Qatar is in the final stages of developing policy to promote electric vehicles in Qatar, particularly buses, in pursuit of the country’s goal to become a pioneer in eco-friendly transport services.

This comes as part of…

The Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE INDIA) and the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a national rally called electric solar vehicle championship (ESVC) 3000. This rally is supported by the NITI Aayog.

The national rally is planned on the theme of world solar challenge, Australia, a statement issued by ARAI said on Wednesday.

The vehicles designed and manufactured by engineering college students will start from Delhi and cover over 1600 kms in eight days before ending at ARAI Pune, Chakan.

Rashmi Urdhwareshe, director ARAI said, The solar car rally will:…

The price of a 1 kW rooftop solar power installation has dropped to just about Rs 22,000 (March 2019) making it far more competitive and affordable than EVEN conventional sources of energy, particularly from polluting coal-fired plants.

In the recent tenders floated by the the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the discovered rate for the installation of these systems (with state government subsidy) has come to about Rs 37,000 ($510)/kWh. With the government providing additional 40 per cent subsidy for systems up to 3 kW, the price of these installations in Punjab has fallen to Rs 22,000, the cheapest in the country.

According to clean energy communication and…

From 250w to 500w is a huge jump!…Of course there were a few 300w panel available in the market but to have 500w panel is HUGE!

Two Chinese solar module manufacturers, Risen Energy and Trina Solar, have unveiled first-of-a kind 500 W, 50-cell PV modules.

(OBVIOUSLY the size of the individual cells have increased thus less cells are arranged in a slightly bigger overall area.)

How will the advent of 500 W PV modules change the solar industry?

“For applications where…

All governments schools in rural Maharashtra will use Solar panels to combat frequent power shutdown and improve digital education.

With increasing digitization of schools — e-learning schemes, digital attendance and more — schools need to be self-reliant in terms of electricity to address the need of the hour. To this enbd, the state government will soon install solar panels in every school that would generate 1-1.5KV electricity.

A meeting of state education officials — including commissioner of education Vishal Solanki and school education minister Varsha Gaikwad — was recently held by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai.

Officials who attended the…

Mahindra & Mahindra, Okinawa, Lucas TVS, GEM, Kinetic, Ashok Leyland, Exicom, Amara Raja Batteries and Exide batteries have come together to define standards in various parts of Electric Vehicle ecosystem.

The move is primarily aimed at commercial vehicles that will ply with swapable batteries.

“We do not want to commit the mistakes of mobile handset companies that did not standardise chargers extra when it would have made sense. We will continue to work towards setting up more common standards for the industry.” said Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, CBEEV, IIT Madras.

The standards are grouped under Lock Smart – Vehicle Battery Charger Cloud protocol or LS-VBCC they will act as a cornerstone for EVs.

Check out the PDF here: LS-VBCC PDF

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday urged industry players to join hands with the government for the proposed electric lane on Rs 1.03 lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway while promising to provide policy support to serious players.

He said while a stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is planned as electric lane, the Delhi-Jaipur part…