Shell to fuel energy startups in India
Bengaluru, Oct 10 British-Dutch oil major Shell’s Indian subsidiary on Monday unveiled a programme to support energy startups in India by offering to work with...
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India looks at strategic partnership with oil producers
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) As a leading energy consumer, India is looking to upgrade its relationship with producing countries to a strategic one, instead of...
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Renewable power hits record in 2016 : IEA
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Renewable power capacity grew a record amount globally last year with China continuing to be the main driver of growth, the...
India, Canada discuss nuclear energy collaboration
New Delhi, Sep 22 India and Canada discussed various aspects of uranium and nuclear energy collaboration between the two countries, a statement said on Thursday....
Petroleum Minister co-chair 13th Inter-Governmental Commission meeting at Astana, Kazakhstan
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will be visiting Astana, Kazakhstan from 19 – 20 September...
Focus on research can make us world leader in renewable energy
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that if India invests enough in research, it can be...
90 fossil fuel firms contributed half of global temperature rise : Study
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Emissions by 90 largest carbon producers contributed almost half of global surface temperature increase and roughly 30 per cent of global...
US releases 1mn barrels of strategic petroleum reserve
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) The US Department of Energy (DOE) released 1 million barrels of crude oil from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to avoid rising...
India, Nepal sign 8 agreements
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India and Nepal on Thursday signed eight agreements across different sectors, including four on post-earthquake reconstruction in the Himalayan nation. “Establishing...
Two new India-Nepal power transmission lines launched
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepal counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday jointly inaugurated two new power transmission lines between...
Britain admires India’s stretching renewable targets : Envoy
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Britain “admires” the stretching targets that India has set to bring its renewable energy capacity up to 175 GW by 2022, Britain’s...
Essar Oil closes sell-off to Russia’s Rosneft, names new CEO
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Ruia brothers-led Essar Oil (EOL) on Monday announced the closure of the company’s sale, including its Vadinar refinery, to Russian state-run Rosneft-led...
Egypt to open new areas in Red Sea for oil, gas exploration
Cairo, July 14 (IANS) Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Mulla said on Thursday that new areas in the Red Sea will be open for bidding for exploration...
Russia in talks with India on mini hydel projects
Moscow, June 21 Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation is holding preliminary talks with the Indian government and private companies to expand its footprint in...
India’s 3 downstream Oil PSU’s sign JV agreement for world’s largest integrated Refinery-cum-Petrochemicals complex
New Delhi, June 14 Three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday signed JV agreement to set up one of the world’s largest refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex...
India-Africa partnership in International Solar Alliance
Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) An India-Africa partnership in the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched here by Power Minister Piyush Goyal, who said India is...
PM Modi says Africa a top priority, pitches for Asia-Africa growth corridor
Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Africa was a top priority for his government’s foreign and economic policy and...
In 10 years, half of India’s energy capacity will be from non-fossil fuel sources
Non-fossil fuels — renewables, nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants — will account for more than half (56.5 per cent) of India’s installed power capacity...