This summer the Northern Hemisphere has been so hot with record temperatures — including at sea — that discussions have turned to the limits of human survival. Even in the Antarctic, sea ice is failing to re-form, a drastic departure from normal winter patterns. It isn’t just your perception that … [continued]
The public transportation agencies for London and Mumbai will greatly increase the number of zero emissions buses in their fleets.
Cyclone Tauktae hit Gujarat, a state just north of Mumbai, on India’s western coast Monday night local time, as the nation is in the midst of a devastating wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fueled by very warm sea surface temperatures, the storm rapidly intensified over the weekend, a phenomenon occurring more frequently … [continued]
Tesla is eyeing Mumbai’s Lower Parel-Worli for it’s first office in India, HT Auto reports. The article cited the Economic Times as its source for this report and added that Tesla will also open a retail outlet in Mumbai. It was also noted that Tesla is evaluating a few ready-to-move … [continued]
Mumbai railway stations will be getting EV charging stations as part of a new initiative to promote e-mobility in the Mumbai region. The program is a collaboration between UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Tata Power, and Central Railway. Tata Power currently has 300 EV charging stations installed in 40 cities around … [continued]
One of the key issues for the abysmally low adoption of rooftop solar in the residential sector has been the limited awareness and lack of knowledge.
TrueSun has worked with several residential societies that are keen to reduce their electricity bills and go solar. However, many of these project leads have been on hold for many years due to a lack of conviction among society members.
In 2019, U-Solar Clean Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. installed India’s largest building integrated vertical solar PV system at a data center in Mumbai. The system, with a capacity of about 1 MW, has been installed by integrating solar panels on all four walls of the facility, covering over 5000 square feet of facade area.
There has been a lot of discussion on the web on choosing between solar PV systems or trees in order to reduce one’s carbon emissions. Even beyond comparison to solar systems, quantifying the value of a tree has been coming up consistently nowadays.
A private power distribution company in India issued a tender to procure energy from solar-wind hybrid projects with a goal to fulfill its Renewable Purchase Obligation, and possibly, to reduce the cost of power procurement. Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) issued global tender inviting bids from project developers to set … [continued]
With the launch of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme in India, several cities are planning to introduce thousands of electric buses over the next few years. Several large and small Indian cities are planning to acquire electric buses through the FAME-II scheme, with … [continued]
