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India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dhamendra Pradhan has told the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on ‘Energy Future Road Map’.

Togo, a West African and member country of International Solar Alliance (ISA), has appointed India’s NTPC Ltd for development of about 300MW solar power project as part of its ambitious plan to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 with focus...

India is expected to complete expansion of 2.5 million tonne per annum capacity at Dahej Liquefied Natural Gas receiving terminal this year on anticipation of a demand pickup from the fertilizer industries and city gas consumers.

The Government is coming out with a new trajectory of loss reduction and distribution companies will have to follow it to get further Government grants and or for access to loans from the Power Finance Corporation.

Indian Railways has planned to source about 1,000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power and about 200 MW of wind power progressively by 2021-22 across Zonal Railways & Production Units.

The Cabinet has approved signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation and promote investment in biofuel, bioelectricity and biogas supply-chains, including feedstock, industrial conversion, distribution and end use sectors.

The Cabinet was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding between Saudi Arabia and India for setting up a framework for cooperation in the field of renewable energy such as technologies.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US$250 million loan for Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers.

Noting that India plays a vital role in curbing global emissions, Bank of America is providing a local currency revolving credit facility to Fourth Partner Energy, one of the country’s largest distributed solar companies in India.

Indian oil marketing companies have guaranteed buying energy from the 5,000 compressed biogas plants (CBG) being built across the country, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has assured.