Iraq, the top oil supplier to India, is not cutting volumes to the South Asian country in February amid a focus to maintain its market share in Asia, which consumes at least 70% of its crude exports, the deputy director general of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) told S&P …
Read More »India’s Solar Energy Output may Match Coal-Fired Power by 2040
The share of solar energy in India’s power generation could equal coal fired output by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday, driven by falling renewable tariffs and a government push to increase green energy use. “Solar power is set for explosive growth in India, matching coal’s share in …
Read More »India to be Largest Source of Energy Demand Growth to 2040
India will make up the biggest share of energy demand growth at 25% over the next two decades, as it overtakes the European Union as the world’s third-biggest energy consumer by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. India’s energy consumption is expected to nearly double as the nation’s gross …
Read More »India Takes Steps to Become Full Member of IEA
Preparatory to becoming a full member of the International Energy Agency (IEA), India has signed a “Framework for Strategic Partnership” with the IEA. India is currently an “Association Country” of the IEA, but it is seeking full membership of the Agency. The framework will “strengthen mutual trust and cooperation and …
Read More »India Unhappy with OPEC+ Oil Production Cuts
India, one of the world’s top oil consumers, has slammed OPEC for creating confusion with its latest decisions regarding oil supply, with many importers seeing their expectations of higher volumes disappointed. In December, OPEC+ had agreed to start raising oil production by half a million barrels daily from this month. …
Read More »Low Production Due to Covid-19 Raising Fuel Prices
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said fuel prices had gone up because of lower production in oil-producing nations due to the coronavirus pandemic. This lower production had caused an imbalance in demand and supply, the minister said. “Oil producing countries stopped production or reduced …
Read More »LNG’s Unprecedented Surge to Apply Brakes on India’s Imports, Consumption
The unprecedented surge in spot LNG prices has taken Indian buyers by surprise and forced importers to stay away from spot purchases, which would potentially lead to lower throughput at some terminals, reduce gas-based power generation as well as slow consumption in other industrial sectors. With spot LNG prices hitting …
Read More »Covid-19 Sinks Indian Demand for Fuel for First Time in over Two Decades
Demand for petroleum products in India has tumbled to multi-year lows following its first contraction in consumption since 1999, as the coronavirus pandemic rattles the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer. Total petroleum consumption was down for the whole year of the pandemic, falling by over 10 percent to 193.4 …
Read More »World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm to Start Operations by 2023
An Indian state government has announced the world’s largest floating solar project will begin operations in 2022-23. The government of Madhya Pradesh made the announcement concerning the 600MW capacity facility on the Narmada river. The floating panels will be installed in the backwaters of the Omkareshwar dam and cover approximately …
Read More »India Lays Foundation of the Country’s Largest Renewable Energy Park
The 30GW park spreads across 70,000 hectares of land, equivalent to the size of Singapore.
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