Rescuers work to free 21 trapped in flooded coal mine
Rescuers were working Sunday to reach 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region after flooding cut power underground and disrupted communications
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Borosil Renewables to double solar glass capacity
Borosil Renewables, the sole domestic manufacturer of solar panel glass, is doubling its capacity to 900 tonnes per day with an investment of Rs 500 crore
China’s Sinopec raises 2021 capital expenditure by 23.8%
Sinopec, plans a 23.8% increase in capital spending to 167.2 billion yuan in 2021 following recovery of oil prices and energy demand as the COVID-19 epidemic…
Reliance-Aramco deal if crude oil averages USD 65/barrel
A fall in crude oil price and Aramco's USD 75 billion annual dividend commitment may have delayed Saudi company picking a stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's…
OIL’s Mozambique project fulfils USD14.9 bn debt drawdown
ONGC Videsh Ltd and Oil India Ltd, together with their foreign partners, have met conditions precedent for the first debt drawdown from the USD 14.9 billion
BCD on solar cells to cost Rs 900 cr to DISCOMs annually
The government's decision to levy basic customs duty (BCD) on solar cells and modules from April 1 will lead to increase in solar power tariff rates…
AMD carrying out uranium exploration in Arunachal Pradesh
Uranium exploration has been taken up in Arunachal Pradesh by the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research
Alliance ready to help India achieve renewable energy goals
US has put together a coalition of several countries to help India achieve its ambitious target of producing about 450 gigawatts of renewable power by 2030,…
China to speed up new energy sources, but coal stays in mix
China set a modest five-year growth target for its nuclear power generation capacity and promised quicker development of alternative energy sources as it seeks to cut…
IEA chief Fatih Birol backs India on coal use
Lending his weight to India's stand on coal as an energy source, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol said it won't be fair to ask…
Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage
A power failure that crippled India's financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case of cyber sabotage.
China’s coal consumption share falls to 56.8%
China cut its coal use to 56.8% of energy consumption at the end of 2020, maintaining its target of below 58%, but overall coal consumption continued…
Sri Lankan cabinet seeks details about RE project to Chinese
Sri Lankan Cabinet has sought more details about the renewable energy project, whose contract was recently handed over to a Chinese company, in three islands off…
John Kerry praises Modi for his climate initiatives
India is actually a red-hot investment opportunity for its clean energy transition, top US official John Kerry said, as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chromeni Steels welcomes proposal to rollback steel duties
Chromeni Steels Private Limited has welcomed recently announced budget 2020-21 proposal to revoke provisional countervailing duty imposed on Flat rolled products of stainless steel.
World’s first Hualong One reactor put into operation
The Unit 5 of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the world's first Demonstration project to adopt China's indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology Hualong One.
Arctech AI Solar tracking gives energy output 7% boost
Arctech Solar has recently released a white paper entitled "The Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence Solar Tracking Solutions" at an online global launch event.
India could become aluminium scrap dumping ground
India has been caught in a pincer by a torrent of cheap inflow of aluminium and scrap imports majorly from China as well as the United…
SAIL to set up gas to ethanol plant in Chandrapur
SAIL with the help of the Centre is planning to set up India's first gas to ethanol plant at its ferro alloy plant in Chandrapur in…
Blackouts in Pakistan due to China’s illegal profiteering
China has invested billions in Pakistan's power sector but all the deals made with Pakistan are tainted that contributed to the recent nationwide blackout, which is…
SP Group acquires 40% stake in sino-french energy services
SP Group (SP) announced an agreement with ENGIE SA, to acquire ENGIE's 40% stake in Sino-French Energy Services Co. Ltd (SFES) in Chongqing, China.
100 MT iron ore production target by 2030 for NMDC
NMDC aims to utilize 97% of its production capacity to produce 35 million tonne (MT) of Iron ore this fiscal and has set an ambitious target…
Trina Solar first to obtain dual EPD Certification
Trina Solar has obtained dual "Environmental Product Declaration" (EPD) certifications from UL, the global independent safety science certification institute and EPDItaly.
Sembcorp Energy wins 400MW capacity solar power project
Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL) has recently won a new 400MW solar power project. SEIL has received the letter of award from SECI to develop the…
Zoomlion’s intelligent excavator manufacturing park
Zoomlion has achieved a major breakthrough in the intelligent manufacturing of large-tonnage excavators as the first excavator rolled off the assembly line in the first constructed…