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Researchers are trying to develop devices with heightened energy density and reduced weight. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries face constraints due to heavy cathode materials like lithium cobalt oxide and lithium iron phosphate with limiting energy density.

TP Parivart Ltd has signed a power delivery agreement with Tata Steel, one of the country's leading steel manufacturing companies, for a 70 MW group captive solar power plant at Akola, Maharashtra, a BSE filing said.

China's module prices have roughly halved from their average of 2022, and are by far the cheapest components available globally for each megawatt of solar generation capacity.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed hope that steps such as focus on self-sufficiency, technology, stronger currency and fundamentals would help India become a USD 55-trillion economy by 2047. He said that the government is also focusing on areas such as moving from oil to electric vehicles and bringing quality in the manufacturing.

Revenue rose 10 per cent year-on-year to Rs 37,218 crore as compared to Rs 33,892 crore in the June quarter of last fiscal

Steps have been initiated to form a consortium involving labs, IITs, steelmakers, and equipment manufacturers to focus on developing indigenous green technology for steelmaking," Steel Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha said.

The company said revenue from operations for the reporting quarter stood at Rs 175.3 crore, up 56 per cent from Rs 112.38 crore in the first quarter of the earlier fiscal, helped by focus on client addition and continued demand for the specialised engineering products.

The GSI conducted extensive exploration across 381 thermally anomalous areas in the country, collecting data on temperature, discharge, and water quality in various geothermal fields, said minister of new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

The report, titled "Slow to Switch," assessed companies across seven industries, including heavy energy consumers such as cement, steel, aluminium, textiles, and fertilisers, as well as information technology and fast-moving consumer goods.

According to the India Energy and Climate Center (IECC) at the University, peak electricity demand, which reached 250 GW in May 2024—an increase of 46 GW in just two years—could see an additional rise of 50-80 GW by 2027.