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NTPC plans to rope in strategic investor for its clean energy arm NREL

State-run power giant NTPC plans to rope in a strategic investor for its clean energy arm NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd ahead of its listing on bourses in October 2022, according to a senior official

NYC to ban natural gas in new buildings in a bid to shift to clean energy

The New York City Council is expected to vote to ban natural gas in new buildings, following in the footsteps of dozens of other smaller US cities seeking to shift to cleaner forms of energy.

'India's historic lows in clean energy prices to transform power sector'

Dramatic cost reductions over the last decade in battery storage, wind and solar energy position India to leapfrog to a more sustainable system for delivering affordable and reliable power

Goa CM launches Electricity Mobility Promotion Policy to promote e-vehicles

The policy's main objective to launch the policy is to promote use of battery-driven vehicles and create jobs for the people of the state, Sawant said

India seeks strong ties with EU, cooperation in transition to clean energy

India said that it seeks to establish a strong partnership with the EU, which can contribute to the nation's goal of transition to clean energy.

US fund TFCC to buy 46% stake in Chennai's Ramcharan for $4 billion

According to the company's official website, Ramcharan's registered office is at Dover City in Kent County

What is green hydrogen? Can India make it affordable?

Green hydrogen's enhanced use can help India meet its clean energy goals. But they also come with high costs. What does India need to do here? This report tries to find some answers

BP's venture capital arm looks to India in clean mobility drive

So far, bp ventures only has one Indian investment - it put $13 million into EV ride-hailing firm BluSmart in September - and the country makes up about 2% of its $800 million portfolio

What are flex-fuel vehicles? Can they cut our dependence on petrol?

Union minister Nitin Gadkari recently said that flexible-fuel engines -- or flex engines -- will be made mandatory in India. Find out what flex-fuel vehicles are and how feasible they are

India plans to achieve half of its renewable potential by 2030

The government needs to decide projects based on equity. For now, most of the renewable projects are concentrated in only a few states

India to achieve 50% clean energy share before 2030 deadline: Singh

India will easily achieve the target of 50 per cent share of energy from non-fossil fuels and also the 500-gigawatt (GW) renewable energy capacity before the deadline of 2030 set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh. It assumes significance in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow that India will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070. Modi also raised the nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030, from 450 gigawatts earlier. Talking to PTI, Singh said, "We are working hard towards the prime minister's target of 500 GW from renewable energy by 2030. We had said we will do 40 per cent (energy from non-fossil fuel) by 2030. We have reached 39 per cent. We will easily achieve the 50 per cent target by 2030. The prime minister has given the target till 2030, we will achieve...before that." He added that the prime minister has increased

Biden announces Build Back Better Framework, $1.75tn social spending plan

The framework seeks to impose new taxes on the largest corporations and the wealthiest Americans to raise revenue of around $2 trillion over a decade to fully pay for the social spending plan.

Run-up to COP26: Emissions to rise as focus shifts to recovery, says IEA

Says India's Gati Shakti plan could spur clean energy investment; no other country has any new spending plans

Apple says 175 suppliers committed to using clean energy in last one year

Apple on Wednesday said it has more than doubled the number of suppliers committed to using clean energy to 175 globally in the last one year, including those from India

UK minister Truss to announce new strategic forum, tech tie-ups in India

India is the world's largest democracy, a tech and economic powerhouse and a vital strategic partner for the UK.

India talks tough at CERAWeek, pushes for lowering of crude oil price

High crude prices have made India rethink its energy transition strategy

$4 trn required in clean energy investment to limit global warming: IEA

An almost $4 trillion investment into clean energy is required to meet the Paris Agreement pledge to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, IEA said

Global energy crisis is the first of many in the clean-power era

The shortages jolting natural gas and electricity markets from the U.K. to China are unfolding just as demand roars back from the pandemic

China's end to overseas coal financing could free $130 bn for clean energy

China's pledge to end overseas coal financing will impact 44 coal plants totalling 42,220 megawatts (MW) of capacity, according to Global Energy Monitor's updated Global Coal Public Finance Tracker

Quad nations to focus on clean-energy supply chain, says Australia PM

The United States, Japan, India and Australia will work to improve the security of supply chains for critical technologies such as clean energy: Morrison