Nigeria’s latest lithium find: some key questions answered

Environmental impact assessments have to be made before any mining can start, says an expert

New lithium battery can add 322 km to electric cars in 10 minutes

New method overcomes main obstacle to extreme fast charging, Lithium plating, which happens at high charge rates and significantly reduces …

Better lithium-ion batteries on the cards

IIT Hyderabad scientists developed a set of new electrodes that promise to help produce lithium ion batteries with higher energy densities

Bolivian lithium: why you should not expect any ‘white gold rush’ in the wake of Morales overthrow

Demand for lithium depends on a several factors not under the Latin American country's control

New material may hold promise for more efficient lithium-ion batteries 

Researchers from IIT Gandhinagar and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology discovered a new anode material that could …

India is ripe for the sodium-ion battery revolution; here is why

The diversification of battery technology is necessary for the rapidly growing Indian energy storage market; SIBs can lead to this diversification

Why electric is better

A comparative study between an internal combustion engine and an electric powertrain shows why electric vehicles are the future

How realistic are India’s 2030 fleet electrification targets?

Focus should be on converting the existing fleet to electric vehicles and not just adding more EVs to the roads

How incentives for small & medium battery component suppliers can bolster EV adoption

Enabling decentralised manufacturing-supplier ecosystem imperative for achieving ambitious EV targets 

From Petro to Electro: How prepared is India to ride the energy transition wave?

An electro-economy is an inevitable reality. The quicker India prepares for this change, the bigger will be the economic spin off, along with low …

Budget 2023-24: Customs duty waived for machinery required to manufacture lithium-ion cells for batteries

Battery Energy Storage Systems with a capacity of 4,000 MWH will be supported with Viability Gap Funding, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

Niti Aayog’s battery swapping policy provides direction, but lacks a constructive roadmap

But, in time, there can be further amendments. With the suggested level playing field and options for setting up an interoperable EV ecosystem …

Clean energy: India should deepen its global partnerships on critical minerals

COVID-19, coupled with Russia’s war on Ukraine, disrupted the supply chains of critical minerals; global partnerships are the way out

New Battery Waste Management Rules make producers accountable for recycling

But they need to be more holistic in design to enable sustainability standards 

IEEFA projects exponential growth of battery storage assets in India

Grid-scale batteries would help store this excess solar and supply power to the grid during peak demand hours, which is currently being done by …

South America’s High Andes may pay for the world’s ‘green’ electric vehicle switch

Global rush to decarbonising cars is overlooking lithium mining techniques, which might dry out the region

Here come ultra-fast charging batteries

These batteries can be recharged up to 70 per cent in only two minutes and is 10 times more lasting when compared to existing lithium-ion batteries

‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why

In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …

Too early to celebrate lithium discovery in Jammu and Kashmir

The resource in Jammu is only inferred, which is the lowest in the conviction for the estimation of a mineral deposit  

Rechargeable batteries: UNCTAD report warns of raw material uncertainties

A few countries control reserves of key inputs like cobalt, manganese, lithium, graphite