Industry
India’s solar power capacity addition down 44% in first half of current fiscaledit
India’s solar power capacity addition is slowing down as the country added only 1,900 Megawatt in the first six months of the current financial year (April-September 2018-19), down 44 per cent as compared to the solar capacity added in the same period last year, according to consultancy firm Bridge to India.
Measuring carbon should centre on efficiency and future readinessedit
Recently, I was having a discussion with a logistics company honcho, figuring out ways in which sustainability can be integrated in the business function. During the course of the conversation, the topic of measuring carbon came up. This was the first time that I felt some resistance, despite all my urgings to measure the carbon footprint, the honcho was not all convinced.
Competition
Government should chalk out a definite road map: Volkswagen director Steffen Knappedit
German car maker Volkswagen is technology-ready to launch electric vehicles (EV) in the market. However, the lack of an ecosystem, on the policy and infrastructure front for electric cars in India, may delay the launch of their new range of EVs in the market.
E-trio: start-up retrofits EV tech into Altos, Wagon Rsedit
E-trio Automobiles is going to launch retrofitted electric vehicles in India. The Telangana-based start-up is said to be the first Indian company to get ARAI approval to provide retrofitted electric car kits for the Maruti Alto and Wagon R hatchbacks.
Ashok Leyland first set of EVs to hit roads in January 2019edit
The first set of electric vehicles manufactured by Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland would be rolled out by January 2019, a top official said Tuesday. Company Managing Director Vinod K Dasari said the electric vehicle plant was ready in Chennai and the first batch of vehicles would run in Gujarat by January 2019.
International
Enel to create a national e-Mobility infrastructure with 2,500 electric vehicle charging points in the next 5 yearsedit
Enel X Romania officially launched the largest public e-Mobility infrastructure in the country. The plan includes the installation of around 2,500 charging points across all of Romania’s regions between 2019 and 2023, involving an overall investment of 15-20 million euros.
Dirty coal powering China’s “clean” electric vehiclesedit
Electric vehicles (EVs) are technically emissions-free, making them far more environmentally friendly than cars with internal combustion engines – or so it is commonly believed. Yet because electric vehicles cannot power themselves (short of having their own solar panels), they rely on power grids for energy.
ComfortDelGro to launch fast-charging service for electric vehiclesedit
Electric vehicle (EV) owners can soon head to ComfortDelGro’s premises in Braddell to charge them in as little as 30 minutes via a new direct current (DC) charging service. It will be the first of its kind available here “once test documents are cleared with the authorities”, said the transport company in a news release on Tuesday (13 November).
Why electric cars may not reduce pollutionedit
Driving electric cars and scrapping your natural gas-fired boiler won’t make a dent in global carbon emissions, and may even increase pollution levels. Higher electrification may lead to oil demand peaking by 2030, but any reduction in emissions from the likes of electric vehicles will be offset by the increased use of power plants to charge them, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, which plots different scenarios of future energy use.
Electrifying the World Is No Panacea for Global Warming, IEA Saysedit
Driving electric cars and scrapping your natural gas-fired boiler won’t make a dent in global carbon emissions, and may even increase pollution levels. Higher electrification may lead to oil demand peaking by 2030, but any reduction in emissions from the likes of electric vehicles will be offset by the increased use of power plants to charge them, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, which plots different scenarios of future energy use.