Thursday, June 25, 2015

                                                                                                           World Energy Focus

We are delighted to bring you the June 2015 issue of World Energy Focus, the monthly e-magazine of the World Energy Council(WEC).  

The  cover story is on this year’s World Energy Trilemma Report; bringing relevant messages during the run up to COP 21. An exclusive interview with Yongping Zhai, Technical Advisor for the Energy Group at the Asian Development Bank shares ADB’s  initiatives in the region. Also is a report on the progress of UNSE4all initiative.  The  county focus of this issue is on Italy.
Each month World Energy Focus brings you news, features, interviews, and World Energy Council member insights on current energy developments.  Find the Magazine as an attachment to this mail or you could down load it  from the link below.
Download the June 2015 issue of World Energy Focus here. 

    1. Blips in coal auction due to over-enthusiastic bidders: Coal secretary
      Govt also planning to auction eight more mines after 10 mines are auctioned in third phase
    2. Saudi Arabia loses spot as top crude supplier to India, China
      The OPEC kingpin also fell behind Russia and Angola as the biggest crude supplier to China last month, official data showed this week.
    3. Government approves proposal to make Solar Energy Corporation a commercial company
      Government today approved a proposal to allow Solar Energy Corporation to register itself as a Section-3 company to do commercial activities.
    4. Provide easy credit for solar power projects: Bikram Singh Majithia
      The state's present new and renewable power generation capacity is 811 MW and it is planned to take this capacity to 5,400 MW by 2022.
    5. Coal block auction: 8 more mines in fray after third round
      Coal secretary Anil Swarup said about plans to ramp up country’s coal production to 1.5 billion tonnes by 2020
    6. Govt to put 8 coal mines on block post 3rd round of auction
      The government will put on the block eight more mines after 10 mines are auctioned in the third phase, for which the process has already begun, a top official today said. "After these 10 mines (to be auctioned in third round in August), eight more ...
    7. Adani reworks Australia coal mine budget due to approval delays
      Adani also confirms a media report that said it had asked independent contracting firms employed on the project to halt work around the mine
    8. Centre assures low interest loans to Chhattisgarh for power infra
      Goyal said for energy conservation LED lights will be provided to all households during the next three years and energy efficient pumps will be popularised.
    9. First unit of NTPC’s Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station starts generation
      The first unit of NTPC’s Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS) in Assam started power generation on Tuesday.
    10. Need easy solutions to achieve 40 GW solar rooftop capacity target: Report
      Easy credit availability, increased awareness would help the government in achieving the target to add 40 GW solar rooftop capacity by 2022, Care Ratings has said.
    11. Govt signals intent for commercial coal mining
      Coal secretary calls a proposed framework for commercial mining, released by Ficci, a ‘good beginning’
    12. Govt lays groundwork for 24x7 power for all
      Plan that will be ready by December will take into account the needs of states and UTs and their financial capacity
    13. Govt ramps up solar power capacity target by five times
      India will now aim to generate 100,000 MW from solar power by 2022
    14. Trina Solar plans $500 million India plant amid US, Europe ban
      The 2-gigawatt facility will be in either Gujarat or Andhra Pradesh
    15. Govt approves 17 solar parks, considers dollar tariffs to attract foreign investment
      The Centre is working on a self-hedging mechanism to ensure that dollar tariffs do not cause any distress to distribution firms.
    16. Two Chinese solar firms eye investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh
      Two Chinese firms today evinced interest to explore the possibility of making investments in the solar power sector in Andhra Pradesh.
    17. Thirty one countries including India produce nuclear power, France tops at 73%
      A comparison with previous years shows that there is a significant decline in the share of nuclear power in Japan and Germany.
    18. Sri Lanka to take call on Rs 3k cr undersea power link: PGCIL
      The report on the 500 MW project, to be jointly implemented by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd and Ceylon Electricity Board, has been already sent to the island nation.
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