Need of modern wastewater treatment is rising not just to reduce pollution in water bodies, but also to reuse & recycle water.

In an exclusive interview, Kailash Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, reveals that a roadmap has been created for increasing the Indian port capacity to 3,500+ MMTPA to more than cater to the projected traffic of 2,500 MMTPA by 2025.

HDC's key priorities are installation of one container handling crane (RMQC), mechanisation of Berth No 3 in PPP mode, and creation of liquid cargo handling facilities at Shalukali through PPP, and a goal to handle 65 MMTPA of cargo by 2021-22.

JNPT continued to upscale its growth trajectory and closed the financial year ending Mar 2019 handling 5.13 million TEUs, which is a 6.20 per cent growth as compared to the last financial year.

In an interview, Anshul Gupta, Director, Okaya Power Group tells POWER TODAY that energy storage system will be a key saviour,as the grid might not be able to support the entire power requirement.

In an interview with POWER TODAY, Ashok Saraswat, PhD, Director, Energy Storage Research, NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. Shows how the huge market potential of EVs should lure Li-ion battery researchers to tailor performance parameters to meet EV battery requirements.

"We are seeing tremendous interest from various segments of customers on advanced energy storage technologies," observes Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).

Naveen Sharma, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Sales, Exicom Power Solutions expects 2019 to be a breakthrough year for energy storage in India with demand largely driven by the telecom sector, grid applications, and electric vehicles.

With India's vision of energy security and increasing clean energy portfolio, battery storage solutions have a crucial role to play in stabilising the grid, opines Venkatesh Dwivedi, Director (Projects), Energy Efficiency Services.