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Arjun Joshi, Staff reporter at Mercom India
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Arjun Joshi is a staff reporter at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, he worked as a technical writer for enterprise resource software companies based in India and abroad. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Psychology, and Optional English from Garden City University, Bangalore. More articles from Arjun Joshi.
Molten Sodium Batteries Improve Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for grid-scale energy storage. The development of the new sodium battery was supported by the Department ...
Japan’s Mitsui to Invest ₹300 Million in Biomass Company PRESPL
Global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co has announced that it would invest ₹300 million (~$4.04 million) in Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL), an Indian biomass-based energy ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Battery-Operated Vehicles Exempted from Paying Registration Fees
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification to exempt battery-operated vehicles from paying ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: TotalEnergies and SSE to Offer Short-Term Corporate Wind PPAs
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables plan to issue tenders offering corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) for the Seagreen ...
Month in a Minute: Top Headlines from Indian Renewable Sector in July 2021
Here is a recap of some of the most important headlines from July 2021: Peak power demand in India reached an all-time high of over 200 GW. It surpassed the ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Tata Power DISCOM in Delhi Meets its Renewable Purchase Obligation
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has reportedly met its entire renewable purchase obligation for the financial ...
Amp Energy Secures $100 Million for its 1.7 GW of Renewable Energy Projects Portfolio
Renewable energy-focused infrastructure fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund (CI NMF), has signed an investment agreement with Amp Energy India to enable joint ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Tata Steel to Deploy Electric Vehicles for its Steel Transport
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Tata Steel has joined hands with an Indian start-up to deploy electric vehicles (EVs) for its steel ...
Augmenting Renewable Energy Integration Into the Grid: IEA Report
The policy think tank of the Government of India NITI Aayog and the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a report ‘Renewables Integration in India 2021’ providing valuable suggestions for ...
Machine Learning-Based Hybrid Algorithms to Forecast Power Generated by Solar Projects
Researchers led by Dr. Kalop of Urban Environmental Engineering and Professor Heo Jong-wan from Incheon National University, South Korea, have developed two new machine learning-based models that forecast the power generated ...
ACME Solar Raises $334 Million in Offshore Green Bonds for 12 Solar Projects
Independent power producer ACME Solar (ACME) has raised around $334 million for 12 of its solar projects through the issuance of offshore green bonds. The debt investment will be funded ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Over 700,000 Smart Meters to be Installed Across India
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, replying to a question at ...
IFC Invests ₹9.16 Billion in Federal Bank to Strengthen its ESG Portfolio
International Finance Corporation (IFC) – the financial arm of the World Bank, and two investment funds managed by IFC Asset Management Company - IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund and IFC Emerging ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: TotalEnergies to Acquire EV Charging Company in Singapore
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: French oil and gas company TotalEnergies has acquired the electric vehicle (EV) charging point network Blue Charge ...
TPG Raises $5.4 Billion for Climate-Focused Inaugural Fund
TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG's (formerly Texas Pacific Group) global impact investing platform TPG Rise, has raised $5.4 billion from over 20 companies and global institutional ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Repsol’s 264 MW Valdesolar Solar Farm in Spain Begins to Generate Power
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Repsol, a Madrid-based energy and petrochemical company, has commenced generating electricity from Valdesolar, its largest photovoltaic solar ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: IndianOil to Build a Green Hydrogen Plant in Mathura
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Oil and gas corporation IndianOil is set to build the country's first green hydrogen plant at its ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Panasonic Commissions a 7 MW Solar Project for Gro Solar Energy
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Panasonic Life Solutions India has commissioned a 7 MW solar project for Gro Solar Energy. Built on ...
Bill Gates Launches Breakthrough Energy Catalyst to Boost Cleantech Funding & Innovation
The co-founder of Microsoft Corporation and the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has teamed up with a group of philanthropists, companies, and governments to launch a new climate financing program - ...
Adani Electricity Mumbai Raises $300 Million in Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML), Adani Transmission Limited’s distribution arm, has raised $300 million in sustainability-linked bonds as part of its $2 billion global medium-term notes program. The issue marks the ...
Government Issues Guidelines for Offshore Wind Power Assessment Study and Survey
Following the notification of the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy in 2015, the government, through the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), has issued ‘Guidelines for Offshore Wind Power Assessment ...
GODI Energy Raises Funds from Blue Ashva to Set Up Supercapacitor & Li-ion Cell Facility
Hyderabad-based energy technology company GODI India has raised funds from Blue Ashva Capital through its Blue Ashva Sampada Fund. The company will use the funds to set up supercapacitor and lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Sunseap to Set Up a 2.2 GW Floating Solar Project in Indonesia
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Singapore-based renewable and solar energy company Sunseap Group has signed an agreement with Badan Pengusahaan Batam to ...
Daily News Wrap-Up: Siemens to Construct 100 MW Battery Storage Facility in Germany
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH signed a letter of intent to construct a 100 MW battery storage ...
BSES Delhi Signs Power Sale Agreements with SECI for 510 MW of Solar and Hybrid Power
The BSES Delhi distribution companies (DISCOMs) have inked power sale agreements for 25 years with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to procure 510 MW of solar and hybrid power. Of the ...
