April 2017

April 28, 2017

India Wants To Auction 4 GW of Wind Power Tenders In 2017 But Who Will Buy

Is India’s 4GW of central auctions even feasible? India has reached a position of surplus power at the current point of time with most states facing […]
April 27, 2017

Softbank Plans To Start An Electric Vehicle Leasing Company To Seed EV Taxis

Softbank and Ola to Change the Face of Indian Taxis Softbank through its company Ola has an ambitious plan to run 1 million Electric Vehicles in […]
April 27, 2017

Is Indian Government's SECI Going Bananas By Planning An Entry Into The Solar EPC International Market

Now SECI to Enter Solar EPC Solar Energy Corporation of India is the nodal agency tasked with helping the Indian government achieve its target of 175 […]
April 26, 2017

India Plans A Radical New Policy To Electrify Its Transport

India’s New EV Policy The Indian government has set out a target to completely electrify its entire transportation fleet of buses, cars, autos and two-wheelers by […]
April 26, 2017

The U.S. Solar Companies Keep Falling Like Nine Pins Against Chinese Ruthless Onslaught

US Solar Companies Keep Shutting Down U.S. solar companies are dying like flies as the relentless fall in solar panel prices has totally upended their business […]
April 25, 2017

ISRO’s Solar Calculator App – India’s own Project Sunroof

ISRO’s Solar Calculator App I receive many queries from readers who are confused if they should install solar. Though solar energy has proved its mettle and […]
April 24, 2017

Can Indian Solar Panel Companies Take Advantage of the Solar Boom in India?

Can Indian Solar Companies survive in India I receive a lot of queries regarding which solar panel to buy in India. One thing that is common […]
April 21, 2017

Indian Government Initial Efforts To Push Electric Vehicle Cars Come To A Cropper

Will Govt. Of India Succeed in Promoting EVs Given that the Indian market is currently highly immature in terms of Electric Vehicle adoption, the government is […]
April 20, 2017

Two Indian Government Companies Sign an MOU for Lithium Battery Production But Execution Remains A Question

BHEL & ISRO sign MoU for EV Battery Production Indian state-owned companies have failed miserably in an open market where they do not have monopolistic or […]
April 20, 2017

Consolidation Comes To The Indian Solar Development Market With Another Major Asset Sale

Consolidation in Indian Solar Industry The Indian market is continuously seeing consolidation happening at the solar development part of the supply chain. Many smaller players which […]
April 19, 2017

Foreign Electric Makers Still Find Indian Market Too Immature To Enter

Indian EV Market still In Developing State While the Indian government has extremely ambitious targets for Electric Vehicles, the action on the ground is sadly missing. […]
April 19, 2017

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them –US Solar Company Sunpower’s Survival Strategy

Will Sunpower survive? Sunpower used to be a world leader in the production of solar panels despite using a non-standard technology on n-type monocrystalline which is […]
April 18, 2017

India’s Large State-owned Behemoths Look To EV and Storage For Future Growth

Will NTPC, PowerGrid and BHEL succeed in their EV & Energy Storage Plans India’s large PSU’s such as NTPC, PowerGrid and BHEL are looking to electric vehicles […]
April 18, 2017

Mumbai 1720 MW Solar Potential Is A Huge Underestimation

Recently IIT Bombay along with 5 other organizations released a rooftop solar potential report for Mumbai saying that it could generate 1720 MW of solar power […]
April 17, 2017

Can ISRO Enable India Become A Battery Superpower?

ISRO could Help India Not Become an Import Slave to China Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) which is India’s space research organization recently announced that it […]
April 17, 2017

How Much Will Global Solar Energy Grow In 2017 – 10% , 20% or 30%?

With the beginning of every year, solar energy growth for that year becomes a hot topic of interest for analysts, market researchers and industry stakeholders. And […]
April 14, 2017

Shared Electric Vehicle Transportation Comes to India

Shared Electric Vehicle Concept In India The concept of Electric Vehicle and shared transportation are intertwined as they both help in reducing carbon emissions and increase […]
April 13, 2017

The Biggest Challenge for India's Electric Vehicles – Just 206 Public Charging Stations

Is it Good to Own an EV in India now India has set a very lofty goal of achieving the complete electrification of its entire vehicle […]
April 13, 2017

Solar Giant GCL Plans Another Huge Silicon Factory To Up Capacity By More Than 40,000 Tons

GCL to Become Largest Poly maker in the World GCL which is the world’s largest manufacturer of polysilicon and wafers and also one of the largest […]
April 12, 2017

Another US Solar Panel Company Bites The Dust In Face Of Rampaging Chinese Predatory Competition

Beamreach Solar Goes Kaput Super low-cost capital and massive continued support from the government has made Chinese solar industry the unrivalled czar of the global solar […]
April 11, 2017

Gayam and Mahindra May Be The Big Beneficiaries Of Softbank’s Electric Vehicle Push in India

Ola to start EV Taxis in India Softbank has committed to ply 1 million EVs in India and is going to use its VC funded Ola […]
April 11, 2017

Tulsi Tanti Seems To Be In La La Land For Thinking That India Can Achieve 6 GW Wind Capacity Next Year

Can India really Install 6GW Wind Capacity in FY18 Suzlon chairman Tulsi Tanti thinks that India can do 6 GW of wind energy capacity next year […]
April 10, 2017

Will A New ADB Loan Help To Solve The Great Transmission Problem In India?

Why India Needs An Updated Power Transmission System India which is set to become one of the largest solar markets globally suffers from a weak transmission and […]
April 7, 2017

Best Electric Scooters/ Bikes Companies In India – Market, Price, Models

E-Bikes & e-Scooters in India Some of the largest manufacturers of electric scooters and bikes in India are Hero, YObykes, Lohia Auto, Avon, Terra Motors. Lured […]
April 7, 2017

State Wise Solar State Rankings – India 2016-2017

Time for Annual Solar Installation Check in India It is no doubt that India has set a herculean target to install 100 GW of solar power […]
April 6, 2017

Second And Third Order Effects Of The Coming Electric Vehicle Autonomous Vehicle Revolution In India

The Advent of EVs in India This post is inspired by a recent article by Benedict Evans on the second order effects in Electric Vehicle Autonomous Vehicle […]
April 6, 2017

Wind Energy Soaring High In India But Future May Not Be That Smooth

Wind Energy India – Future & Challenges Indian Wind energy capacity jumped up by a whopping ~65% in the current fiscal year setting up a record […]
April 5, 2017

As Indian Market Remains Dull, EV Pioneer Mahindra Looks At Large Overseas EV Markets

Mahindra to expand its EV offering outside India Mahindra which is one of India’s largest automakers and one of the first movers in the Electric Vehicle […]
April 5, 2017

Longi Becomes The New 800 lb Gorilla Of The Global Solar Market

Longi Has A Huge Lead In Technology And Profits Long Silicon Materials along with its subsidiary Lerri Solar has become the world’s most profitable solar panel maker […]
April 4, 2017

India Looks At Electric Buses To Reduce Massive Pollution Infecting Its Cities

Electric Buses In India Why India needs electric vehicle public transport? Could a mass adoption of EVs help India fight rising pollution? India has some of […]