Australia meets renewable energy target ahead of 2020
The Clean Energy Regulator has now approved enough capacity to guarantee that the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target of 33,000 gigawatt hours of additional renewable energy …
Month: September 2019
Engie expects half of its new renewable energy projects in 2019-2021 from PPAs
Engie is expecting half of its new renewable energy projects in 2019-2021 from power purchase agreements (PPAs) with companies or municipalities. Reuters reports that as …
Charging ahead? India’s electric car revolution faces bumps
Paritosh Mitra, who drives a motorised rickshaw in Delhi, knows what he wants next and has saved 100,000 rupees ($1,390) to get it: an electric …
Engie acquires Mobisol -an African offgrid solar firm
ENGIE expanded its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a off-grid solar solution provider. Mobisol has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and …
Rajasthan govt and Utah state of the US collaborates in energy sector
The Rajasthan government and Utah state of the US have entered into a partnership for knowledge sharing in the energy sector. The two states signed …
Himachal Pradesh signs agreements to setup 250 MW solar power plants
Himachal Pradesh has signed couple of agreements to set up solar power plants with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore. The solar power plants would …
2000 new fires have started in the Amazon, 48h after government burning ban
Despite of the Brazilian government’s most recent efforts to stop the deforestation of the region new fires continue to crop up in the Amazon forest. …
Bollywood celebs protest order to cut trees in Aarey for metro
Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor recently joined the protest against the proposed felling of over 2700 trees in Aarey forest to build a metro carshed, terming …
Niti Aayog’ subsidy plan for EVs, mobile batteries approved
Niti Aayog’s plan to subsidise manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and mobile phones has been approved by the finance ministry. ET citing a …
Costs making it difficult for EV to make a good value proposition: Maruti
Maruti Suzuki India, which plans to launch is first electric vehicle (EV) in the country next year, is finding cost of EVs to be prohibitive …