Cabinet clears Rs 1.86 lakh crore PM-DHARA scheme to carry 135 GW of clean power
The scheme funds state transmission lines and 50 GWh of battery storage by 2032-33, aiming to cut curtailment and keep power costs down.
SECI invites bids for 800 MW/3,200 MWh of standalone battery storage
The tender, SECI-ESS-IV, seeks four-hour batteries that distribution companies can call on when needed. Bids close on 30 October.
TERI and Transition Asia model green steel plant on Andhra Pradesh coast
The 2026 study puts a hydrogen-based plant’s base-case cost about $70 a tonne above blast furnace steel, with emissions roughly nine-tenths lower.
Delhi gets Centre’s nod for 382 EV charging sites; first tenders due soon
The Ministry of Heavy Industries cleared the sites, and the city will tender 160–180 power-ready locations first, ahead of 2027 and 2028 electric registration mandates.
Oregon team’s sulfur-based material makes hydrogen from water using light alone
The metal-organic framework BVR-19 needs no extra expensive metal catalyst, and it forms in water at room temperature, the researchers report in a chemistry journal.
Odisha Olive Ridley tracked 6,719 km to waters east of Sri Lanka in WII study
Satellite tags on 10 turtles have produced 1,748 days of data, showing how males and females move differently once they leave Odisha’s beaches.
Indian green ammonia makers win long-term export contracts from Japan and Germany
AM Green, ACME and L&T Energy GreenTech have signed 10-year or take-or-pay supply deals, moving India’s green hydrogen sector from pilot plans to contracted sales.
WII study finds leopards functionally extinct at two Odisha sites as prey runs short
Camera-trap surveys across the Similipal-Satkosia landscape show leopards thriving where deer and other large prey remain, and vanishing where they do not.
India launches Rs 23,731 crore GOBARdhan scheme to scale up compressed biogas tenfold
The ten-year programme offers city gas buyers, fixed pricing and capital support to producers turning crop residue, dung and urban waste into fuel.
Voice-first AI brings farm advice to Indian farmers who only have basic phones
From Amul’s Sarlaben to the national Bharat-VISTAAR helpline, AI advice is now available by phone call, with no smartphone or app needed.
