After much hype following president Xi Jinping’s net-zero pledge in 2020, the plan is the first to be released by Beijing at a national policy level. [Gas in Transition, Volume 2, Issue 4]
India turns over a new leaf [NGW Magazine]
Mar 9, 2021 4:30:am
Summary The economy is being dragged into the gas era more quickly with a mix of policy decisions but price is always a sensitive issue, the IEA finds. [NGW Magazine Volume 6, Issue 5]
by: Shardul Sharma
India’s gas market is growing fast but not evenly in all sectors. At present, natural gas has about 7% of the country’s overall energy mix (Figure 1), which is one of the lowest among major economies. The Indian government has been promoting the use of gas to fight chronic air pollution. In northern India, this has much to do with the region’s geographical and meteorological conditions, but the source of this pollution is anthropogenic and mainly related to energy demand.