In Short : India’s cleantech sector is booming, with 59 startups focused on sustainable solutions. These companies work across areas like renewable energy, waste management, and pollution control. Examples include 75F, offering smart building solutions to reduce energy consumption, and GPS Renewables, which launched a BioCNG plant. Their innovative efforts support India’s transition to a […]
These 5 solar energy startups are innovating in the renewable energy space
Renewable energy has always been an integral part of India’s growth, solar has become key to our growing energy needs. Solar power systems derive clean and pure energy from the sun, and help combat greenhouse gas emissions. The government of India has already come out with an ambitious renewable energy goal of 175 GW by 2022 and […]
Why engineering major Greaves Cotton is betting big on electric, starting with its Ampere Vehicles buy
The 160-year-old manufacturing powerhouse Greaves Cotton is leapfrogging into electric mobility with its recent bets in the space, including its acquisition of Coimbatore-based startup Ampere Vehicles. Here’s why it’s doing so. Indian engineering giant Greaves Cotton, known for its diesel engines, generators, and pump sets, is going the electric way, betting big on electric mobility […]
MIT Energy Conference explores changes to the grid in coming decades
Student-run event spans energy policy, carbon pricing, storage technologies, and the rise of renewables. The 14th annual student-run MIT Energy Conference, the nation’s largest such event, reflected an increasing maturity in the low-carbon and zero-carbon energy field. A global push toward carbon-free energy, many speakers made clear at the event, held April 4 and 5 […]
New York’s latest Innovation Challenge targets long duration energy storage startups
The development of systems capable of storing over six hours of energy economically is being supported in New York with an Innovation Challenge launched by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Urban Future Lab, a cleantech innovation centre. Also aimed at supporting promising new technologies and business models for electric vehicles (EVs) and their […]
IRENA Innovation Week Brings Companies, Startups, and Policymakers Together to Shape the Future Renewable Energy System
Participants from more than 80 countries explore the disruptive innovations in digitalisation and decentralisation that are transforming energy systems around the world Bonn, Germany: Leading companies, startups and policymakers are convening at the second edition of IRENA Innovation Week in Bonn today. to explore the ground-breaking innovations that are driving the global energy transformation. Remarkable cost […]
