Energy News 25th April 2022
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| India pushes for clean energy bank, credit guarantee fund | PM to inaugurate roads, energy projects worth Rs 20,000 cr in J&K | Power minister calls for global efforts for efficient hydrogen fuel cells | |||
NEW DELHI : Power minister Raj Kumar Singh on Sunday pitched for a credit guarantee fund and a renewable energy bank to help countries transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Speaking at a round table with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and renewable energy companies at the headquarters of the International Solar Alliance in Gurugram, Singh said such a fund and bank are required to boost investments Read more... | New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday inaugurate and lay foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir, including the opening of the Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel to establish all-weather connectivity between the two regions of the union territory. Modi is travelling there to participate in the celebration for the National Panchayati Raj Day and address 'Gram Sabhas' Read more... | New Delhi: Union power minister Raj Kumar Singh on Sunday said that countries should come together and work towards making hydrogen fuel cells more efficient in a bid to move towards hydrogen-based economies. In order to boost investments and set up renewable energy facilities in developing and under-developed countries, including those in Africa, Singh said there would be requirements for a credit guarantee fund and Read more... | |||
| UAE's climate envoy holds talks with Egypt's foreign minister over Cop27 | E-mobility in Visakhapatnam, Tirupati gets BEE push | Guyana gets $106 million from Exxon for oil from a newest offshore platform | |||
The UAE's climate change envoy talked of common goals with Egypt's foreign minister as the Middle East neighbours prepare to host a major global environment summit over the next two years. The UN Climate Change Conference 2022 — known as Cop27 — will be held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in November, with the UAE staging the event in 2023. Read more... | VISAKHAPATNAM: The Union power ministry-led Bureau of Energy Efficiency has given its consent to the Andhra Pradesh energy department to retrofit existing engines of 200 auto rickshaws in Tirupati and 100 in Visakhapatnam with electric kits and swappable batteries.As a pilot project, three internal combustion engine autos were converted to electric in Tirupati and have been given to local auto drivers for testing Read more... | April 24 (Reuters) - Guyana sold its first share of crude oil from the country's newest offshore production facility to Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) for about $106 million, the government said. One of South America's poorest nations, Guyana plans to use proceeds from oil in the short term to build roads, bridges, houses, gas-fired power plants and solar energy projects. The second platform is set to reach its Read more... | |||
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| India has 72.50 MT coal available at different sources, 22.01 MT meant for power plants: Centre | MNRE minister calls for collective efforts to fight carbon emissions | Boost for better batteries in consumer electronics | |||
NEW DELHI: Amid a report of coal shortage in the country, the coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday informed that India has, at present, 72.50 MT (million tons) of coal available at different sources of Coal India Ltd, Singareni Colleries Company Ltd (SCCL), coal washeries etc. The minister, in a tweet, said that 22.01 Million Ton coal is available with Thermal Power Plants (TPP). "There is sufficient coal availability in the country, to last over a month Read more... | Gurugram: Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy R K Singh on Sunday called for a collective effort on a global level to fight the issue of carbon emissions. India has been working consistently to meet its carbon emission goals, the minister said addressing a panel discussion on solar energy here. The issue of carbon emission is something that cannot be solved by one country alone. Even if a country becomes green in terms of renewable energy generation, the problem Read more... | An international research team has moved closer to developing a more sustainable, rechargeable "organic" battery model by doubling its energy storage capability.With the aim to one day power small electronic devices and divert toxic waste from landfill, researchers at Flinders University with Chinese collaborators have used a catalysis strategy to produce two-electron storage in organic radical batteries, or "ORBs"—a big advance in improving their storage capability.The emerging rechargeable battery technology uses more Read more... | |||
| Trichy corporation to shift solar power park | TurboGen’s hydrogen turbine heralds the fuel of the future | ||||
Trichy: Ending uncertainty, Trichy corporation has decided to relocate the 2.4MW solar power park established under the smart cities mission at Panjapur along the Trichy-Madurai national highway to the vacant space near the sewage treatment plant (STP). Officials said the plant, the city’s first to harness solar power, will be moved out to make better use of the land which has been classified for commercial and logistics use under the master plan of the integrated bus terminus (IBT). Read more... | The next manifestation of renewable energy is currently in the crucible of Israeli research and development. TurboGen – a company specializing in development of hybrid microturbines for self-generation of electricity and heat in microgrids, buildings and structures – is working to enable the systems it develops to use hydrogen to generate energy. In line with the global trend of transition to clean energies and Read more... | ||||
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| Mix of wind-solar energy source must for green hydrogen production: Balram Mehta, COO, ReNew Power | |||||
New Delhi: Green hydrogen production requires a high plant-load factor (PLF) and hence wind-solar hybrid energy source is a must, said Balram Mehta, chief operating officer, ReNew Power, and president of the Wind Independent Power Producers Association told ETEnergyWorld in an exclusive interaction. “Production of green hydrogen through electrolysers require a high PLF of 60-70 per cent and hence a mix of wind-solar hybrid has to be there,” he said Read more... | |||||
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