Page 4 - Energy Consumption

Copper price rebounds as global energy crisis keeps roiling the market

Power shortages are forcing output cuts from China to Europe

India asks Qatar for 50 cargoes it deemed too expensive in 2015

The global energy shortage has prompted India to ask Qatar, the world's biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas, for around 50 cargoes it deemed too expensive six years ago

High prices could slow India's transition to gas in its energy mix

High prices threaten India's goal to boost the use of gas in its energy mix as some industries are looking at switching back to coal and petcoke

Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches: Report

And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a cold winter

Dirtier trains and less newsprint is the latest energy crisis fallout

Crunch situation threatens vegetable greenhouses, hits metal supply; Europe and Asia are already reeling from soaring gas and power prices

Energy crisis threatens global economic recovery, says IEA

Oil and natural gas prices have soared to multi-year highs recently, sending power prices surging to record levels as widespread energy shortages engulf Asia and Europe

Energy policy preparedness

Difficulties will not be limited to coal

Aluminium notches new 13-year high as supply fears predominate

Aluminum was one of the first targets in China's efforts to curb industrial energy usage

Energy crisis: China goes for 'boldest' power pricing reform in decades

Pushing all industrial and commercial users to the power exchanges and allowing prices to be set by the market may encourage loss-making generators to increase output

Oil holds near $84 a barrel on global energy shortage fears

The price of Brent has surged by more than 60 per cent this year

Top headlines: Shah reviews coal crisis; Tata seeks to consolidate airlines

India may look at increasing tax on some goods and services in a step toward moving to a simpler structure. More on that in our top headlines this morning.

Crude oil jumps to multi-year highs on global energy crunch

Brent crude was up $1.45, or 1.8%, at $83.84 a barrel by 1336 GMT, its highest since October 2018

Kerala CM to take decision on load shedding at high-level meeting today

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called a high-level meeting today on power shortage in the state, said sources.

Kerala stares at rising power purchase cost, asks consumers to clear bills

The state buys most of its electricity from others; launches a campaign asking people to save electricity.

Tamil Nadu coal stocks may run out in 4 days; Chennai faces power cuts

Chief ministers of Delhi, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh ring up coal and power ministries, fearing a power crisis

EU recommends relief funds for consumers hit by energy costs

The European Union on Wednesday urged member countries to provide relief funds to consumers and small businesses hit hardest by rising gas and electricity prices

China's factories, households grapple with power cuts to meet targets

Power cuts to meet official energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down and left some households in the dark.

India's power consumption up 9.3% to 28.08 bn units in 1st week of August

India's power consumption grew 9.3 per cent in the first week of August to 28.08 billion units due to improved economic activities after easing of lockdown curbs by states, according to power ministry

Back to old normal: Power sheds Covid load on work-from-home support

In the final instalment of a four-part series on how some of the defining numbers in key sectors are springing back to the pre-pandemic level, Shreya Jai looks at India's power sector

World still falls short of ensuring equitable access to energy: Report

During the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa actually increased