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MinionLabs Wins Mercom India’s First-Ever Startup Pitch Competition

MinionLabs, an energy efficiency, and IOT (internet of things) company, emerged as the winner of Mercom’s First Startup Pitch Competition for Cleantech Companies,...

April 27, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Other
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Manufacturing Ambitions and Need for Technology Development

As India embarks on the journey towards self-sufficiency in manufacturing components needed for solar projects, the enormity of the challenge has become increasingly...

February 13, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Electric Vehicle Motor Maker Chara Raises $4.75 Million in Pre-Series A Round

Chara, a Bengaluru-based manufacturer of electric motors for electric vehicles (EV), has raised $4.75 million in a pre-series A round funding, which was led by venture...

January 17, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Transition VC Launches ₹4 Billion Fund to Support Cleantech Startups

India’s first energy transition-focused venture capital firm, Transition VC,  has launched a fund with a target corpus of ₹4 billion ($48.9 million), which...

November 23, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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Rajasthan Electronics Issues Tender for Supply of Solar Module Mounting Structures

Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Rajasthan, has invited bids to procure solar...

December 31, 2022

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Harsh Shukla

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Gujarat Unveils Electric Vehicle Policy with Plans to Add 200,000 EVs by 2025

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced the Gujarat Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy, 2021. The policy aims to move the state’s transportation sector towards electric...

June 23, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Mumbai-Based EV Startup Raises Funding to Launch Three New Models This Year

Mumbai-based electric vehicle (EV) startup Earth Energy EV announced that it received an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The company plans to use the funds to...

July 10, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Solar Cold Storage Company Ecozen Completes $6 Million Series A Funding

Headquartered at Pune in Maharashtra, Ecozen, a provider solar cold storage and solar pumps, has completed $6 million (~₹423 million) in Series A fundraise. Sathguru...

December 18, 2019

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Anjana Parikh

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Finance and M&A

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Solar
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MNRE’s NISE to Hold Workshop for Startups Specializing in Solar Technology in June 2019

The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), is set to organize the fifteenth edition of...

May 24, 2019

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Soumik Dutta

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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