Energy News 20th April 2022
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| Indian private sector to drive carbon transition: Moody's | Delhi records highest April peak power demand | Italy set to sign more Africa gas deals to offset Russia | |||
Indian private sector has to drive the carbon transition efforts as the country's significant economic development needs will constrain the government's ability to extend sufficient financial support, said Moody's Investors Service. According to Moody's, many large corporations have launched a wide range of emission targets through 2050."India's (Baa3 stable) 2070 net-zero target and intermediate goals through 2030 present significant policy Read more... | With persistent heat wave conditions, Delhi’s power demand has been on the rise. The city’s peak power demand hit 5,735 megawatt Tuesday, which is the highest ever for the city in the month of April, according to BSES officials. The peak power demand of 5,735 MW recorded at 3.30 pm Tuesday is a sharp rise from a peak of 4,469 MW on April 1, and 4,040 MW on March 1. This year, the peak power demand crossed 5,000 MW for the first time on April 8, at 5,036 MW.On Monday, the city’s peak power demand was 5,641 MW. From April Read more... | MILAN: Italy is set to sign gas contracts in the Congo Republic and Angola this week as part of its efforts to replace Russian energy and keep industry supplied. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Ecology Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani will visitAngola on Wednesday and Congo on Thursday to line up liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals. The two ministers will head a delegation that is likely to include the head of Italian Read more... | |||
| Singapore and New Zealand to jointly tackle climate change | Exide to invest Rs 6000 crore in cells, modules unit in Bengaluru | Pomila Jaspal is 1st woman Director (Fin) at ONGC | |||
SINGAPORE -- Singapore and New Zealand will cooperate on green technologies in the fight against climate change, prime ministers from both countries said Tuesday. The joint efforts will be part of the new climate change and green economy pillar added to Singapore and New Zealand’s enhanced partnership, and will involve adopting low-carbon and green technologies, Prime Ministers Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore and Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand Read more... | The state high level clearance committee, headed by chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, on Monday cleared five new projects including a big-ticket investment by the battery maker Exide Energy, and four proposals for additional investments in existing plants.The investments proposed total up to Rs 11,495 crore, projecting 47,000 jobs.Exide Energy will invest Rs 6002 crore in a facility to manufacture li-ion cells, modules and packs at the defence and aerospace park, near the Read more... | New Delhi: Pomila Jaspal has on Tuesday shattered the glass ceiling, becoming the first woman Director (Finance) of India's top oil and gas producer ONGC, the firm said. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) now has an unprecedented two women executive directors - Alka Mittal is the acting chairperson and managing director as well as director (human resource) at the firm. The oil and gas PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas now have three women Read more... | |||
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| Coal India’s supplies to power sector rise 14% amid surging demand | SJVN ties up funds for hydropower project in HP | IIT Mandi researchers work towards understanding the impact of climate change on railway embankments | |||
Coal India Limited (CIL) on April 19 said that it has raised its supplies to thermal power stations by 14.2 percent during the first half of April 2022 compared to the same period last year amid rising demand. CIL’s supplies have hit 1.64 million tonnes (MTs) per day during this period against 1.43 MTs in the same period in April 2021, the company said in a press release. Read more... | New Delhi: State-owned SJVN Ltd has tied up funds for a 66-MW hydropower project in the Hamirpur and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director of SJVN Ltd, in a statement, informed that the financial closure for the 66 MW Dhaulasidh Hydro Electric Project situated in Hamirpur and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh has been successfully achieved. According to the Read more... | Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, and Durham University in the United Kingdom, have developed suction monitoring setup for soil cyclic triaxial testing to investigate the impact of climate change on railway embankments.The findings of this study were published in the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, USA, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more... | |||
| Solar plant in JK’s Samba district completed in record 20 days Union Min Jitendra Singh | Scientists decide how to prove out perovskite panels for space power | ||||
Jammu, Apr 19 (PTI) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the 500-Kilowatt Solar Plant at Palli Panchayat in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district has been completed in a record time of 20 days, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday. Singh, accompanied by Central Electronics Limited chairman and Managing director Prakash Jain, visited the plant and inspected the trial run of the newly installed solar plant, which will make the village. Read more... | Perovskites, which have shown enormous potential as a new semiconductor for solar cells, are gaining attention as well as a potential next-generation technology to also power spacefaring missions. As scientists around the globe continue efforts toward harnessing the potential of perovskites on Earth, others are looking into how well the technology might work in the planet's orbit.A collaborative research effort to collectively address this important issue involving scientists from the National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) Read more... | ||||
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