Govt Likely To Offer Big Relief To Mega Power Projects | ET NOW Exclusive | Business News | ET Now
Government sources indicate the cabinet is poised to approve sweeping relief for India's mega‑power projects, granting full benefits of the 2009 Mega Power Policy. The relief centers on customs and excise duty exemptions for power‑generation equipment, extending to provisional projects regardless of whether a power purchase agreement (PPA) exists. The proposal offers 100% policy benefits, allowing projects with long‑term PPAs covering up to 85% of capacity to claim exemptions. It also removes the current distinction between Section 63 competitive‑bidding contracts and Section 62 cost‑plus arrangements under the Electricity Act, applying uniformly across all PPA types, including those under the LCT Act 2003. Sources quoted the ministry’s final cabinet note, noting that inter‑ministry consultations are complete and the document recommends unconditional exemption. The language emphasizes that “benefit may be provided irrespective of the power purchase agreement,” signaling a decisive policy shift. If enacted, the measure could slash upfront capital costs, accelerate project financing, and attract new private investment, bolstering India's capacity expansion and addressing chronic power shortages.
Why Renewables Are Booming Despite the Politics | Ep245: Miguel Stilwell D'Andrade
The episode of "Cleaning Up" spotlights why renewable energy is thriving despite political headwinds, featuring Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade, CEO of EDP and its renewables arm. He frames the surge in U.S. power demand—driven by data centers and industrialization—as a catalyst...
Progress with Large-Scale First-of-a-Kind Projects
The IEA outlined its “races to first” initiative tracking 18 first-of-a-kind large-scale energy projects—ranging from solid-state air conditioning and small modular reactors to multi-source CO2 storage and carbon-free flight—through four phases from testing to commercial-scale demonstration. The 2025 State of...
IEA 2026 Ministerial Opening and Scene Setting
The IEA Ministerial 2026 opened in Paris with a record delegation—58 governments, 55 companies and 130 delegations—framing the meeting around the IEA’s “three golden rules” of diversification, predictability and international cooperation to boost energy security and investment. French President Emmanuel...
Australian Uranium Sector Update: Policy Headwinds Meet Exploration Success
The conversation centered on the state of Australia’s uranium sector, highlighting a strong capital‑raising year for junior developers and a looming policy crossroads. Cauldron Resources, now valued around $70 million, exemplifies how fresh funding and a solid balance sheet are attracting...
The State of Energy Innovation: 2026 Report Launch
The IIA’s 2026 State of Energy Innovation report, framed by recent Nobel-winning work on long-run innovation, finds energy security is now the top driver of innovation but warns funding is slowing just as geopolitical risks rise. Global public energy R&D...
Advancing Energy Access and Clean Cooking Solutions
IEA leaders and government ministers convened a high-level dialogue to accelerate clean cooking and energy access in Africa ahead of a Nairobi summit in July. They highlighted that four in five African households still cook with biomass, causing about 800,000...
The State of Energy Innovation 2026 Report
The IIA’s 2026 State of Energy Innovation report finds that after years of growth, funding for energy innovation is slowing: global public energy R&D fell in 2024 and early 2025, venture capital into energy startups has declined for three straight...
Cuba Crisis: Trump Fuel Blockade Causes Blackouts and Waste in Streets
The video examines the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cuba triggered by the Trump administration’s decision to block oil shipments from Venezuela, effectively cutting off the island’s primary fuel source. With gasoline supplies dwindling, Havana’s streets are littered with trash, electric...
Smelters Are Closing. China Is Scaling.
The video warns that Western nickel and copper smelters are rapidly shutting or scaling back as artificially low nickel prices and a global shortage of copper concentrate choke production, while Chinese smelters absorb the supply. The speaker cites two forces: price...
Fuel Starved California Is Getting Gas From the Bahamas | Refineries, Pipelines & the Jones Act
California is now sourcing roughly 40% of its gasoline imports from the Bahamas. The shift is driven by a wave of refinery closures, limited on‑shore storage, and constrained interstate pipeline capacity. A 106‑year‑old maritime provision in the Jones Act provides...
What to Watch and Where to Act over the Next 12 Months
The panel addressed what policymakers, industry leaders, and investors should watch and act on over the next twelve months, centering on the climate emergency, geopolitical volatility, and the race for competitiveness. Speakers from Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria, and the...
Carrier 2.0 - AI as a Systems Problem
The video frames telecommunications as a sector transitioning from isolated departments and technologies toward a unified, systems‑first mindset. It argues that AI should no longer be marketed as a discrete feature but understood as a stress‑test that exposes the underlying...
Buccaneer Energy CEO on Oil Production Doubling at Pine Mills Pilot
Buccaneer Energy’s chief executive Paul Welch announced that an organic‑recovery pilot in the Pine Mills field has already doubled oil production in two of the four test wells. The project injects a nutrient blend that stimulates native reservoir microorganisms, causing a...
Secretary Wright Delivers Remarks Ahead of Transport of a Nuclear Reactor - February 15, 2026
Secretary Jennifer Wright used the briefing to spotlight the Trump administration’s aggressive push for domestic nuclear power, announcing the imminent flight of a multi‑megawatt next‑generation reactor to Utah. The shipment, loaded onto a C‑17 aircraft, is slated to become fully...
Cubans Struggle with Fuel Shortages • FRANCE 24 English
The video focuses on Cuba’s deepening energy crisis, highlighting how chronic fuel shortages have crippled electricity generation, water supply, and transportation across the island. Interviewee Emily Morris, a research associate at University College London, describes daily life in Havana and...
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ENERGY CRISIS AHEAD
The video frames today’s energy crunch as a massive, global portfolio reallocation rather than a purely geopolitical showdown. Host Jay Martin and Dr. Warwick Powell argue that the United States’ aggressive trade and tariff policies under the second Trump term...
EU Competing with China • FRANCE 24 English
Europe’s industrial strategy is at a crossroads as policymakers argue for a shift toward defense production and a home‑grown lithium‑battery supply chain to counter China’s dominance. The speaker notes that several car manufacturers are already retooling factories for defense purposes,...
How Consumers Are Dealing with Rising Food Prices, American Superconductor CEO on the US Energy Grid
The Market Catalyst segment examined two intertwined issues: how U.S. consumers are coping with accelerating food prices and the growing strain on the nation’s electricity grid as electrification and data‑center demand surge. January CPI showed modest headline inflation, but food costs...
Is ENERGY a Contrarian's Dream? Peak OIL Demand 'Lifetimes Away'
The interview with Presidio Petroleum co‑CEO Will Olrich frames the U.S. energy sector as a contrarian opportunity, arguing that despite ESG‑driven divestment the industry still generates disproportionate free cash flow and is far from a terminal decline. Olrich notes that oil‑and‑gas...
Clean Energy Coaches
The video introduces a new outreach model that turns satisfied homeowners into “electric coaches” who help neighbors transition to low‑carbon appliances such as heat pumps, induction stoves and electric water heaters. Hosted by Edith Bus of Abode Energy Management in partnership...
Cooling Construction Workers with Human-Centric Tech, with Tiffany Yeh, MD Co-Founder & CEO Of...
The Tangent Proptek episode spotlights Dr. Tiffany Yeh, co‑founder and CEO of Estia Materials, who unveiled a human‑centric cooling solution for construction and mining crews. Her company’s proprietary hydrogel, branded Hydrovolt, absorbs body heat and releases it through a...
Investors in Search of Alpha Are Fleeing Tech Stocks for These 3 High-Yield Sectors Instead
The video warns that investors chasing alpha are abandoning technology and AI‑heavy names in favor of three high‑yield sectors—basic materials, energy and consumer staples—signaling a pronounced sector rotation. Data presented shows every stock in the energy group and a majority in...
Are Abundant Aluminum Batteries Beating Lithium?
The video introduces a new aluminum‑graphite dual‑ion battery developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute, positioned as a high‑power alternative to conventional lithium‑ion cells. In laboratory tests the cells achieved power densities exceeding 9 kW per kilogram—three to nine times that of typical lithium‑ion...
The Energy-Connectivity Nexus
The discussion centers on the growing interdependence of energy supply and fiber connectivity in data‑center strategy, using Northern Virginia as a case study. While the region boasts unrivaled carrier density, its power grid is straining under the surge of AI‑intensive...
Impact of AI on Transport | TeleGeography Explains AI
The TeleGeography episode examines how the AI revolution is being constrained not by silicon chips but by the physical layers that move data—subsea cables, terrestrial fiber, and the power grid. Host Greg Bryan interviews Luis Colasante of Colt Technology Services,...
Impact of AI on Transport | TG Explains AI
The episode of Telegeography Explains AI examines how physical infrastructure—not just compute—has become the decisive constraint on the AI revolution, featuring Luis Colasante of Colt Technology Services. Colasante argues that AI data centers consume two‑to‑three times the power of traditional clouds...
Strategic Energy Access Planning Support (SEAPS)
The Strategic Energy Access Planning Support (SEAPS) programme has enabled Senegal to implement low‑cost, integrated electricity planning mandated by the country’s electricity code. Through SEAPS, an institutional team established a national power‑sector database and developed a bespoke Senegalese energy model, tools...
Driving the Kia EV2 Until It DIES
In Norway’s annual 25-car cold-weather range test, drivers set off from Oslo to drive each EV until it reached 0% charge, simulating real-world winter conditions with strict rules (normal drive mode, cabin at 21°C). The video documents a first drive...
IRENA Insights: Flexibility for a Secure and Affordable Power Sector Transformation
The IRENA Insights webinar presented findings from the agency’s new report “Flexibility for a Secure and Affordable Power Sector Transformation.” Speakers Francisco Gafaro and Danielle Salim explained why flexibility has become as critical as renewable capacity in a power system...
Ur-Energy (AMEX:URG) - Bringing Second Uranium Mine Online as Demand Surges
Ur‑Energy is bringing its Shirley Basin satellite mine online in Q1 2026, adding a second uranium production facility to its Lost Creek hub. The new ISR operation will begin yellowcake output in Q2, leveraging existing processing infrastructure and a $120 million convertible...
The Cutest Lawn Care Team
The video highlights a growing practice where solar developers enlist sheep to maintain vegetation around large‑scale photovoltaic installations, replacing conventional mower crews. Grazing animals keep grass and weeds low, preventing shading that can cut panel output, while simultaneously delivering a lamb...
Energizing and Decarbonizing Logistics at Global Scale
In a MIT Center for Real Estate podcast, Prologis Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer Susan Utaykumar outlines how the world’s largest logistics‑real‑estate firm is tackling decarbonization at scale. Prologis controls roughly 1.3 billion square feet of warehouse space across 20 countries,...
Renewable Energy: The Basics
Renewable energy sources—solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, and ocean—convert natural flows into electricity and heat. These technologies underpin the global energy transition by reducing carbon emissions. Adoption is accelerating as costs fall and policy support grows. The International Renewable Energy...
What the Ship (Ep138) | Tanker Seizures | Russia Oil | Panama | Net Zero | Containers
The February 9, 2026 episode of What the Ship highlighted five critical maritime developments. First, the United States and allied coast guards intensified sanctions enforcement, seizing a seventh shadow‑fleet tanker and detaining vessels linked to Venezuela and Iran. Second, Russia’s...
Featured Speaker Webinar with Prof. Yuta Toyama
The webinar featured Professor Yuta Toyama of Waseda University presenting his joint research on nonlinear electricity pricing, specifically how consumer misperception can undermine policy goals. Using the case of Bhutan’s 2013 free‑first‑100 kWh subsidy for rural households, the study blends structural...
The Kesterite Solution to the Perovskite Problem
The video spotlights kesterite, a low‑cost mineral poised to replace perovskite in next‑generation solar panels. While silicon remains affordable and perovskite delivers high performance, both suffer from durability challenges and, in perovskite’s case, toxic lead. Kesterite promises the best of...