ADB to Lend $100 Million for a 125 MW Battery Energy Storage System in Mongolia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to help expand its supply of renewable energy in Mongolia through a 125 MW advanced battery energy storage system ...
AFRY to Provide Engineering Services for 1.2 GW Pumped Storage Project in Andhra Pradesh
AFRY India, an engineering and consulting firm, has received the Letter of Award (LoA) from Greenko Energy Projects Limited for providing the design engineering services for a 1,200 MW Pinnapuram ...
NVVN Issues EoI for 10 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles for Public Transport in Leh, New Delhi
The NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NTPC, has issued a global expression of interest (EOI) for ten fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) for public ...
Researchers Develop New Electrode Material to Make Lithium Batteries More Efficient
Japanese researchers have developed a new electrode material that they claim will make lithium batteries cheaper, more stable, and capable of holding more charge for longer periods. The team was ...
Uttar Pradesh Invites Bids for Solar Streetlights
The Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Limited has invited bids for the supply and installation of 400 lithium ferro phosphate battery solar streetlights for District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Varanasi ...
Energy Storage in Emerging Markets to Increase by Over 40% Every Year Until 2025: IRENA
Battery storage systems are emerging as a potential solution for integrating solar and wind renewables in power systems across the globe. The systems have the unique capability to absorb quickly, ...
EESL Tenders Power Conversion Systems and Fast Combo EV Chargers
The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has invited bids for power conversion systems and fast combo electric vehicle (EV) chargers. The scope of work includes the planning, supply, installation, and ...
US-Based XNRGI Opens Lithium-Ion Battery Factory in Gurugram
United States-based XNRGI has announced that the company has opened a high temperature (HT) lithium-ion battery factory in Gurugram in India that can produce 240 MWh of battery production capacity ...
Sweden’s Azelio Installs Round-the-Clock Energy Storage System in Morocco
Azelio, a Swedish renewable energy storage company, has completed installing a renewable energy storage system with round-the-clock clean power production at the Noor Quarzazate solar complex in Morocco. According to ...
Researchers Develop a New Class of Materials that Can Store Energy Quickly
Researchers at Drexel University have come up with a new class of materials that can store electrical energy very quickly called MXene, which is two-dimensional titanium carbide. It works like ...
India Prepares Blueprint for Battery Waste Management
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recently issued a draft notification for battery waste management. The regulations will apply to all types of batteries as listed in ...
Indian Oil Partners with Israeli Battery Manufacturer to Produce Metal-Air Batteries
The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has announced that it has partnered with Phinergy, an Israeli battery manufacturer, to produce metal-air batteries which could potentially be used in electric vehicles ...
New Technology to Develop Indigenous Graphene Supercapacitor for Energy Storage
The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and SPEL Technologies Pune have jointly developed a technology for generating functionalized graphene at lower costs. This process will be used ...
IBM Claims to Have Come Up with A Battery that Could Replace Lithium-Ion
A new research finding at IBM Research could help eliminate the use of heavy metals in battery production, and this could lead to a paradigm shift in the long-term sustainability ...
TERI Tenders Battery Energy Storage Systems in Delhi
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has invited bids for battery energy storage systems (BESS) on turnkey basis under the U.S.-India Collaborative for Smart Distribution System with Storage (UI-ASSIST) initiative ...
Tender Floated for Feasibility Study of Pumped Storage Projects in Andhra Pradesh
The New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (NREDCAP) has floated a tender for reports on techno-commercial feasibility of pumped storage power (PSP) projects at 30 tentative ...
VC Funding for Battery Storage Rises by 104% in the First Nine Months of 2019
Global VC funding (venture capital, private equity, and corporate venture capital) for battery storage, smart grid, and efficiency companies in the first nine months (9M) of 2019 was 54% higher ...
Gujarat Seeks EV Manufacturers To Market and Distribute Battery-Operated School Vans
The Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) for the authorization of manufacturers for marketing and distribution of 100 battery-operated school vans in Gujarat. The project ...
Bloom Energy to Develop the First Natural Gas-Powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Project in India
The U.S.-based Bloom Energy along with real estate developer Atelier Global, India’s leading natural gas companies GAIL (India) Limited and Indian Oil Corporation, and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), recently ...
The Right Mix of Energy Storage Technologies Can Have a Huge Impact: Interview
As India installs solar and wind energy at a rapid pace, grid congestion is a regular occurrence, power cuts are still prevalent, and curtailment of solar and wind is rampant ...
Maharashtra DISCOM to Procure 500 MW of Renewables with Energy Storage to Meet its RPO
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has filed a petition before the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) seeking its approval for the procurement of 500 MW of flexible ...
Tata Power and IFC to Study Energy Storage Potential in Power Distribution System
Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financial arm of the World Bank Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to assess the energy ...
New Type of Electrolyte Can Boost Efficiency of Supercapacitors Used for Energy Storage
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other institutions have come out with a new class of liquids that will enhance the efficiency and stability of supercapacitors. They ...
Oman to Develop 146 MW of Solar-Diesel-Storage Hybrid Projects Across 11 Locations
The Rural Areas Electricity Company (Tanweer), based in Oman has floated a tender for 146 MW of solar, diesel and storage hybrid projects to be developed at 11 sites. These ...
Energy Vault Raises $110 Million from SoftBank Vision Fund for Gravity-Based Storage
Energy Vault, an Idea lab company that has developed a transformative technology to store energy has raised $110 million in Series B funding. The investment was made by SoftBank Vision ...
