The Hydrogen Stream: India working on policy mechanism to promote use of green hydrogen for providing round-the-clock renewable energy
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working on the modalities for promoting the use of green hydrogen in supporting round-the-clock electricity.
Long-duration storage market to hit $223 billion in 20 years, says IDTechEx
Alternatives to lithium-ion batteries will likely emerge in the years to come, according to a new report by IDTechEx.
BPCL unveils India’s first indigenous alkaline electrolyzer at India Energy Week 2024
Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) today unveiled an alkaline electrolyzer developed in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
The Hydrogen Stream: Reliance Industries to convert existing 5,000 ICE trucks to run on green hydrogen by mid-2024
India’s Reliance Industries Ltd plans to convert around 5,000 existing internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered trucks into hydrogen ICE trucks by mid-2024. The company uses these trucks for its internal purposes.
Epsilon Advanced Materials completes acquisition of LFP Cathode Technology Center in Germany
Acquisition of the technology center in Germany expedites Epsilon Advanced Materials’s plans to establish a lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) cathode manufacturing plant in India, Asia’s first outside of China
How to combine residential heat pumps with PV, battery storage
New research from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has shown that combining rooftop PV systems with battery storage and heat pumps can improve heat pump efficiency while reducing reliance on grid electricity.
Budget expectations for solar, energy storage, and EV sectors
Dedicated funds for residential rooftop solar under ‘Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana’ and increased incentives for solar manufacturing MSMEs are on the wishlist of the Indian solar sector. In battery storage, players expect the inclusion of battery recycling within the PLI Scheme and continued investments in developing battery storage solutions.
Serbia attracts $2 billion Chinese investment in solar, wind, hydrogen
The Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies Shanghai Fengling Renewables and Serbia Zijin Copper. It envisages the construction of 1.5 GW wind and 500 MW of solar projects alongside a green hydrogen production facility with 30,000 tons of annual output.
NTPC arm signs MoU for INR 80,000 crore green hydrogen to ammonia project
NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) will develop a green hydrogen to green ammonia project with a capacity of up to one million tonne per annum (mtpa) in Maharashtra.
Servotech secures 1,800 DC Fast EV chargers order from BPCL
Servotech Power Systems has secured the order to manufacture, supply, and deploy 1,800 DC Fast EV chargers primarily at Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) petrol pumps in major cities across the nation.
