India’s coal imports, which had reached its peak of 212 million tonnes in 2014-15, declined to 191 million tonnes in 2016-17. However since 2017-18 onwards, they again showed a rising trend. In that year, coal imports rose to 208 million tonnes, going further up to 235.35 million tonnes in 2018-19 and to 248 million tonnes […]
Kolkata : NTT India has earmarked around USD 2 billion to boost information and communications technology infrastructure in the country over the next three-four years, aiming to tap the rise in data consumption, a top company official said. New data centres, cloud computing, submarine cable landing stations and solar parks are key areas where NTT […]
LITTLETON : This week’s upbeat renewable energy supply outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA) contained an important but overlooked lament about the slow roll-out of so-called dispatchable renewable energy sources. The main takeaways from the IEA outlook were that renewable energy development has been supercharged by the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war, and that […]
The Railways is a long way from generating the amount of clean energy it needs to become net carbon neutral by 2030 Indian Railways, a sprawling network that ranks among the world’s largest, is a long way from generating the amount of clean energy it needs to become net carbon neutral by 2030, its own […]
As Germany struggles with the energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many communities there are looking with added urgency at ways to try to wean themselves off gas and oil. Abensberg in Bavaria is among a number of towns which have pioneered alternative energy solutions in recent years. The town of 15,000 […]
92% of emerging markets have set long-term renewable energy targets, but follow-through remains critical and incomplete, BloombergNEF finds in its latest Climatescope survey Sharm el-Sheikh : Policymakers in emerging markets and developing economies are raising their sights when it comes to renewable energy, research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) finds in the latest edition of its annual […]
Bidirectional charging could allow EVs to put power on the grid. But it’s going to take a lot of work to deploy the right technology. Electric vehicles are essentially batteries on wheels. Figuring out not only how to charge them for mobility but also use them to put power back on the grid will be […]
Hydrogen could be a vital bridge in the transition to renewables but investment, vision and commitment are lacking at a government level. At first glance, there is nothing altogether unusual about the train. Sitting on the platform at Spandau station in the suburbs of Berlin, it looks much the same as every other one. But […]
Global electricity demand growth was met entirely by renewable power in the first half of 2022, halting the rise in fossil fuels. Renewables met all global electricity demand growth The world is in the middle of an energy crisis. With all the headlines, it might have been expected that coal and gas use would have […]