Turkmenistan and India discussed the construction of a transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), Trend reports citing the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Turkmenistan. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of India, and Rashid Meredov, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, met in New Delhi on December 19 to discuss joint actions to implement the TAPI …
Read More »India Overstretches in Trying to Counter China’s Solar Industry
India’s leading renewable energy developer, ReNew Energy Global PLC, has reportedly planned to switch its strategy, from growth based on China’s raw material supply to seek independent development, which has been viewed as India’s move to “counter China” in the sector. Until recently, ReNew Energy and other Indian renewable energy …
Read More »Coal Use is Reaching Record Levels in India and China
The International Energy Agency has called on China and India to reduce coal power generation and put their climate pledges into action, describing both countries as “holding the key to future coal demand”. The world’s two largest coal producers – with economies that account for nearly three billion people combined …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Continues to Explore Investment Opportunities in India
Saudi Aramco said it will continue to look for investment opportunities in India as it provides tremendous growth opportunities over the long term, Bloomberg reported. “We will continue to evaluate new and existing business opportunities with our potential partners,” the giant oil company said, adding that it has a long-term …
Read More »World’s First Transnational Solar Panel Network Launched at COP26
Spearheaded by the governments of India and the UK, the first transnational network of solar power grids known as the Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) has been launched. At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, the International Solar Alliance (ISA), India Presidency of the …
Read More »China Calls for Stronger Climate Actions despite not Attending the COP26
Two countries, two neighbors, two of the most populated countries in the world — China and India talked of their individual approaches to climate change at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was delayed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes six years after the …
Read More »India Open to Crude Term Deal with OPEC +
India is open to the idea of a term deal with OPEC + to ensure price stability in crude supplies, Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor said Oct 20 at the India Energy Forum by CERAWeek, erasing volatile price swings detrimental to the economic growth of Asia third-largest economy. He said such …
Read More »UAE Seeks $100 Billion India Trade as It Deepens Ties
The United Arab Emirates is seeking to more than double non-oil trade with India to as much as $100 billion over five years as part of efforts to deepen ties with fast-growing economies beyond the Middle East. The two governments have started talks on an economic pact aimed at boosting …
Read More »India Seeks to Move Coal to Areas of Shortage as Power Demand Rises
India’s power minister on Saturday asked officials to consider diverting coal to power plants with extremely depleted stocks as shortages at some plants push several utilities to the verge of running out of fuel. Power minister R.K. Singh asked officials to “streamline the stock and supply of coal”, including a …
Read More »India Set to Deploy more than 4.5GW of Solar in Second Half of 2021
India is on track to install an additional 4,580MW of solar capacity in the second half of 2021 after seeing deployment marginally increase in Q2, according to Bridge to India. Despite fears of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the research and consultancy firm estimates that India will add …
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