The Carbon Impact of Food Production: Can Alternative Proteins be the answer?
As climate change escalates, sustainable food solutions are no longer a luxury but a necessity. Enter alternative proteins – marvels that promise to revolutionize how we meet the world’s protein needs. In this newsletter, we’ll delve into the latest innovations and startups reshaping our food landscape. Carbon Emissions from Agriculture The imperative for alternative proteins […]
The Energy Storage Revolution
Welcome to our latest newsletter focusing on the exciting advancements in energy storage technologies. From grid-scale solutions to innovative portable devices, the field of energy storage is witnessing rapid developments that promise to revolutionize how we generate, store, and utilize energy. In this newsletter, we will explore the importance of energy storage, how it works, […]
The Race for Rapid Recharge: Exploring Innovative Charging Techniques for Electric Vehicles
In recent years, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have revolutionized the way we power our devices and vehicles. However, the more we charge them quickly, the faster they degrade, eventually needing replacement. To combat this, various fast charging methods are being developed, each with its own benefits and challenges. The ABCs: Battery Charging Basics A lithium-ion battery […]
Powering Tomorrow: The Global Battery Market Unplugged Part II
Greetings, dear Readers! With the Indian General Elections around the corner, the energy in the air is palpable. The Indian Administration has been very pro-active in pushing the Climate agenda forward and we hope to see this continuing with even greater momentum later this year. Amidst all this enthusiasm, the world of Batteries and Energy […]
Powering Tomorrow: The Global Battery Market Unplugged
Hello there! Hope 2024 has gotten off to a good start for you. It certainly seems to have for the Indian EV ecosystem from a fund-raising perspective, if you go by the recent flurry of deals announced in this space. This month, we turn our focus to key developments in the Global Battery market in 2023, as […]
The Ostara Review: The Indian EV Ecosystem in 2023
2023 was a transformative year for the Indian EV industry. Electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers, which form ~95% of total EV sales in India currently, grew rapidly even as regulatory changes brought greater compliance with battery safety standards. VC & PE funding in the Indian EV ecosystem grew by ~12% or so, even amidst the severe […]
12 Climate Technologies For 2024
Welcome to the year-ending edition of The Ostara Newsletter! We close 2023 with a preview of 12 Climate Technologies that are likely to define 2024, drawn from McKinsey’s Climate Tech Preview published in Dec 2023, corroborated with our own Ostara Insights over the years. These 12 technologies are highly interconnected and hold the potential to reduce as much as […]
Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage
Dear Reader, Later this month, at COP 28 in Dubai, delegates from nearly every country on Earth will gather to negotiate global goals for tackling climate change, present their individual countries’ plans for contributing to those goals, and report on their progress. There can be no better time to shine the spotlight on one of […]
Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry
Hello Reader, As the Sustainability wave sweeps the globe, it’s heartening to see the automotive industry taking a strong approach in this direction. This approach to production can redefine the way vehicles are designed, manufactured, used, and disposed of, by prioritizing the principles of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Regenerate. By adopting circular economy principles, the […]
Batteries: The Key to Energy Transition?
Global investments in Energy Transition technologies reached a record high of $1.3 trillion in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) with major investments into solar and wind technologies. In the first six months of 2023, new investments in Renewable Energy which is a sub-set of the Energy […]
