India’s energy transition must not ignore its complex political economy
There is pressure on India to sign the West-led Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). But, it needs to take the ground realities of power generation, employment and mining-dependent states into account
Women’s Day: Powering our lives the green way
Increasingly, organisations are finding it difficult to ignore the value of involving women in the renewable energy supply chain.
40% capacity of upcoming coal-based power plants must be sourced from renewables: Govt
However, the government said that a captive plant shall be exempt from the requirement of RGO, if it fulfils the Renewable Purchase Obligations as notified by the central government.
Order on pooling electricity from old thermal and gas-based stations soon: Power ministry officials
Many states and distribution companies, based on commercial considerations, started making an exit from PPAs of costlier plants (non-pit head coal stations and gas-based thermal generating station) while retaining the PPAs of cheaper plants. This is also leading to generation capacity crunch especially during the peak demand season.
ICRA upgrades outlook on Indian thermal power sector to 'stable' from 'negative'
However, ICRA’s outlook for the power distribution segment remains negative. In this context, it said, timely issuance of tariff orders with adequate tariff hikes by the state electricity regulators remains important.
We now know how much the coal surge set us back
But the latest IEA report on carbon emissions comes with two spots of good news — and a lesson
Your local solar panel plant may be holding back net zero
A new wave of protectionism is sweeping the sector under the guise of a push for more local manufacturing
Goa government daydreaming, says Congress on target of 100% renewable energy usage by 2050
While addressing the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Conference on Clean Renewable Energy 2023, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had on Friday said that Goa aims to ensure 100 per cent renewable energy usage across all sectors by 2050.
States should privatise transmission network for quality power and renewable integration: Pratik Agarwal
In an exclusive interview with Moneycontrol, the managing director of Sterlite Power Transmission said the recurring power crisis in India is actually a crisis of the last mile. Agarwal also said cost escalation to build transmission network for renewable energy will be offset by the overall low cost of RE compared to electricity from conventional sources.
IEA: Low-emission sources to dominate growth of global electricity supply till 2025
India is set to have the highest percentage growth (+81 percent) in nuclear generation from 2022 to 2025, followed by Japan. Besides, despite a record heatwave in 2022, hydropower generation in India increased more than 10 percent above its 2017-2021 average, the IEA said in its report.
Power demand: NTPC to generate 5,000 MW through gas-based plants in April-May
In December, the government asked state-run GAIL (India) and NTPC to increase imports of natural gas to supplement power generation.
NTPC transfers 3,000 MW renewable energy assets to its subsidiary
With the transfer now completed, the state-run power generator is planning to offload 10 per cent to 20 per cent stake in NGEL, a senior NTPC official said.
Mobile World Congress: An innovator harnesses power from indoor plants
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spanish firm Bioo is exhibiting a unique tech to generate power by capturing electrons from indoor plant growth.
Fossil fuel emissions may peak in two years but the fight against climate change is just beginning
Fossil fuel pollution is declining faster than anyone anticipated. But far older practices like cutting down forests, livestock and crop farming account for a significant chunk of emissions too
Will India face another power crisis this summer?
In November, the coal ministry in a statement said it would augment coal supplies at TPPs to 45 million tonnes by March-end. However, data showed that maximum coal stock at TPPs hasn’t crossed 31-32 million tonnes so far. Also, logistics around coal supply will continue to be a major bottleneck, despite increase in coal production as well as railway lines for its transportation.
Climate change: Hydrogen isn't the cleanest way to heat our homes
Clean hydrogen has great potential to power hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy industry, shipping and aviation. But it is a less economic, more resource-intensive method of heating homes
Lithium discovery notwithstanding, indigenous batteries still some distance away
5.9 MT of lithium can give 6 terawatt hour of battery cells in India, which is six times the current production in the world. But lithium cell requires a host of other raw materials and technology, which need to be sourced.
Former Assam chief secretary Jishnu Barua is the new chief of India’s power regulator
The CERC is responsible for regulating and determining tariffs of inter-state transmission of electricity, issuing licences to persons to function as transmission licensee and electricity trader with respect to their inter-state operations
This zombie climate tech has earned its chance to shamble on
Carbon capture and storage has never really gotten off the ground. Now it’s found some backers, which is not a bad thing
Post Budget 2023: PM Modi outlines three pillars of India's ‘green growth’ initiative
The government aims at raising renewable energy production, reducing fossil fuel use and rapid move towards a gas-based economy, Modi said at a power ministry webinar.
Energy Security: India set to depend on Russia
India recognised that there is excess reliance on oil and gas supplies from OPEC countries in West Asia. Given the political volatility in that entire region, the needs of energy security dictate that the Indian crude basket should have a wider spread
Sri Lanka investment board approves $442 million Adani Green wind power plants
A group of Adani officials are in Colombo to evaluate multiple projects with Sri Lanka. The conglomerate is also involved in building a $700 million terminal project at Sri Lanka's largest port.
MC Explainer | Section 11 of Electricity Act is back. What is the clause and what can it do?
The government has asked all power plants that use imported coal to operate at full capacity, anticipating an increase in peak electricity demand in the country.
To buy or to build? The mergers and acquisitions case for Glencore
The commodities giant has a giant war chest to expand its mining and trading empire
