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US Ex-Im Bank funding of $1 bn to India hangs fire

India’s clean energy industry will have to wait a while longer for $1 billion funding from the US Export-Import Bank. The delay has been caused...

IISER team perfecting battery that recharges using light

A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Pune (IISER) is developing a battery that can recharge itself fully by...

TERI most influential climate change think tank among developing nations

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has retained its top position as the most influential institution in the field of climate change, economics and...

VisIC develops blocking voltage transistor with lowest resistance

Israel-based Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductor maker VisIC Technologies claims to have developed the lowest resistance blocking voltage transistor of the world. The 650V,...

24M’s cell technology promises to halve lithium-ion battery costs

Cambridge, Massachusetts, -based 24M has unveiled a semisolid lithium-ion cell. The new energy storage solution will, the company claims, “enable a new, cost-effective class...

Tesla to construct supercharging stations across UK

Tesla Motors is gearing up to construct an initial lot of seven supercharging stations on motorways across the UK. The development follows the settlement...

US would retire 90-GW of coal-fired power capacity by 2040

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has stated that new emissions rules drafted by the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will lead to closure...

US-based scientists receive Global Energy Prize

Japanese-born University of California Professor Shuji Nakamura and Indian-born University of North Carolina Professor Jayant Baliga have received the Global Energy Prize for this year. The...