India

Oil & Gas Trade

Gail India Offers Up to 10 LNG Cargoes for Loading from U.S.

Gail has offered up to 10 liquefied natural gas cargoes for loading in the United States over early 2020 to early 2021, two industry sources said on Thursday.

Solar Power Panel

LONGi Solar in Major Deal with Adani to Supply Solar Panels in 2020

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar has signed a framework sales agreement with India's Adani Green Energy to supply up to 1,200MW of its hi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Siemens Supplies Digital Solutions for India Coal Plant

The German energy company will install a complete thermal twin for the plant in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, which is owned by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Lim…

Indian Railways Signs MoU with DFID for Cooperation in Eenergy Efficiency

The Indian Railways has signed an agreement with the department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom for cooperation in the field of energy effi…

Power Construction

ADB to Provide $451 Million to Strengthen Grid in Southern India

The funds will be used to build an extra-high-voltage transmission link to transmit 9 GW of capacity, including 6 GW of renewables, to the Chennai–Kanyakumari …

Indian Government Now Finalizing New Energy Policy

Aside from an emphasis on energy efficiency, the Indian government’s new energy policy will primarily focus on Indian-made battery cells for electric vehicles,…

Electric Vehicle Battery

IIT Hyderabad to Collaborate on Development of Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles

The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, in collaboration with ItsEV Inc, plans to develop lithium ion batteries for various applications, including elect…

New $250 Million ADB Loan to Accelerate Energy Efficiency in India

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide India’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) with a $250 million loan to accelerate its operations …

India Moving Towards Hybridised Power Utilities to Achieve Rural Growth

India's state-run power utilities or DISCOMs are badly in debt despite repeated bail-outs, and are failing in their mandate to deliver reliable, quality power t…

Coal Trade

India Steel Minister Expects to Increase Coking Coal Imports from Russia

India’s Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said he was confident India’s imports of coking coal from Russia would increase significantly in coming months, addi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India Pollution Regulator Threatens to Shut Coal-Fired Utilities Around New Delhi

India’s federal pollution regulator has warned coal-fired power plants around New Delhi that they could be shut down for failing to comply with deadlines to me…

Coal Mine

Coal-Fired Power Is Declining Thanks to a Slowdown in India and China

After more than a century as the world’s dominant source of electricity, coal may finally be losing its importance. Coal-fired power production is projected to…

Coal Power

Column: Coal use for electricity slips, but India concerns remain

A record drop in the amount of electricity generated from coal is likely this year, something that sounds positive for efforts to mitigate climate change, but t…

Coal Mine

How to Make Coal Mining Sustainable

Notwithstanding the optimism over renewables displacing fossil fuels rapidly, coal will continue to dominate India’s electricity generation for at least a coup…

India's Hydropower Capacity Addition Plans in Limbo

India, the 7th largest hydropower making country in the world, had an installed hydro capacity of around 45,400 MW by end 2018