Energy News 2nd June 2022
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| Building Resilient Cities That Are Ready for Climate Change | Bihar gets additional 559 MW power from NTPC with commissioning of Nabinagar unit . | Netherlands, Germany to jointly develop new gas field in North Sea | |||
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warned that humankind was running out of time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst impacts of a warming planet — that is, massive, costly and fatal flooding, heat waves and other punishments.At about the same time that report was issued, an Associated Press analysis of U.S. Department of Energy data found that over the past 20 years, power outages have doubled — a result of more destructive storms and aging infrastructure, and a Read more... | Patna: The state-owned NTPC Ltd on Wednesday started commercial operation from the third and final 660 megawatt (MW) unit of its subsidiary Nabinagar Power Generating Company in Bihar's Aurangabad district. Bihar is now getting an additional 559 MW of power generated from the Nabinagar plant, and the rest has been allocated to Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Sikkim, it said. The trial operation of the unit was successfully done in March this year. Read more... | AAMSTERDAM: The Netherlands and Germany will jointly develop and exploit a new gas field inthe North Sea to help secure gas supply as Europe tries to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels, the Dutch government said on Wednesday. Production at the field some 19 km (12 miles) off the north coast of both countries is expected to start by the end of 2024, the government said. Germany's Lower Saxony region last year had decided Read more... | |||
| Environment Minister seeks a relook at IP regime | Power Ministry Plans to Replace 58,000 MU of Thermal Power With 30 GW of Renewables by FY26 | Russia cuts off natural gas supply to Denmark, company says | |||
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav urged developed countries to commit expertise and money and demonstrate how pollution from industrial sectors, beyond cement and steel, could be brought under control. Developed countries should share technology and collaborate with developing countries and a fresh look must be taken at the global intellectual property rights regime, said Mr. Yadav who was chairing a . Read more... | The Ministry of Power has set the trajectory for replacing thermal power with renewables by the financial year (FY) 2025-26 to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based capacity by 2030. According to the notification, around 58,000 million units (MUs) of thermal power generated by the public, state, and private sector generating stations can be substituted by 30,000 MW of renewable energy by the FY 2025-26.The renewable power Read more... | COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s largest energy company said Russia cut off its gas supply Wednesday because it refused to pay in rubles, the latest escalation over European energy amid the war in Ukraine. Russia previously halted natural gas supplies to Finland, Poland and Bulgaria for refusing a demand to pay in rubles. And on Tuesday, the tap was turned off to the Netherlands.Danish energy company Ørsted said Read more... | |||
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| NTPC targeting 26 MT captive coal production in FY23 with focus on Jharkhand | ‘India must significantly step up clean energy subsidies to meet 2030 targets’ | IIT Guwahati researchers develop tech to generate green energy from waste water | |||
State-owned power giant NTPC on Monday said it is targeting 26 million tonnes of captive coal production in the current fiscal, with focus on such mines situated mostly in Jharkhand.NTPC had produced 14 MT of coal from its captive mines last year. ''This year, NTPC is augmenting its production and is expected to produce 26 MT of captive coal, up 86 per cent as compared to last year,'' a company official told PTI. Read more... | After peaking in FY-2017, the renewable energy subsidies have fallen in India by 59 per cent as deployment slowed for various reasons and more support — including subsidies — will be needed to scale up renewable to achieve the 2030 targets of clean energy, a new study released on Tuesday said.“Renewable energy subsidies in India have fallen by 59 per cent to Rs 6,767 crore after peaking at Rs 16,312 crore in FY-2017 as deployment slowed during Covid-19 pandemic-induced Read more... | New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed a bio-electrochemical device called Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) which can generate green energy by treating waste water. According to officials, the use of organic material such as waste water in MFC makes it an eco-friendly device that offers a dual benefit of bioelectricity generation and waste management. Read more... | |||
| India added 456 MW rooftop solar capacity in Q1 2022: Report | Three Empowering Trends Brands Can Use To Fight Climate Change | ||||
New Delhi: In the first quarter (Q1) of calendar year (CY) 2022, India added 456 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar capacity, a 13 per cent increase compared to the 402 MW installed in Q4 2021, according to a report released on Wednesday. It added that in a year-on-year (y-o-y) comparison, installations were up by 34 per cent. “In Q1 2022, rooftop solar accounted for 15 per cent of total solar installations. India's cumulative rooftop solar capacity Read more... | Uber and Airbnb unbundled the one-size-fits-all business model of yesteryear by reimagining the consumer-provider relationship. Both the buyer and seller win. The company becomes a facilitator of commerce, expanding market offerings, allowing suppliers to serve smaller local markets and creating competition at a local and global level. As a result, significant players in both industries fell into a decade-long tailspin trying to contain their losses and Read more... | ||||
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