India EV sales to grow at 26% by FY23 according to Fitch
The recently announced electric vehicle (EV) incentives by India along with high fuel prices will be supporting factors for stronger adoption of EVs over 2020-2023, leading…
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LNG market set to recover with demand growing across Asia
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are poised for more gains as gas-hungry China guzzles cargoes to feed a rebound in economic growth while the easing of…
IKEA to help suppliers transit to 100% renewable power
Swedish home furnishing retailing major IKEA on Thursday said it will launch a programme in India, Poland and China this year, helping suppliers there transit to…
30% production increase likely through new coal projects
Coal producers are actively pursuing 2.2 billion tonnes per annum of new mine projects around the world, a growth of 30% from current production levels
China warns several regions for missing energy targets
China's state planner warned provincial and regional governments against missing their energy consumption and efficiency targets for 2021 after two-thirds of them fell short of at…
Sungrow moves forward to zero carbon future
Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, released competitive PV and energy storage innovations at SNEC 2021, fuelling an accelerated transition to carbon neutrality.
CNPC cuts methane emission intensity by 6% in 2020
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) cut its methane emission intensity by 6 per cent last year from the 2019 level, the top oil and gas producer…
Coal shipped to other countries produce more emissions
Coal shipped overseas was responsible for a tenth of global annual energy-related CO2 emissions in 2020. Coal exported in 2020 had the potential to produce 3.1…
Africa’s share in India’s oil imports at 7-month high
Africa's share in India's oil imports surged to a seven-month high in April as refiners boosted purchases from small regional players such as Ghana and Congo…
Waste to Energy market size to reach $49.44 B by 2027
Global demand for (WTE) Waste to Energy Market Size, in terms of revenue, was worth of USD 32.15 Billion in 2017 and is expected to reach…
Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning MV X-Press Pearl
Sri Lankan authorities fear a possible oil spill from a Singaporean container ship on fire off the country's western coast as the upper deck of the…
Sinopec to launch green hydrogen project in 2022
Chinese state-controlled oil giant Sinopec said it expects to launch its first green hydrogen project, a zero-carbon fuel generated from renewable energy sources
Trina Solar to deliver 210mm 550W high power module
Trina Solar announced the first batch of Trina Solar 210mm cells and Vertex modules coming off the production line from the company's overseas factory in Thai…
Pakistan’s largest nuclear power plant to start operation
Pakistan's largest nuclear power plant was opened on Friday, generating electricity for the national grid as the country tries to wean itself off its reliance on…
China’s electricity grid major hurdle in its climate ambitions
one of the most pressing challenges for China to meet its pledge to pivot towards renewables is overhauling its electricity grid that is the world's largest
Zoomlion’s smart tower crane plant put into operation
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co, also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower…
China to add 90 GW wind & solar capacity to grid in 2021
China has ordered power transmission firms to connect a minimum of 90 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar capacity to the grid this year, the National…
Sinopec builds China’s first carbon-neutral gas station
Jiaze Gas Station located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province is now China's first gas station to achieve carbon neutrality as its distributed photovoltaic power generation project officially…
Indian refiners set to make room for Iranian oil
Indian refiners, anticipating a lifting of US sanctions, plan to make space for the resumption of Iranian imports by reducing spot crude oil purchases in the…
Forced labour from Uyghurs behind supply of solar panels
The global production of solar panels depends upon forced labour from Uyghurs Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, an investigation shows.
State Grid Jiangsu explores path for low carbon development
State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co, helped the east China-located coastal province Jiangsu incubate a new and green type of power system to facilitate the province's…
8,300 people can die in India due to coal plant pollution
Air pollution from planned new coal plants built by companies in which HSBC holds ownership stakes will cause an estimated 18,700 global deaths, close to half…
Asian spot LNG prices rise as China replenishes its inventory
Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose this week as China, Japan and South Korea sought supply in an early move to stock up…
Singapore gets creative with solar in clean energy push
Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a model that could work in other…
Coal-fired power plant development to remain growth driver
Coal-fired power plants will be the primary driver of infrastructure investment in India's power sector over the next decade