Employment in energy sector back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, finds report

Clean energy jobs see a boost with two-thirds share; but not evenly distributed globally

It is time to move on to next phase of power reforms

Generating companies owe Rs 23,000 crore to coal firms. This is due to the inability of DISCOMs to pay GENCOs on time

COVID-19: Power sector could kick-start halted economy, say experts

They suggest short-term measures to overhaul the economy during the COVID-19 crisis  

Budget 2020-21: Will Sitharaman keep aside Rs 1.10 lakh crore to revamp India's discoms

Sitharaman may provide support for Ujjwala beneficiaries for buying refill gas cylinders

COVID-19: Prolonged lockdown can affect renewable energy sector

Power demand has gone down by 20-25%, affecting revenues of distribution companies 

COVID-19: Three charts study power demand a week after lockdown

Peak electricity demand plummeted 27% — to 123,000 MW on March 31 from 169,000 MW on March 4

Union Budget 2021-22 earmarks Rs 3 lakh crore to power sector recovery

Fund to be released based on financial performance, viability demonstration by distribution companies

Unaware people, unavailable options help carbon emitting light bulbs sell

Sale of incandescent bulbs, which consume four times more power than a CFL, accounted for half the total sale of bulbs and tubelights in India …

Climate hypocrisy? Germany’s coal-fuelled power sector more polluting than India, China currently

Germany’s measures, while possibly a temporary reaction to an abrupt reduction in Russian gas supplies, call into serious question its …

India has 500 million tonnes of gold ore reserves: Govt

Bihar has the largest reserves of gold ores, followed by Rajasthan and Karnataka  

US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy

Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030

India didn’t need to let power producers emit more of deadly oxides of nitrogen; here’s why

Limiting NOx emission at 300 mg / Nm3 is doable, claims Finnish state-owned Fortum Oyj; Environment ministry relaxed norms to 450 mg / Nm3 in October

Experts flag dilution of NOx emission limit for coal-fired power stations

The SC on July 8 relaxed limits for coal-fired power stations commissioned between December 2003 and 2016 — to 450 mg / Nm3 from 300&…

Will the Bill on Electricity Amendment change the power sector for the better?

Distribution companies in India have long been known as loss-making entities

India’s power sector suffered loss of Rs 2.9 lakh crore in 2013: World Bank

Calls for more efficient transmission grids and regulation measures

India’s stance on power sector has been changing since May 2023. Is it a lack of planning or just political messaging?

Plans to halt building new coal-fired power plants, apart from those already planned, were announced 6 months ago