Indian Oil Corp. issued an LNG tender seeking an Oct. 7-8 DES Dahej cargo, while GAIL issued a tender seeking four Oct. 1-Nov. 14 DES cargoes. The tenders closed Sept. 15.

In 2021, solar and wind accounted for nearly 20% of installed capacity in India, with respectively 49 GW and 40 GW. The country aims to develop 175 GW of renewable capacity by the end of 2022, including 100 GW of solar.

Russia is still the biggest source of the trade bloc's shipped crude with more than 1.2 million b/d of imports landing in the region in early September, the data shows, little changed on the month.

Newcastle futures for October jumped 5% to $463.75 a ton Monday, according to ICE Futures Europe, to the highest price in data stretching back to January 2016. Europe’s benchmark coal price is also trading at a record.

India has emerged as a key buyer of Russian energy in the wake of the invasion, scooping up millions of barrels of discounted crude shunned by Europe and the US.

Russia's crude exports rose by 140,000 b/d on the month to average 3.36 million b/d from Aug 1-16 to remain above pre-war levels for the fifth month in a row,

India currently has 22 operating nuclear reactors, totalling some 6795 MWe of capacity. A further eight units, totalling just over 6000 MWe, are under construction, and the Indian government is committed to growing nuclear capacity as part of its massive infrastructure development programme.

Now the increase in Russian coal is pushing out US, South African, Australian, and some higher CV Indonesian coal.

India's coal based generation accounted for 69.9% of the country's overall electricity generation of 1,490.277 billion units in fiscal year 2021-22 (April-March), a growth of 9.5% from a year ago.

Steady inflows have lengthened waiting times for Very Large Gas Carriers to discharge at India's terminals,

Global LNG export capacity has increased by 29%, or 14.0 Bcf/d, over the past five years (2017–21).

In May, India imported 819,000 barrels per day (bpd), from 277,000 bpd in April and 33,000 bpd a year ago. Russia is now the second biggest supplier to India, replacing Saudi Arabia, while Iraq continues to be the largest.

The oil ministry said June 29 that India would allow operators to sell locally-produced crude in the domestic market without restrictions from Oct. 1, but restrictions on exporting locally-produced crude would remain.

China spent $18.9 billion on Russian oil, gas and coal in the three months to the end of May, almost double the amount a year earlier, latest customs data show. Meanwhile, India shelled out $5.1 billion in the same period, more than five times the value of a year ago.

Many of our companies, including energy companies, are operating in Indonesia. There is interest in developing the national nuclear power industry.