New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) As India doubles down on electric vehicle (EV) transition, experts on Thursday said that electric mobility offers great potential for the country’s energy solutions, with huge potential for green growth and clean air.At a panel discussion on ‘Financing India’s EV Transition: Infrastructure, Capital and Policy Pathways,’ organised by Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) here, Alok Kumar, Director General, All India Discoms Association and Former Secretary, Ministry of…
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New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Rapidly declining costs of electrotech like solar panels and batteries have unlocked a new energy path for countries like India that did not exist a decade ago when China was expanding its power sector.In 2004, when China crossed 1,500 kWh of electricity use per capita, coal generation was about ten times cheaper than nascent solar photovoltaics (PV). This led to coal accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the growth in China’s electricity generation over a decade.In con…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India needs to further strengthen its renewable energy (RE) ecosystem and scale clean energy deployment, according to a senior government official.Santosh Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said that India’s renewable energy journey over the last decade has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by phenomenal leapfrogging in global rankings.“Our strategy has been defined by a single-minded national objective pursued across three clear vertic…