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Government Aligns Civil Aviation Regulations with Carbon Emission Cut Goals

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has advised the authorities at the state level to ensure that carbon emission reduction measures are incorporated into the design...

March 27, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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EV Financing Firm Turno Raises $13.8 Million in Series A Funding

Turno, a Bengaluru-based commercial electric vehicle (EV) distribution and financing platform, has raised $13.8 million in series A funding which would be used to build...

February 9, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Energy Storage

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Finance and M&A
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IIT-backed Startup Wins National Award for Innovation in Energy Storage

IIT Roorkee startup Indi Energy, which specializes in manufacturing indigenous sodium-ion batteries, has been accorded the National Startup Award 2022 in the Energy...

January 24, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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Philanthropic Financing to Unlock $3 Trillion Per Year to Reach Net Zero

The World Economic Forum (WEF) launched a fundraising vehicle to unlock $3 trillion of financing needed each year to reach net zero, reverse nature loss, and restore...

January 19, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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Finland-based University Says Delhi Can Achieve 100% Renewables by 2050

Delhi can transition away from fossil fuels entirely by as early as 2050, researchers at the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT University) in Finland said...

January 2, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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Eicher Motors to Acquire 10.3% Stake in E-Motorcycle Firm for €50 million

India-based automobile conglomerate and the parent company of Royal Enfield, Eicher Motors (EML), said it would acquire a 10.35% stake in European electric motorcycle...

December 30, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Electric Vehicles

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Finance and M&A
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IFC Extends Loans to HDFC and HomeFirst to Promote Green Affordable Housing

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has announced loans of $400 million and $33.8 million to HDFC and HomeFirst respectively to...

December 26, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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Mumbai International Airport Switches to 100% Green Energy Sources

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai announced that it has completely switched to green energy sources for power consumption needs, making...

October 11, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Renewable Energy
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Sustainable Investment Firm SustVest Raises $160,000 From Angel Investors

A Gurgaon-based sustainable investment firm SustVest has raised $160,000 from angel investors to enhance its presence in India’s clean energy market. The funding round...

May 20, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Finance and M&A

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Solar
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IFC to Provide $25 Million Loan to Facilitate Green Financing in Nepal

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financial arm of the World Bank Group, has announced that it will provide a loan of $25 million to NMB Bank, one of...

July 10, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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Researchers Claim Carbon Cloth Collector Improves Sulfur Utilization of Batteries

Researchers at Monash University, Deakin University, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB)-Monash Research Academy, have claimed that that using a carbon...

July 5, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Grid
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Indian Railways Ties Up with New Strategic Partners to Execute Solar Projects

IRCON International Limited (IRCON), a public sector enterprise, signed a Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) with the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited...

June 3, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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JP Morgan Commits $200 Billion for Sustainability, To Stop Lending to Coal Companies

U.S.-based JP Morgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banking institutions, announced that it has committed $50 billion (~₹3.59 trillion) towards green initiatives as...

March 3, 2020

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Nithin Thomas Prasad

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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NITI Aayog Reports on States’ Progress Towards Sustainable Development Goals

The National Institute of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s sustainable development goals (SDG) index showed that Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,...

January 10, 2020

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Nithin Thomas Prasad

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Renewable Energy
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Tata Motors Partners with Delhi-based EV Taxi App to Deploy 500 Tigor EVs

Tata Motors Limited has partnered with Prakriti E-Mobility Limited, an electric vehicle (EV) based taxi service, to deploy 500 of its Tigor EVs in New Delhi. The cars...

December 31, 2020

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Nithin Thomas Prasad

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid

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