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EU leaders agree on roadmap to protect consumers from rising energy prices

Leaders of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed on a 'roadmap' of measures to protect European consumers from soaring energy prices

Hitachi Energy to supply transformers for NTPC renewable energy park

The NTPC REL facility in Kutch produce electricity to support 8 million people

Europe Is Buying Up Cheaper Brazilian Ethanol Amid Energy Crisis

Prices for natural gas and power are so high in Europe that some ethanol makers have considered shutting down plants

With comfortable coal stocks, no power crisis likely this festive season

India is unlikely to see a repeat of the 2021 energy crisis this festive season as coal-fired power stations across the country have comfortable levels of the fuel stock to meet electricity demand of the world's fastest expanding major economy. Learning lessons from the October 2021 energy crisis, when power stations were put on outage alert, due to coal stocks falling to the lowest level in years, the ministries of coal and power as well as railways this year have worked out a plan to ensure adequate fuel stocks at electricity generating units, officials said. With coal used to produce almost 70 per cent of electricity, officials are confident that the 2021 crisis will not be repeated this festive season that kicks in a week's time. Electricity demand in India has soared with a rebound in industrial activity after easing of pandemic-related curbs. And the increased lightning needs during the festive season is likely to send the demand shooting. According to a coal ministry officia

Europe energy crisis to last more than a winter amid tight supply: Analyst

Russia's invasion of Ukraine upended energy flows and rippled through global markets, driving up natural gas prices and forcing drastic measures such as Germany nationalizing its biggest importer

Nations must regulate, invest in clean energy to bring down costs: Report

Governments must deliberately use public investment and regulation to rapidly scale-up clean energy technologies to bring down costs, achieve global climate goals and boost economies worldwide

European Union seeks emergency powers to prevent supply-chain crisis

The proposal is expected to face strong pushback from businesses and some EU countries

Germany takes control of Russian-owned refinery amid energy crisis

We are making ourselves independent of Russia, and any decisions that are taken there, said Scholz

Lights out early for Eiffel Tower as Paris saves energy amid crisis

Around Europe, countries are looking for ways to cut energy consumption and fill up their gas stores in preparation for a possible total cut-off

Ethereum blockchain to undergo major software upgrade to cut energy use

'Merge' software upgrade to take place in coming days; Google estimates Merge will happen on Thursday

France, Germany to help each other through energy crisis during winter

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and Germany will help each other through the energy crisis and get by the upcoming winter

Can Europe live without Russian natural gas: What we know so far

Europe faced an energy crisis even before drama emerged about the Nord Stream 1 pipeline reopening from Russia to Germany. While natural gas started flowing again Thursday after the major pipeline shut down for 10 days of maintenance, Europe will still struggle to keep homes warm and industry humming this winter. That is because Russia has already slashed Europe's amounts of natural gas used to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes in the winter, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned they could keep dwindling. Deliveries through Nord Stream 1 were cut by 60% before annual repairs began and were expected to stay well below the pipeline's full capacity. Government officials had feared the pipeline may not reopen at all, saying Putin is using energy for political leverage in his confrontation with the European Union over the war in Ukraine. Here are key things to know about Europe's energy crisis: DID RUSSIA CUT OFF GAS TO EUROPE? It has reduced supplies ...

As world struggles with energy and climate crises, these batteries can help

As the market for EV batteries expands and evolves, large industrial-scale powerpacks - energy storage systems, or ESS - are being overlooked as a potential solution to this power crunch

Explained: Why India's 2025 ethanol blending target may not be a good idea

India's target to have 20% ethanol blended in petrol will have to bring more land under cultivation of raw material, and that may affect food security. Yet, emissions will not reduce drastically

US consumption of natural gas to increase: Energy Information Admin

The US Energy Information Administration forecast in a report that the consumption of natural gas in the country will average 84.1 billion cubic feet per day in 2022

Phasing out coal-based plants: The way forward

As far as India is concerned, all our energy is currently being used on how to reach the magical figure of 500 GW.

Power consumption grows 2.6% to 112.67 billion units in January

According to the data, peak power demand met or highest supply in a day rose to 192.07GW in the month under review compared to 189.39 GW in January 2021, and 170.97 GW in January 2020

Budget 2022 should boost consumption via tax breaks, fuel tax cuts: Report

In a pre-budget report, India Ratings said it expects the new budget to consolidate and strengthen the plan set out in the last budget

Adani Group firms AGEL, ATL declare energy compact goals as part of COP26

Adani Green Energy Ltd and Adani Transmission Ltd have declared their energy compact goals

Power Ministry proposes amendments in EC Act to boost renewable energy use

The Ministry of Power has proposed amendments to Energy Conservation Act, 2001