Energy Sector

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India’s energy sector has held firm in the face of the Covid pandemic, despite disruptions in multiple ways. The country’s robust and time tested supply chains have ensured that there were no supply side shocks in the domestic energy markets even as the entire nation’s population moved indoors. But with demand dipping, the recovery of the sector will depend a lot on increasing operational efficiencies. India’s foremost energy experts discuss the issue in Mint’s Pivot or Perish panel discussion on the Energy sector.

For the first time, world’s leading energy institution predicted that demand for oil will stall at the turn of the next decadeGrowth in world oil demand will dwindle from about 1 million barrels a day, or 1%, currently to roughly 100,000 a day in the 2030s

Keeping in view the strategic importance, the sources said, the government decided against closure of BSNLMany departments and agencies, including the RBI, have been involved in the exercise

Andhra says Centre needs to create confidence in the minds of the states which handle central projectsthe AP govt’s move to renegotiate PPAs has sent the wrong signal to global investors

In poor financial health, discoms have delayed payments to gencos even as the Centre steps up efforts to supply round-the-clock power to allThe mounting outstanding dues to the generators had the potential to dent India’s image as a clean energy champion

In this week's edition of Policy 101, we decode the Union Cabinet's recent decisions regarding fuel retail and their impact on the energy market in India. Swati D'Souza, researcher on climate & energy issues, explains the effects the reforms are expected to have, especially in the context of the current situation in the domestic as well as global energy sector.

Companies in the rooftop solar power segment are protesting draft regulations recommending this switchSo far, actual rooftop solar installations across the country stand at just above 4GW

Thermal power generation dropped 2% in April-October this yearThe slowdown in industrial demand can have larger implications for the state electricity boards

A solar park will also be inaugurated by energy minister Raj Kumar Singh and France’ Brune Poirson on ThursdayIndia plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 33-35% from its 2005 levels by 2030