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EV Scooter Maker Simple Energy Raises $20 Mn in Bridge Round

Electric vehicle and clean energy startup Simple Energy has raised over $20 million in the ongoing bridge round. The fresh fund has come after a gap of 15 months for the Bengaluru-based startup. The bridge round witnessed the participation of investors from Arokiaswamy Velumani, founder of Thyrocare, Ashwin Hinduja of Gokaldas Group, Sanjay & Sandeep […]

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Ola Electric Plans 50 Gwh India Battery Plant in EV Push

Softbank Group-backed Ola Electric plans to build a battery cell manufacturing plant in India with a capacity of up to 50 gigawatt hours (GWh) as part of its broader electrification push, according to recent media reports. Ola will need 40Gwh of battery capacity to meet its annual target to produce 10 million electric scooters and […]

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MUFG Gets Green Certification for Softbank’s 900 MW PV Project in India

MUFG Bank has acted as the sole green structuring advisor for a USD 333 million financing deal for SoftBank’s 900 MW solar project in India. MUFG Bank has announced that it has acted as the sole green structuring advisor for a USD 333 million financing deal for SoftBank’s latest and largest solar project in India. […]

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Decoding The healthy Response to NHPC 2000 MW Solar Tender

On the face of it, the response to the NHPC (formerly National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) 2 GW tender is more than a little surprising. Not only has the tender sailed through, it has done so with flying colours, by any stretch of imagination. Five well established players in the form of SoftBank-backed SB Energy, Axis […]

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SB Energy to Invest $4 Bn in Gujarat on Renewables

Further, SB Energy will be investing in the solar, wind and other unconventional sources of renewable energy. Japan’s renewable energy firm and a sister concern of SoftBank, SB Energy Corp will be investing USD 4 billion or approx. Rs 30,000 crore in renewable energy in the state of Gujarat, said the state government release. As […]

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Energy Vault Gets $110 mn Investment From Softbank Vision Fund

Energy Vault has announced that it has completed a USD 110 million Series B funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund. Energy Vault, the creator of renewable energy storage products that are transforming the world’s approach to long duration, utility-scale energy storage, has announced that it has completed a USD 110 million Series B […]

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Govt Soon To Invite Bids for 40 GW EV Battery Manufacturing Plants

The government is considering a plan to establish a battery making capacity of 40 gigawatts (GW) to give a boost to its electrical vehicles and renewable energy initiatives. It will ask states to compete for the opportunity to set up internationally competitive facilities that will also service global markets. Domestic and global battery makers will […]

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2 Days After 12 GW Manufacturing ‘Stimulus’ Time For Reality Check

On Feb 6, the government announced a move to push central public sector undertakings towards a 12 GW solar plan, powered completely by domestic manufacturing. Will this finally kick start domestic manufacturing? 2 days after the announcement, we spoke to industry insiders, as well as considered the factors that could make or break this latest […]

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