India is already leading the world in terms of energy transition – Interview with Abhay Bakre

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), set up in 2002, has played an instrumental role in transforming the country’s energy efficiency landscape. Since its inception, it has encouraged energy conservation across segments through programmes such as Standards and Labelling, Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), and Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT). The PAT scheme has been

Ethanol blending in petrol will cross 8% in 2020-21

Ethanol blending in petrol will cross 8% in 2020-21 after reaching 5% in the previous year despite the pandemic, Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor told ET. State oil marketing companies received 173 crore litres of ethanol for blending with petrol during ethanol supply year that ran between December 2019 and November 2020. The volume was lower

Not 100% ethanol, blended fuel makes more sense

Pre-pandemic we were consuming roughly 5 million barrels a day of oil. It is going to go up to 9 million barrels if we want to become a $10-trillion economy, says energy expert Narendra Taneja. Use of 100% ethanol as fuel has been mulled for a very long time. How long would it go in