Even as western countries condemn Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, it’s Russian oil and gas that is keeping most of the western and especially European countries running. The west has long been condemning and sanctions weren’t enough to stop the import of Russian fossil fuels because of t how heavily dependent Europe is on Russian fuel, back in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine leaders mostly turned a blind eye towards it because of the fuel dependency.
Germany is under great diplomatic pressure from the members of the EU, the US and other NATO countries to reduce its Russian oil consumption after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Germany’s energy demands were met mostly by Russian oil and coal supply, it has one of the largest shares of Russian energy imports of all EU countries, and it is the largest European economy.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finally released the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change on 4th April 2022. The report highlighted the urgent need to take action to mitigate climate change impacts.
The State Government of Maharashtra has announced that they will partner with the petrol companies for the installation of EV charging points on the premises. Dr Nitin Raut, New and Renewable Energy Minister of Maharashtra has officiated the announcement during the Pune Alternate Fuel Conclave 2022.
Ahmedabad to have one of a kind 3D energy mapping project funded by the central government to calculate the total energy consumed by the households and industrial buildings for cooling, lighting and other uses.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that they are going to set up solar-powered light poles instead of the traditional electric poles in an attempt to save electricity in the state.
Drillmec, a Piacenza based Oil and Gas company , a part of Indian infrastructure giant MEIL group on Friday in a press report said, that their hydrogen production would be through advanced technologies which would include electrolysis, pyrolysis and through CO2 capture and storage systems. It further added that the board has set an approval for the investment of over 35 million euros in clean energy transition.
Last year at the COP26, the Indian Prime Minister said that India will achieve its target of 500 gigawatts of renewable energy by the year 2030. India is set to miss the renewable energy target that it had set for itself in 2015, which was 170 gigawatts by 2022 and the country could fall short by about 36%.
Egypt is set to host COP27 this year, it is pushing to increase its investments in renewable energy sources before November’s Climate Conference. Egypt currently produces 60,000 megawatts of electricity in a year with a surplus of 15,000 megawatts.
The growing Chinese influence in the south-east Asian region has been irking India for years. China has been aggressively promoting its projects in the Indian Ocean region to show off its financial and diplomatic influence.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.