Energy News 12th April 2022
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| Electrifying homes to slow climate change: 4 essential reads | Power demand hits the roof, clocks April fortnight record of 5,460 MW t | Rajasthan produces record natural gas, rakes in Rs 384 crore in 2021-22 | |||
The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that to avoid massive losses and damage from global warming, nations must act quickly to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is that experts believe it’s possible to cut global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 through steps such as using energy more efficiently, slowing deforestation and speeding up the adoption of renewable energy. Read more... | New Delhi: With the rise in mercury, the city’s peak power demand clocked 5,460 MW on Monday afternoon, its highest ever in the first fortnight of April. Sources said the power demand in Delhi has been scaling new heights and is likely to cross 8,200 MW this year. The city had registered its highest ever peak power demand in 2019, when it touched 7,409 MW.This is the first time since 2019 that the city’s peak power demand in April has crossed 5,000 MW. In April 2019, Delhi’s electricity demand had touched Read more... | JAIPUR: Revenues from natural gas production by companies like Cairn India, Focus Energy, and Oil India Ltd has increased nearly four-fold in 2021-22 in the state compared to 2018-19. In 2018-19, the state produced 708 million cubic metres (MCM) of natural gas for a revenue of Rs 100 crore. In 2021-22, natural gas production hit a record 1,570 MCM, fetching the state government Rs 384 crore in revenues. Read more... | |||
| NITI Aayog launches State Energy and Climate Index, SECI- Round One | PSPCL made more power available in April to meet demand surge: Minister | TotalEnergies to hike LNG production in US | |||
Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab have been adjudged as top three performer states in the NITI Aayog's State Energy and Climate Index, SECI. NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant released the State Energy and Climate Index, SECI- Round One in New Delhi yesterday. The top three performers among smaller states are Goa, Tripura and Manipur.Speaking on the occasion, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar stressed on the need to convert efforts towards achieving the Panchamrit targets announced Read more... | Patiala: Punjab's Power Minister Harbhajan Singh on Sunday said PSPCL made more power available in the last nine days as compared to the year-ago period, to meet the surge in demand. The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) has made 16,085 lakh units power available from April 1-9, which is substantially more in comparison to 11,206 lakh units made available during the year-ago period.It supplied maximum banking power of 1044 megawatt in April so far over 253 M Read more... | PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said on Monday it would step up its liquefied natural gas activities in the United States by expanding production at the Cameron site in Louisiana. The move comes as European countries seek to reduce their dependency on gas flows from Russia by importing more LNG via tankers."This expansion project includes the development of a fourth train with a production capacity of 6.75 millionRead more... | |||
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| Demand soaring: ‘Tolling’ on the table as imported coal prices heat up | Odisha signs MoU with BPCL for setting up hydrogen plants | Organic semiconductor-based nanoparticles with long-lasting reactive charges | |||
The Centre may soon ask states to use tolling to allow other thermal power plants to utilise their coal linkages and transmit power to reduce the need to transport coal, as per a senior government official. In a repeat of the post-monsoon shortage seen last October, high global prices have led to greater demand of domestic coal for power supply from thermal stations. Rising demand for power due to the onset of the summer season as well Read more... | BHUBANESWAR: The State government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for exploring the feasibilities of setting up green energy and hydrogen plants in the State. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra said Odisha has high potential for production of green energy from ethanol, solar and hydrogen. He assured that the State Read more... | Due to their advantageous properties, organic semiconductors could be very promising photocatalysts for producing solar fuels. In fact, these materials can be synthetically tuned to absorb visible light, while simultaneously retaining energy levels that are desirable for driving various processes. While photocatalysts based on organic semiconductors have attained promising results, the understanding of the physics underpinning their functioning is still relatively limited.Researchers at King Abdullah Read more... | |||
| Wind energy PLI can boost renewables target: GE South Asia chief | Organic semiconductor-based nanoparticles with long-lasting reactive charges | ||||
Multinational conglomerate General Electric Co. has urged the Centre to launch a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for wind energy, as it looks to bet big on India’s wind energy space. Offshore wind energy firms have aspirations to grow operations in India and the government could offer a PLI scheme along the lines of what it offers for high-efficiency solar modules, Mahesh Palashikar, president, GE South Asia, said in an interview. Read more... | Due to their advantageous properties, organic semiconductors could be very promising photocatalysts for producing solar fuels. In fact, these materials can be synthetically tuned to absorb visible light, while simultaneously retaining energy levels that are desirable for driving various processes. While photocatalysts based on organic semiconductors have attained promising results, the understanding of the physics underpinning their functioning is still relatively limited.Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have Read more... | ||||
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