World Energy Storage Day 2022: Join the global movement aimed at faster adoption of energy storage

In 2021, a record 290GW of renewable power was added to the power grids across the globe and 6.6 million electric vehicles were sold globally. As the push towards greener grids and... Read More

Australia's first lithium-ion giga factory completes pilot program

Australia's first lithium-ion battery giga factory has inched closer to commercial operations with the successful completion of advanced manufacturing pilot program ... Read More

“Aspire to make India a world leader in new energy manufacturing”: Mukesh Ambani at Reliance Industries AGM 2022

India's largest private sector corporation, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) held its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday (Aug. 29) making several big-ticket announcements fro... Read More

JSW Renew Energy Five wins SECI's 1 GWh standalone BESS tender

JSW Renew Energy Five Ltd., a special purpose vehicle of JSW Energy, on Friday (Aug. 26) won the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) auction to set up a&nb... Read More

Volkswagen AG, Govt. of Canada explore opportunities in the EV battery supply chain

German automaker, Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen), on Tuesday (August 23) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Canada to promote electric mobility... Read More

Indian EV market to reach annual sales of 17 million units by 2030: IESA Report

India's electric vehicle market has witnessed one of the quickest recoveries from the pandemic-induced slowdown and is predicted to expand at a CAGR of 49% between 2021-3... Read More

Celgard, American Battery Factory to develop high-performance LFP battery separator technology

Leading developer of battery separator technology, Celgard LLC (Celgard) on Monday announced (Aug. 22) that it has entered a strategic alliance with Americ... Read More

Tata Motors to supply 921 e-buses to Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tata Motors, has won the order to supply, operate, and maintain 921 electric buses from the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport... Read More

ReNew Power obtains $1 billion ECB loan for the single largest RE project in India

ReNew Power has announced that it has obtained around $1 billion, which is roughly ₹7,900 crore loan through the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) route. It claims that this is ... Read More

Faraday Institution, NREL sign MoU to develop high-capacity batteries and Li-ion battery recycling

Leading energy storage research institutes from the UK and the US, the Faraday Institution and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) signed a ... Read More

iM3NY begins commercial operations of Li-ion cell manufacturing plant in NY

Independent lithium-ion cell manufacturer, Imperium3 New York ( iM3NY) on Thursday (August 11) officially began the commercial cell production activity for the first US-owned lithi... Read More

Dr. N Kalaiselvi takes charge as the first woman Director General of CSIR

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) welcomed Dr. N. Kalaiselvi as the new Director General of CSIR and Secretary of the Department of Scientific an... Read More

UN declares the right to a healthy environment as a human right

In a historic move, the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday (July 28) declared that everyone on the planet has a right to a healthy environment. The resolution pa... Read More

Reliance New Energy, Ola Electric, and Rajesh Exports Ltd signs program pact under ACC-PLI scheme: MHI

Ministry of Heavy Industries has announced that three selected bidders signed the Program Agreement under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC)... Read More

Exide to set up Lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in Bengaluru

India's leading battery maker, Exide Industries, on Wednesday (July 27) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Exide Energy Solutions Ltd (EESL) has executed a ... Read More

Kodak capitalizes on its coating technology; forays into EV battery market

Renowned film manufacturing brand, Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) has made a minority stake investment in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a tech firm that uses propr... Read More

ONGC inks MoU with Greenko to jointly produce green hydrogen

The State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) on Tuesday (July 26) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd., to jointly work on opportunities in ... Read More

Monash Univ. to explore energy storage market design

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) on Monday announced $495,000 in funding to the Grid Innovation Hub at the Monash Energy Institute, Monash University to conduct a stu... Read More

Hindalco, Phinergy, and IOP partner to bring aluminum-air batteries to India

Hindalco Industries Ltd., (Hindalco), a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group has partnered with Phinergy, an Israel-based metal-air battery pioneer, and IOC Phinergy Private ... Read More

Vistra restarts Phase I and Phase II of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility

After facing two shut-downs in September 2021 and February 2022, Vistra Corp's (Vistra) Moss Landing Energy Storage facility in California is back online.  Vist... Read More

Parameswaran Iyer takes charge as the CEO of NITI Aayog

Parameswaran Iyer, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog on Monday. Mr. Iyer replaces Amitabh Kant, wh... Read More

Chhattisgarh sanctions state EV policy, aimed at accelerating e-mobility adoption

The Chhattisgarh government has announced that it has approved its Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022 to make the state an EV-manufacturing hub, create employment, and reduce enviro... Read More

Eos Energy Enterprises secures over 1 GWh in new orders

Zinc-based energy storage system provider, Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (Eos) has secured over 1 GWh in new orders and is expecting to exceed $400 million of ne... Read More

IESA-IIT Madras Research Park partner to support innovations and entrepreneurship

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP),  Chennai, to collaborate on activiti... Read More

China’s ‘dual-credit’ policy: Top carmakers with positive NEV credits (2021)

Credited as one of the prime policy push forcing carmakers into electrification in the country, China's 'dual-credit' policy mandates those car manufacturers that fail to meet fuel... Read More

Replus ramps up effort for the roll out 1 GWh Li-ion battery assembly plant in Pune

Pune-based advanced energy storage solutions provider, Replus Engitech Pvt Ltd., continues to bet big on its lithium-ion battery business. A year on since its joint venture with $1... Read More

Britishvolt partners with POSCO to secure cathode and anode active battery materials

British battery cell manufacturer, Britishvolt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global chemical giant, POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd. to help s... Read More

All EVs, including EVs with swappable batteries eligible for 5% GST

The 47th Goods and Services Taxes (GST) Council meeting chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concluded in Chandigarh last week. The two-day meet (June 28- June 29) focuss... Read More

FREYR Battery to begin construction of its inaugural giga factory in Norway

FREYR Battery (FREYR), the next-generation battery cell manufacturer has sanctioned the construction of Giga Artic (combined gigafactories 1 and 2) -- FREY... Read More

EU and Norway expand cooperation on raw materials, battery value chains

The European Commission and Norway have announced a strategic partnership for strengthening and expanding their cooperation in the area of the raw materials and batt... Read More
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