While many Western buyers are avoiding Russian crude in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Indian private refiners such as Reliance and Nayara have been among the biggest buyers this year of discounted Russian supplies.

India imported 84% of its oil needs and 54% of its gas needs in 2020. After coal (44%), oil represented 44% of the country’s total consumption in 2020, against 6% for natural gas.

It would be the first time since 2015 that Coal India has imported the fuel, highlighting efforts by state and federal officials to stock up to avoid a repeat of April, when India faced its worst power cuts in more than six years.

The Siarmal mine, located in the state of Odisha (eastern India), will start producing 2-5 Mt/year and will ramp up its production capacity of 50 Mt/year in 5 to 7 years.

Currently, GAIL has a term LNG import deal in place with Gazprom's Singapore-based trading arm.

A record volume of Russian oil is on board tankers, with unprecedented amounts heading to India and China as other nations restrict imports because of the war in Ukraine.

The UAE’s expanded cooperation with India in the area of climate aims to support India’s ambition to achieve 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy installed capacity by 2030 and aligns with the UAE’s ambitions to expand its low and zero-carbon energy capabilities.

India's federal government decided to cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel in an attempt to rein in high levels of inflation.

The project is set to reach a storage capacity of 5,230 MW and involves 10,800 MWh of daily storage capacity from a pumped-storage plant, with the integration of 3,000 MW of solar and 550 MW of wind capacity.

Seven years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the joint launch of the International Solar Alliance, India and France’s commitment to tackle climate change is stronger than ever, both on mitigation and adaptation.

Out of the 204.9 GW of installed coal-fired power generation capacity in India, around 17.6 GW is designed specifically to run on imported coal. Other power plants import the fuel for blending with domestic coal.

India plans to set up 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power capacity alongside 50,000 MW of solar capacity

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka's exposure to wildfires, floods, major storms and also water shortages mean South Asia has 10%-18% of GDP at risk, roughly treble that of North America and 10 times more than the least-affected region, Europe.