Panagariya launches India Energy Security Scenarios

New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, has launched the India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047 Version 2.0 and unveiled the IESS website along with the documents at a conference organized by FICCI in partnership with NITI Aayog.

Coal is not the answer to India's energy poverty, whatever Tony Abbott says

Adani’s huge Carmichael coal mine – the biggest in Australian history – has been overturned by the federal court, causing much consternation for coal advocates, chief among them Australian prime minister Tony Abbott.

China joins nations eyeing India's civil nuclear sector

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China became the latest nation to line up for a stake in India's civil nuclear energy drive on Thursday, agreeing to open talks on cooperation in a sector that New Delhi sees as the solution to its chronic power problems.

India to decide on diesel deregulation after state polls: oil minister source

(Reuters) - India will decide on whether to end government control of diesel pricing after elections in two states next month, an oil ministry source said.

India overtakes US as Nigeria's biggest oil importer

India has taken over from the US as the largest importer of Nigerian oil, the West African state's national oil company has said.

Pollution Pact From China to India Shows Rift: Carbon & Climate

China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change.

Iraq offers 3 discovered oil blocks to India

NEW DELHI: Iraq has offered three discovered oil blocks to India and agreed to meet country's growing energy demand by raising crude oil supplies, oil minister Veerappa Moily said.

India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: power firm

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India needs a more cohesive energy policy and stringent grid management to avoid a recurrence of the power outages that hit hundreds of millions of people this week, the chief executive of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said in an interview.

A catastrophe if global warming falls off the international agenda

A month's rain fell in a day last week in parts of Britain. There were 140 flood warnings in the north of England, rain forcing the evacuation of Croston and Darwen in Lancashire; elsewhere, it washed out the Isle of Wight festival.

India to cut Iran oil imports by 11% amid US pressure

India has said it will cut imports of Iranian oil by 11% in the current financial year as it continues to face pressure from the US.

Now is not the time for energy-starved India to increase nuclear dependency

Japan's nuclear disaster has fuelled fear and uncertainty among all of the world's producers of nuclear power. For India, an energy-starved country with big nuclear plans, much is at stake.

The wider fear over nuclear power has two main causes. Firstly, although it ranks as a "clean" source of energy, it is accompanied by the terrible shadow of nuclear war and Japan's last reckoning with nuclear catastrophe 65 years ago at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Secondly, the secrecy that attends all things nuclear has left people not knowing enough to feel confident.

Energy security key to power progress

Financial year 2011-12 is important for the power sector in India – it is the last year of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan and the last year to achieve the target of “electricity for all” planned under the National Electricity Policy. The allocation for power in the coming budget will be focusing on two issues — furthering distribution reforms and taking measures for energy security.

The Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) is expected to get a lion’s share of the plan outlay in the budget. Part A of the plan, which involves putting in IT system for preparation of baseline in urban towns, will require over Rs 3,000 crore in 2011-12. The Part B, which will largely focus on strengthening the distribution network, will require over Rs 25,000 crore and shall be spread over next 2-3 years.