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Zayed Sustainability Prize’s Beyond2020 Initiative Strengthens Healthcare Resilience for Over 200,000 People in India

July 27, 202616 hours Press Release 0 Comments

Six solar-powered health facilities continue to improve reliable healthcare delivery across rural Karnataka ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Beyond2020, the flagship initiative launched by the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering award for innovative solutions to global challenges, today announced the deployment of solar-powered health centres across India that … [continued]

New Delhi Air Pollution Index Further Pushes for EV Adoption in India

July 18, 20261 week Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

India’s latest push toward electric vehicles is being driven by more than industrial policy or climate commitments. It is also a response to one of the country’s most persistent public‑health crises: air pollution. The Delhi government has approved a sweeping new electric‑vehicle policy that offers owners of older vehicles more … [continued]

This Graph Shows Why Europe, India, & China Should Adopt Cleantech ASAP

July 15, 20262 weeks Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Scrolling through the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy from the Energy Institute this week, several things jumped out to me. If you’ve missed my previous coverage of the report, also see “Renewables, Led By Solar, Were Largest Source of Energy Supply Growth Globally in 2025” and “US … [continued]

Delhi Launches Big New EV Policies

July 15, 20262 weeks Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

I’ve long said that cities should do much more to electrify transport. They have resources and power, and they also typically suffer from air pollution issues that drastically hurt their residents. Delhi, India, is one of the most polluted cities in the world. It has tried for years to stimulate … [continued]

A solar rooftop installation in Madhya Pradesh, India that helps to cumulatively produce 19.88 GW of power. (Photo from ADBInstitute.)

World Bank Funds More Rooftop Solar in India, Clean Energy in Pakistan

July 10, 20262 weeks Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

I assume it’s no coincidence the World Bank made announcements of new support for clean energy in both India and Pakistan on the same day. If you’re going to support one, you better support the other! Anyway, the good news is that the World Bank is facilitating much more clean … [continued]

India Needs 10 GWh of Battery Storage Now to Stop Coal’s Inflexibility Wasting Clean Power

June 20, 20261 month Press Release 0 Comments

Batteries are the fastest fix to make room for India’s midday solar surge as coal-based power plants are unable to ramp down far enough for the same India needs around 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage immediately to stop renewable energy curtailment when the s coal fleet cannot ramp down … [continued]

Op-Ed: Can VinFast Achieve Its 300,000 Sales Target for 2026?

June 10, 20262 months Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

Note: This article has been sitting in the CleanTechnica CMS since February. Producing it required conversations across multiple sectors, but a recent visit to VinFast’s manufacturing complex in Hai Phong reinforced a conclusion I have long held. The company’s differentiator is not technology alone. It is the people behind it. … [continued]

Hyundai Motor Group Expands Pan-India Network to Accelerate Battery & Electrification Research

May 20, 20262 months Press Release 0 Comments

Hyundai Motor Group expands its Hyundai Center of Excellence (Hyundai CoE) to seven universities through four additional partnerships The expanded joint platform, India’s premier academic-industrial network for battery and electrification research, builds on the initial 2025 launch The platform is advancing 39 joint research projects through the Hyundai CoE network … [continued]

All electric scooters. (Photo from Xinhua)

Not Including China, Where Electric Scooters Are Actually Selling

May 4, 20263 months Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

Remove China from the equation and the global electric scooter market immediately fragments. What remains is not a single dominant force but a set of regional markets moving at different speeds, shaped by policy, cost pressures, infrastructure, and urban density. This analysis builds on recent industry data from Asia-focused mobility … [continued]

Tapan Ghosh, CEO of VinFast Auto India. Photo from Vingroup.

VinFast Launches The Limo Green In India, Renames It The MPV7

April 24, 20263 months Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has begun reshaping its lineup in India by positioning the fleet-focused Limo Green as a more luxurious product under a new name: MPV7. But VinFast tells CleanTechnica this is not the Limo Green. Not even a rebadge, because the MP7 is a premium vehicle in the … [continued]