Energy News 26th April 2023
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| Carbon dioxide removal: the tech that is polarising climate science | Israel preparing for electric charging public transportation stations | ONGC plans to invest Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030 to boost capacity | |||
For some scientists, they are the inevitable next stage of staving off the existential threat of climate chaos. For others, they should not even be talked about. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, which provide a means of sucking carbon out of the atmosphere, are oneof the hottest areas of climate research, but also the most controversial. The debate over whether and how to develop CDR has been ignited by the release last Read more... | Tel Aviv:Israel's National Authority for Public Transportation announced that a billion shekels (USD 275 million) were allotted to electrify public transportation terminals throughout the country for the charging of buses as Israel moves to all-electric vehicles. This comes as the Committee for National Infrastructure Monday approved the plan of the Ministry of Transportation to electrify the entire public transportation Read more... | Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is planning to invest Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030 to expand its petrochemicals manufacturing capacity, which will include new facilities to produce chemicals directly from crude, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ONGC's plan is part of the larger government thrust to help India emerge as a major petrochemical hub in the world. ONGC's plans are likely to be implemented Read more... | |||
| India’s first environmental monitoring studio to come up in TN: Minister | Energy firms in Germany join up for sea-to-inland hydrogen route | Oil prices rise on U.S. crude, fuel stock draws | |||
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s economic growth rate is higher than the national average and is on track to achieve a $1 trillion economy goal with a steady flow of investments. With this comes the challenges of environmental stress and pollution issues. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Siva V Meyyanathan explains how the state is problems while ensuring ease of doing business . Tamil Nadu is one of the fastest-growing and industrialised states in the country. What measures the government is taking to minimise the stress on the environment? Read more... | Seven companies in Germany's energy sector said on Tuesday that they had formed an alliance to bring clean hydrogen from the seashore to centres of industrial consumption. Germany wants to build 10 gigawatts of green hydrogen capacity, made from solar and wind power, by 2030 and import massive volumes from overseas to help industries such as steelmaking or cement replace millions of tonnes of heavily carbon polluting "grey" Read more... | news1Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Wednesday after a U.S. trade group reported a significant draw in crude oil stocks ahead of the government’s data release. Brent crude rose by 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $80.93 a barrel by 0006 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $77.32 a barrel. U.S. crude oil stocks fell by about 6.1 million barrels in the week ended April 21, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Tuesday. Analysts had Read more... | |||
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| Coal India Subsidiary CCL Hosts Conference to Showcase CSR Works of Subsidiaries | Ireda posts all-time high net profit of Rs 865 cr in 2022-23 fiscal | Tesla looks to hire software engineers to develop car video games | |||
NEW DELHI- Coal India Limited's subsidiary, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), has organized a two-day CSR Co CSR" at its headquarters in Ranchi. The conference, which began on Monday, has been attended by around 300 The inaugural day of the conference saw virtual addresses from Shri Amrit Lal Meena, Secretary, Ministry of Coal Agrawal, Chairman - CIL. Smt. Nirupama Kotru, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Read more... | State-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on Tuesday posted an all-time high net profit or profit after tax at Rs 865 crore in 2022-23 fiscal year on lower bad loans at 1.66 per cent. IREDA, a renewable energy funding company, has reported an all-time high annual Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 865 crore and Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs 1,139 crore Read more... | Tesla is looking to hire people to develop video games for the company. The electric vehicle manufacturer has added job listings on its website for engineers specializing in video game software that would likely end up in its range of EVs. Tesla cars already have a large touch screen display that owners and passengers can use to play video games when the vehicle is parked. To date, the gaming offerings were from third party companies such as Atari. Read more... | |||
| UK agrees subsea renewable energy link with Netherlands | Novel additive helps improve stability of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells | ||||
LONDON: The UK unveiled Monday a deal for a subsea energy link with the Netherlands, tapping further into offshore wind amid ongoing market disruption from key gas producer Russia’s war on Ukraine. The new project, named LionLink, will link offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the UK and the Netherlands.It will be developed by UK energy distributor National Grid and Dutch electricity supplier TenneT. LionLink will power up to 1.8 million British homes and be operational by the early 2030s, the UK government said in a statement. Read more... | Prof. Ye Jichun's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a long-alkyl- chain anionic surfactant (LAS) additive that can significantly improve the long-term operational stability of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. The study was published in Nature Communications. Thanks to the rapid development of the power conversion efficiency (PCE), which has jumped from 13.7% to 33.2% Read more... | ||||
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