, this project is part of India's Green Energy Corridor (GEC) and will enable the country's renewable energy target of achieving 175 GW by 2022. The project has secured funds worth Rs 2,024 crore from IndusInd Bank and L&T Infrastructure Finance. Commenting on... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: ET Energy World
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TPDDL to Procure 100 MW Solar, 50 MW Wind Power From SECI After CERC ApprovalThe Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) while hearing on two petitions filed by Delhi-based power Discom Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has approved the tariffs of Rs 2.54/kWh for procurement of 100 MW solar power and Rs 2.52/kWh for procurement of 50 MW wind power from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). In its petitions, TPDDL had submitted that being a distribution licensee, TPDDL is obligated to purchase the electricity from renewable sources for the fulfilment of Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) as specified in Delhi Electricity Regulatory... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: Saur Energy International
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French agency to take up Kolkata e-bus as case studyThe city’s electric bus fleet will be featured in prestigious annual document, Global Electric Vehicle Outlook (GEVO), 2020, by Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) as a case study of a successful shift to cleaner energy in mass transport system. After winning green mobility award from C40 cities, this will be another feather in Bengal’s cap as far as successful operation of electric buses is concerned. In the last week of February, Vita Rozite, India programme manager, energy efficiency division of IEA, wrote a letter to the MD of West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) Rajanvir... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: ET Energy World
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Volkswagen India launches BS-VI variants of Polo & VentoVolkswagen India on Wednesday launched BS-VI variants of its popular model Polo and Vento at starting price of Rs 5.82 lakh and Rs 8.86 lakh respectively. While Volkswagen Polo will be the MPI and TSI petrol engines of the EA 211 engine family, the Volkswagen Vento will be powered by TSI engine of the same family, the ocmpany said in a release. The current 1.2l TSI engine will be replaced by 1.0l TSI engine (delivering up to 110 PS of power & 175 Nm of torque, most powerful petrol engine in the category). It will be mated to a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission depending... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: ET Energy World
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Amara Raja Electronics partners with Salom ElectricAmara Raja Electronics Ltd (AREL), a unit of Amara Raja Group has entered into an agreement with China-based Salom Electric (Xiamen) as a manufacturing and supply partner. As a part of the deal, AREL will provide Salom with a wide range of power products, including external power supplies, battery chargers, wall plug-in power supplies, car chargers, vehicle power adaptors, power banks, wireless chargers and associated products. The agreement also states that the manufacturing of the products will be done at AREL’s electronics factory in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The products will be... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: Telangana Today
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India EV Battery Swapping Propelled by low Penetration of Charging Stations: P&S IntelligenceDue to increased run-time and improved remunerative prospects for shared e-mobility drivers, the demand for electric vehicle (EV) battery swapping is rising in India, a new report by market research and consulting services firm P&S Intelligence has revealed. The market is likely to be dominated by electric three-wheelers as these vehicles are majorly used for passenger carriers and run on an average more than 100 km a day. Since with each full charge these vehicles run less than 100 km, these are required to be charged twice or thrice a day. Battery swapping technology offers the best... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: Saur Energy International
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Fossil fuels for power at turning point as renewables surged in 2019 - dataThe use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil for generating electricity fell in 2019 in the United States, the European Union and India, at the same time overall power output rose, a turning point for the global energy mix. Those countries and regions are three of the top four largest producers of power from fossil fuels. The declines suggest the end of the fossil fuel era could be on the horizon, said Tomas Kaberger, an energy professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, who provided the power generation data to Reuters. Kaberger, who is also the chair of the executive board... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: Reuters
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Power Trade at IEX Grew by 57% in February, REC Sales IncreasedThe volume of power traded at the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), the country’s largest online electricity platform, grew by 57 percent to 4,516 million units in February this year. IEX said the increase in trade volume was mainly due to distribution utilities opting for replacement of their costlier power with exchange-based procurement. “The other key reason was an increase in demand on account of early onset of summer and agricultural demand in the southern as well the western states, particularly in Telangana due to lift irrigation,” IEX said in its monthly power market analysis. The day... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: Saur Energy International
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Govt grants Rs 478 crore to waste-to-energy schemeThe government has given its nod for a grant of Rs 478 crore to the waste-to-energy (WTE) programme for the remaining period of financial year 2019-20 (FY20). It has also approved a physical target of 257 megawatt (MW) for the mentioned period under the revised guidelines for WTE scheme released by the ministry of new and renewable energy recently. “Approval is accorded for grant of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of Rs 478 crore and a physical target of 257 MW for the remaining period of FY20 for the programme, which includes a CFA of Rs 400 crore with a physical target of 200 MW for... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: ET Energy World
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Kochi: Transport authority to issue permits to CNG, LNG, LPG and e-vehicles onlyRegional Transport Authority (RTA) has decided to conditionally issue city permits to autorickshaws in Kochi. The new permits will be issued to autorickshaws, which ply on CNG, LNG and LPG, and electric vehicles. According to the decisions taken by the RTA, new permits will only be given to permanent residents living in Kochi corporation limit. Applicant should produce two documents to prove that he/she is a permanent resident. Only one permit will be issued to one person. Age of these autorickshaws has been limited to 10 years. Priority in issuing new city permits will be given to... Read more.. Date : Mar 5 Source: ET Energy World
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No Compulsion to Import Modules From China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak: RK SinghIndia’s solar industry is under no compulsion to import solar cells or modules from China following the coronavirus outbreak, power and new & renewable energy minister RK Singh has said. “The solar industry is under no compulsion to import solar cells, modules and other equipment from China. They are free to meet their requirements either from the domestic market or alternative sources,” Singh said in a written reply in Parliament. He was replying to a question on whether the dangerous virus has affected India’s ability to increase clean energy capacity. The country’s solar sector is a... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: Saur Energy International
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1 kW rooftop solar installation price drops to Rs 22,000In what could hasten adoption of renewable energy sources by households, the price of a 1 kW rooftop solar power installation has dropped to just about Rs 22,000 making it far more competitive and affordable than conventional sources of energy, particularly from polluting coal-fired plants. In the recent tenders floated by the the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the discovered rate for the installation of these systems (with state government subsidy) has come to about Rs 37,000 ($510)/kWh. With the government providing additional 40 per cent subsidy for systems up to 3 kW,... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: ET Energy World
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Rooftop solar leader Gujarat gets maximum central financial support for RE generationGujarat—which leads in rooftop solar capacity with 430.24 MW installed till January 31—is way ahead among all states and union territories in getting the central financial assistance (CFA) for new and renewable energy generation. In the current financial year 2019-20 till February 10, the state has bagged Rs 118.27 crore in central financial assistance, which is more than double the amount for its closest competitor Maharashtra (Rs 52.88 crore). Among other Top 5 are Uttar Pradesh (Rs 51.71 crore), Himachal Pradesh (Rs 30.48 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs 29.02 crore), as per the data... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: PV Magazine India
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Nitish Kumar asks officials to prepare comprehensive policy to promote electric vehicles in BiharBihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asked officials of five departments to sit together and prepare a comprehensive policy to promote manufacturing and use of electric vehicles in the state. “Senior officials of industries, energy, urban development and housing, transport and finance departments should hold a joint meeting in near future and discuss all practical aspects before finalizing a policy for promoting such vehicles,” CM said while reviewing an industries department’s presentation on the state government’s draft policy on ‘Electric Vehicle Manufacturing.’ The presentation was made at... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: ET Energy World
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L&T Bags Transmission and Solar Project Orders in India and OverseasInfrastructure company Larsen & Toubro has announced that its power transmission and distribution business of L&T Construction has bagged significant orders in India and overseas. In Bangladesh, the business has won a turnkey order for design, supply, installation, and commissioning of power transmission infrastructure for the 800 MW Rupsha power plant, it said in a statement. An order to build 220kV substations in Nepal has been received, it said, adding that an order to establish 380kV and 230kV transmission line corridors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has also been bagged. On... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: Saur Energy International
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Bounce raises funds from InnoVen for EV integration, expansionApp-based two-wheeler rental startup Bounce has raised $6.5 million from venture debt investor InnoVen Capital, taking its total debt funding from the investor to around $12 million. This is InnoVen’s third investment in Bounce in 18 months. The fresh funding will be used for electric vehicle (EV) integration, geographical expansion, and operations, InnoVen Capital said on Monday. InnoVen’s investment into Bounce comes just weeks after the Bengaluru-based startup raised $105 million in a Series D round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s venture capital fund B Capital in February... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: Livemint
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Air Pollution Reducing Lifespan of Indians by Nearly 4 Years, UP Residents Losing Twice That: ReportA 'pandemic' of air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8.8 million premature deaths annually, scientists said Tuesday. Eliminating the toxic cocktail of molecules and lung-clogging particles cast off by burning oil, gas and coal would restore a full year of life expectancy, they reported in the journal Cardiovascular Research. "Air pollution is a larger public health risk than tobacco smoking," lead author Jos Lelieveld of the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, Germany said. "Much of it can be avoided by replacing fossil fuels with clean renewable... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: News18
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India’s renewable energy generation grows 9.46 per cent in Jan 2020India’s power generation from renewable energy sources stood at 10.325 billion units (BU) in January 2020, a 9.46 per cent increase from 9.433 BU generated in the same month last year, according to provisional data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), an arm of the power ministry. Total power generation from conventional and renewable energy sources grew 2.65 per cent to 113.20 BU in January, as compared to 110.280 BU of energy generated in the same month a year ago, the CEA’s monthly Executive Summary report for January 2020 showed. The combined generation from solar, wind... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: ET Energy World
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Tangedco open to reviewing need for new coal projectsTamil Nadu’s state-owned electricity generation and distribution company, Tangedco, is open to reviewing the need for new coal-fired projects, if there is a clear trend showing that the cost of energy from ‘solar plus storage’ plants is lesser than that of coal. “We are collecting data. If the trends show clearly that RE+storage is cost effective, the government may have to review new coal projects,” a senior official of Tangedco told BusinessLine. Recent capacity auctions show the beginning of such a trend. In January, the government of India-owned SECI closed a tender to purchase... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: The Hindu Business Line
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India needs 400 GW of solar power capacity to implement decentralized solar network: EESL MDThe implementation of decentralised solar network across India involving solarisation of all substations feeding the agriculture power demand will require setting up of 400 Gigawatt of solar capacity, according to Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director at state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). "If you look at the decentralised solar market, the aggregate is very large and if it has to be implemented across India, it requires build up of around 400 GW capacity to solarise all agricultural substations across the country," Kumar told ETEnergyworld in an exclusive interview. He also... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: ET Energy World
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Indian Oil will start field-testing metal-air battery for electric vehicles soonState-run fossil fuel giant Indian Oil Corporation, which recently raised a minority stake in Israel based startup Phinergy, is in talks with leading automobile makers in India to start field trials for the metal-air batteries that it intends to produce in a joint venture with Phinergy, news agency PTI reported. Metal-air batteries, when combined with Lithium-ion batteries, can provide electric vehicles with a range of up to 600 km—paving the way for large-scale adoption of electric cars. “If the field trials are successful and if our talks with EV makers fructify, the metal-air batteries... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: PV Magazine India
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ABB Completes Divestment of Solar Inverter Business To FIMER SpAABB has completed its divestment of its solar inverter business to the Italian company FIMER SpA. The transaction enables ABB's Electrification business to improve the focus of its business portfolio on priority growth markets and enhance business opportunities for the solar inverter business under FIMER. Tarak Mehta, President of ABB's Electrification business, said: "The completion of this divestment is another step forward in our strategy of systematic portfolio management. It strengthens our competitiveness and allows us to focus on other growth segments. ABB will continue to integrate... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: ET Energy World
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Mussoorie and Darjeeling are among 13 Himalayan towns facing imminent water crisisFamed mountain retreats such as Mussoorie, Darjeeling and Kathmandu may soon face acute water distress, with a demand-supply gap already as vast as 70% in some towns, new research shows. A series of 10 studies across 13 towns located in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region across India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh has found mismanagement of water and climate breakdown. “The urban Himalayas, they are running dry,” said Anjal Prakash, research director and adjunct associate professor at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. “Most of their water... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: Scroll.in
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Power Minister dedicates 11 renewable energy management centres to nationPower Minister R K Singh on Friday dedicated to the nation 11 Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) for renewable energy integration. Singh also inaugurated the Northern Region Renewable Energy Management Centre (NR-REMC) at a function here. "On the occasion, the Minister dedicated to the nation, eleven REMCs, placing India among a league of few nations, which have state-of-the-art management centers for renewable energy integration," a power ministry statement said. Speaking on the occasion, Singh congratulated all those who planned the Green Corridors and REMCs and said that they... Read more.. Date : Mar 2 Source: ET Energy World
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