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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

Russia may be India's biggest crude supplier in June, a historic first

Russian oil is on pace to account for 21 per cent of all imports into India, shrinking the shares of Iraqi and US crude

Polluting, expensive: No end in sight to price India pays for imported coal

With domestic production targets slipping, India needs to buy record quantities of the world's most polluting fuel at a time when prices are rising

Tata Power Renewables set to get support from big investors: Ashish Khanna

In a Q&A Ashish Khanna, president, Tata Power Renewables talks about the road ahead for the company in the renewables space in India

RIL, Nayara account for a combined 69% of Russian oil shipments to India

The push by Reliance and Nayara to scoop up Russian Urals from the market propelled Russia to become India's second biggest oil supplier last month

What does Ashish Khanna of Tata Power say about India's renewable target?

In a chat with Business Standard's S Dinakar, president of Tata Power Renewables Ashish Khanna tells about how the company is gearing up to meet the challenge facing India's ambitious energy targets

Taxing times for solar power as govt frowns at imports, pushes local

A new tax on solar equipment imports plus mandatory purchase of local modules will raise costs significantly and dim the outlook for meeting green energy targets

Remarks on Prophet threaten to fray India's energy ties with Islamic world

West Asia is also India's biggest supplier of LPG, the fuel that is used in kitchens. India imported 48 million tonnes, or 58 per cent of the fuel used in the last three fiscals

India's power crisis deepens as policy issues eclipse rooftop solar

A streamlined policy could have helped save coal reserves, cut emissions & averted embarrassment of dealing with frequent power crises

India's Russian revolution in oil: Why refiners are buying more Urals crude

Refiners have jumped on to the bandwagon of opportunistic buying of heavily discounted Urals crude, which could, ironically, make the country Europe's refining hub

Govt needs to clarify whether it wants oil price control or exports

The consequences of such confused messaging were felt in the lack of bidders for BPCL, forcing Delhi to abandon efforts to privatise the refiner

Retrofitted EVs: Indian jugaad that's cheap, clean, battery-powered

Rather than throwing heavy subsidies at new vehicles, the government should pluck the low-hanging fruit presented by a vibrant retrofitting industry

Power crisis not one of capacity but delayed coal deliveries to generators

India's climate plans since November reveal slow progress towards meeting renewables target and an exponential expansion of thermal generation in the face of a power crisis

Controversy over India's decision to buy Russian crude is overblown

Because the economics and logistics don't work out for Indian refiners to accept larger volumes

The burning question: Why are electric two-wheelers in India catching fire?

Neither the industry nor the government has focused on standards and safety norms

Niti Aayog's draft EV battery policy leaves too many unanswered questions

The mode of financing vehicles without a battery has not been spelt out

Covid-19 pandemic & Russia-Ukraine war: Black swans in India's gas economy

The war in Ukraine is upending the Modi government's efforts to make the creation of natural gas infrastructure and access a critical component of its economic programme