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Europe's energy crisis: The looming winter of discontent that awaits India

Europe's bid to reduce its dependence on Russian gas ahead of the cold season will put pressure on prices and impact India's growing gas economy

Trade-off in safety norms: EV makers say Oct 1 deadline impossible to meet

Industry players are worried that any fresh accidents may lead to more investigations that would penalise the entire industry instead of errant manufacturers

Module producers, project developers at loggerheads over solar policy

Both are cogs in the wheel to help India install 500 gigawatts (Gw) of non-fossil fuelled power by 2030

IGX answer to inflation: Trade gas on exchange to counter rising prices

Gas exchange's proposal also dovetails with plans by New Delhi to appoint a panel under Kirit Parikh to review India's gas pricing formulae

Deflating gas economy: Kirit Parikh has a tough task on hand as prices soar

As global prices soar, another committee to review gas pricing policies may find the going more challenging

PFC's power drive flickering under record debt burden, govt scheme

The state-run financer for generators and distributors is struggling under a record debt burden even as it is being asked to underwrite the government's latest scheme to rescue inefficient discoms

Iraq leads with discounts as W Asia retains top slot in Indian oil market

Iraq, India's biggest crude oil supplier, maintained its lead over Russia in August, supplying 12-20 per cent more to India in the first 30 days of the month

India's shaky energy security and growing dependency on foreign fuels

New Delhi is yet to announce a comprehensive and detailed policy across the energy spectrum to tackle this very real threat to economic growth

Auto LPG policy running on fumes as policymakers ignore fuel's potential

The government is largely ignoring this least polluting fuel in favour of diesel, petrol and electric vehicles

Ukraine conflict: India's LNG firms see rising costs, shrinking supplies

Rising costs and shrinking supplies will impact major expansion plans

Essential to export 8 mt sugar next year: Triveni Engineering MD and V-C

Tarun Sawhney, MD & vice-chairman of Triveni Engineering, a leading sugar producer with growing emphasis on biofuels, tells S Dinakar sugar prices will be stable and on a slightly upward trajectory

EVs need the spark of regulation in India to accelerate transition: Experts

Mandated battery standards are becoming imperative if India is to accelerate the transition from traditional vehicles

Iraq discounts heavily to muscle out cheaper Russian oil in India

Iraq boosted its share in June to 26% of total Indian crude imports from 24% in May

Why discounted Russian crude oil hasn't cooled retail fuel prices

Russian crude oil, which was less than 1 per cent of imports prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, rose to 8 per cent of India's crude oil import volume in April

Open access II: India's attempt to expand scope of green energy initiatives

The new guidelines expanding consumer choices to green energy will remain subject to the uncertainties and quirks of state policy

India seen overtaking China as biggest importer of seaborne Russian crude

China's import of seaborne Russian crude oil is likely to end July below India's, although definitive Chinese numbers are not available

The missing link: India's EV revolution is waiting for charging stations

The scarcity and poor viability of charging stations remains a major obstacle to the government's green mobility ambitions

India's bet on gas-based economy runs into Ukraine war challenges

As the Ukraine-Russia conflict pushes up prices and Europe outbids South Asia for scarce supplies, billions of dollars in domestic gas infrastructure investment are at risk

India may face tech, logistical snags as it tries to explore CNG imports

The government's draft policy encouraging imports in compressed form over LNG ignores major technological and logistics hurdles

Govt's move to tax fuel export will impact policy change in energy sector

The export tax on fuels and cess on domestic crude oil production are likely to add to the climate of policy uncertainty in the energy sector