Energy Sector News
Best Performing States in Energy Efficiency | Mint Primer
The Ministry Of Power Just Came Out With The Report, Which Ranks The States Based On How Well Their Energy Efficiency Programs Are Doing. The Report Tells Us A Lot About How Different States Are Doing In Their Efforts To Meet Energy Efficiency And Sustainability Goals. #energyefficiency #seeindia #stateenergyeficiencyindex #ministryofpower #bee #mint Click here to download the Mint App https://livemint.onelink.me/MrDS/p0kx3pdg
18 Apr 2023Energy sector optimistic post lockdown, bets on technology for transformation
India is currently going through a graded exit from a stringent lockdown, reopening the economy as it tries to save both lives and livelihoodsIn the peak of the crisis, Brent crude fell to a 20-year low, while the West Texas Intermediate fell below zero on dwindling storage
1 min read3 Jul 2020Pivot or Perish: A playbook for growth in the new normal for the energy sector
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.
2 Jul 2020Centre weighs new green energy board to calm investors’ nerves
Formed along the lines of FIPB, the proposed REIPFB will address issues faced by the renewables sectorGovt is concerned its clean energy trajectory may be hit with banks wary of lending
2 min read19 Feb 2020Oil’s 2019 milestones tell decade’s story of energy abundance
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
4 min read22 Dec 2019Government examining foreign fund flows in infra at strategic locations
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
1 min read15 Dec 2019Andhra govt yet to reach a deal on green energy contracts
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
3 min read9 Dec 2019Central government weighs bailing out clean energy firms
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
2 min read5 Dec 2019Impact of policy reforms by government in fuel retail market | Policy 101
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.
15 Nov 2019Why net billing systems will kill Maharashtra’s rooftop solar market
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
3 min read12 Nov 2019Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared