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India's transition to less polluting fuels faster than in other countries

The government reportedly is moving to encourage electricity grid battery production in India, which can make renewable energy supply a more stable source of power

Centre to come up with list of critical minerals, draft policy this week

The critical minerals list is likely to have more than 40 minerals

Indian Railways, USAID collaborate on clean and efficient energy solutions

The partnership aims to reduce the carbon footprint of Indian Railways and work towards achieving the goal of net zero carbon emission by 2030

Clean energy provider CEF Group to process 70,000 tonnes of Dal lake waste

Clean energy provider CEF Group on Monday said it will start the conversion of 70,000 tonnes of Jammu & Kashmir's Dal Lake waste, like weeds and lilies, into organic manure and allied products. The conversion process will kick-start in August 2023 at the waste processing plant of CEF Group, where Dal Lake waste will be treated and processed in the CEF plant, being set up in Srinagar to produce more than 20 thousand tonnes of organic manure, a company statement said. Maninder Singh Nayyar, founder & CEO of CEF Group, said, "Every year, thousands of tonnes of waste is generated from the Dal Lake, which poses problems for local people in the area and adds pollutants to the environment. We are aiming to resolve this problem at the root level". We have the technology, expertise and experience of converting this extracted waste into 24,000 tonnes of organic manure annually, he said. It will help farmers to adopt organic farming and serve waste management purposes for people involved

Green energy to agri, winners of Startup India to get 'handholding support'

As a part of the handholding exercise, multiple virtual and physical sessions, delegations, showcases, and programs of specialised support will be organised

Brookfield acquires controlling stake in CleanMax Solar for $360 million

Canadian investor Brookfield said on Thursday it had acquired a controlling stake in Indian solar-panel maker CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions for $360 million

Storing hydrogen in coal may help power clean energy economy: Research

Coal may provide a potential new way to store hydrogen gas, much like batteries store energy for future use, addressing a major hurdle in developing a clean energy supply chain, according to a study. Hydrogen is a clean burning fuel and shows promise for use in the most energy intensive sectors of the economytransportation, electricity generation and manufacturing, the researchers said. However, much work remains to build a hydrogen infrastructure and make it an affordable and reliable energy source, they said. This includes developing a way to store hydrogen, which is currently expensive and inefficient. "We found that coal can be this geological hydrogen battery," said Shimin Liu, associate professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, US. "You could inject and store the hydrogen energy and have it there when you need to use it," Liu said. Geologic formations are an intriguing option, the scientists said, because they can store large amounts of hydrogen to meet the

Goa to host Clean Energy Ministerial, Mission Innovation meetings in July

The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14) and 8th Mission Innovation (MI8) meetings will be held in Goa in July this year, officials said. These meetings will be conducted between July 19 and 22, they said. The theme of these meetings is 'Advancing Clean Energy Together', the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a release. Scheduled on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, these meetings will bring together governments, international organisations, private sector, academia, innovators, civil society, early career researchers and policy-makers featuring high-level ministerial dialogues, global initiative launches, award announcements, minister-CEO roundtables and a wide array of side-events cutting across diverse themes of clean energy transition, it said. The ministerial plenaries are scheduled to be held on July 21, while back-to-back G20 Energy Transition Ministerial Meeting will be held on July 22. The high-level roundtables, side-events and technolog

14th Clean Energy Ministerial to be held in Goa in July: Power Minister

The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial will be organised in Goa in July to accelerate the development and usage of green energy, Power Minister R K Singh said on Thursday. Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) was established in 2009 as a high-level global forum to promote the advancement of clean energy. India is one of the founding members of CEM. The coordination support for the CEM is provided by a multi-lateral CEM Secretariat based in Paris, France. Singh, who is also the minister for new and renewable energy, made the remarks at logo launch event of the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial in the national capital. "The Clean Energy Ministerial forum provides an opportunity to the country to convene the global clean energy community and engage on a diverse set of events and bring across the wide spectrum of clean energy innovation to deployment," the minister said. India is the host of the '14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14)' and '8th Mission Innovation (MI8)' meetings for 2023 events to be

Investments in green energy now 70% higher than in fossil fuels: IEA

The Paris-based agency said that the war in Ukraine has accelerated momentum behind the deployment of clean energy technologies

Solar power investment set to surpass oil production spending this year

The growth in clean energy spending is driven by technologies including solar panels and electric vehicles that are key to cutting dependence on the use of oil, coal and natural gas

NTPC Green Energy ties up with HPCL Mittal Energy for green hydrogen

State-owned power giant NTPC's arm NTPC Green Energy Ltd and HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd have signed a pact to collaborate in renewable energy and generation of green hydrogen. The two companies envisage to collaborate in the field of Renewable Energy (RE) through sourcing of 250 MW RE-RTC (Round-The-Clock) power to meet the requirement of HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd, and also exploring opportunities in the green hydrogen business & its derivatives (Green Ammonia & Green Methanol). "In order to realise green energy and green hydrogen objectives and the Government of India's efforts towards energy transition, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) and HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) on 19th May 2023," NTPC said in a statement on Friday. The MoU was signed by V V Sivakumar, General Manager at NGEL, and Girish Ghildiyal, General Manager at HMEL. NTPC is India's largest power utility firm, having a core business of power generation with a total ...

India taking various measures to encourage energy transition: BEE DG

As part of its net zero commitments, India is taking various measures to encourage energy transition for industries in the domestic market as well as at the global level, a senior government official has said. Abhay Bakre, Director General (DG) of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), further said that various forward-looking measures are slated to be discussed at the upcoming meets of the Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG). BEE, under the ministry of power, promotes the use of energy-efficient processes, equipment, devices and systems. It takes various steps to encourage preferential treatment for the use of energy-efficient equipment or appliances. The meetings to be held under India's G20 presidency will focus on "accelerating energy transition in hard-to-abate sectors, need for expanding markets for low carbon industrial products through standards for green materials, and development of a common mission on energy efficiency that elevates, supports and invests with a particular

India to triple renewable projects auctions as 2030 green target looms

The nation is accelerating project installations to hit a goal to have 500 gigawatts of clean energy generation capacity in 2030

Why RIL investors are still unconvinced of Mukesh Ambani's hydrogen foray

Mukesh Ambani's new-energy ambition is even more complex than his telecom foray, which triggered a long period of debt-fueled expansion

Indian Rare-Earths eyes 400% expansion for clean energy transition

State-owned IREL (India) Ltd. aims to mine 50 million tonnes a year of rare-earths bearing ore by end-2032, up from 10 million tonnes now

Clean energy infrastructure may be included in harmonized master list

Small-sized projects below 500 megawatt are not offered anymore in the tenders by central government agencies

Netherland's firm keen to invest in Punjab's renewable energy sectors

Inviting the NexusNovus to invest in Punjab, the minister informed that Punjab is predominantly an agrarian state and over 20 million tonne paddy straw is being produced every year

India plans green hydrogen incentives of at least 10% of cost: Report

According to the report, the government will give incentives worth at least 30 Indian rupees per kg for production of green hydrogen fuel

Joe Biden's landmark climate Bill lures China's clean energy giants

The building boom underscores how the US has rebuilt its credentials as a cleantech manufacturing hub after last year's Inflation Reduction Act.