Cleantech Hero

This article is authored by Alexander Enulescu, Founder, KonveGas. In this article, he examines the critical role of storage systems in shaping the viability of clean gas adoption across CNG, biogas, and hydrogen value chains, with a particular focus on how materials, manufacturing emissions, and lifecycle performance influence the true decarbonisation potential of emerging energy storage technologies. 1. You’ve described storage as “the primary bottleneck” for clean gas adoption.

This article is authored by Dr. Pradyumna Gupta, Founder and Chief Scientist of Infinita Lab and Infinita Materials. In this article, he explores the importance of bridging materials science, reliability engineering, and system-level safety to enable more resilient and sustainable next-generation technologies. In April 2019, the commissioning test of a battery energy storage system in Surprise, AZ, caused a thermal runaway event within the battery at the substation.

Black Mass Energies has raised $114,000 (₹1.1 crore) in an FDI-backed pre-seed funding round led by a US-based angel investor. Founded by Shivam Kumar Gupta and Shashank Chaurasia, the company operates in battery recycling and critical minerals recovery. Its activities include battery material trading, black mass sourcing, and supply-chain partnerships. The company focuses on recovering materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.

This article is authored by Dr. Avishek Kumar, Founder and Director of Sunkonnect, a Singapore-headquartered renewable energy and sustainability advisory firm providing ESG, net-zero, climate, carbon audit, and green building consulting services. He can be reached through Sunkonnect. 1. Where in the supply chain do you see the most quality failures: raw material sourcing, in-process manufacturing, pre-shipment, or post-installation?

Something quietly failing in cleantech deployments: there’s a trend the cleantech industry has so far not wanted to talk about, or even acknowledge publicly. Solar arrays are failing at rates faster than their expected lifetimes. Battery energy storage systems are being swapped out long before their estimated service lives are up. Electric vehicle charging stations in commercial settings are experiencing failure rates beyond the initial equipment manufacturer’s design specifications.

Lucknow leads in rooftop solar installations. By April 15, 3,133 rooftop solar plants were installed in the city. More than 87,000 rooftop solar plants have been installed in Lucknow under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Data for January, February, March, and April has been released. The increase in installations is linked to higher electricity use, electric vehicle demand, and cost considerations.

Aliste Technologies has raised ₹30 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Big Global JSC, with participation from YourNest Venture Capital and HBeon Labs. The round includes a mix of equity and debt. The company plans to use the funds to advance research on energy-focused solutions and to expand distribution of its enterprise offerings. It is also extending its solution scope into additional use cases across commercial spaces.

India Energy Stack (IES) is envisioned as a digital blueprint for the power sector as a whole, so that the disparate parts of the power system can connect and communicate through standard protocols. The Ministry of Power has constituted a task force with representatives from ministries, state utilities, regulators, generation companies, transmission companies and other stakeholders to prepare the roadmap, components and design of the IES.

Anand Mishra, VP – QMS & ESG, Ghodawat Consumer Ltd., shares his perspective on the company’s sustainability journey in the FMCG sector. He discusses the internal and external drivers shaping GCL’s ESG strategy, the company’s progress in renewable energy adoption and operational efficiency, and the challenges of implementing sustainable practices within India’s complex supply chains.

Meine Electric raised $750,000 in pre-seed funding from Antler, Rebalance, Venture Catalysts, gradCapital, AIC-AU Incubation Foundation, and angel investor Alexander Hogeveen Rutter. The funds will be used to move from laboratory-scale prototypes to pilot-ready iron-air battery systems. The company demonstrated its iron-air battery technology with a levelised cost of storage below $0.05/kWh. The batteries can store energy for 16–24 hours and fully charge within 8 hours.