The power demand for agricultural irrigation in India requires about 18% of its electricity consumption. Would it be feasible to meet the entire irrigation needs of India through solar power?
After achieving significant success in large-scale solar power projects and solar parks, the Indian government is now looking to expand the decentralized solar power sector as well.
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
The Indian government has issued a fresh tender to procure 1,000 electric cars. This is the first such tender in nearly two years.
The Indian government is reportedly planning to procure luxury electric cars to further lease them out to car aggregators in an extended push to enhance electric mobility in public transport.
Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we will pull news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article. Ongoing, this series will find a home over on CleanTechnica’s “Future Trends” page. Without further ado, here are this month’s highlights from India x Cleantech.
The Nikkei Asian Review has taken note of a recent remark by India’s Minister for Power and Renewable Energy that may indicate a significant downgrade of India’s earlier stated goal to fully switch to electric vehicles by 2030.
Indian Railways will set up charging stations at the parking lots of railways stations to help users charge their vehicles. According to media reports, this pilot project will be initiated in the capital city of New Delhi, which is expected to see a surge in electric vehicles very soon.
Government-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has announced that it will procure 10,000 electric cars through a global tender to supply them to the government of Andhra Pradesh.
