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ENERGY NEWS MONITOR Energy News [GOOD] The presence of private players in coal mining will improve [UGLY] efficiency of the sector! Page 19 As long as [BAD] investors bet on Low crude prices are the result of falling aggregate demand the expendability which is not good news for anyone! of the Indian Page 14 system and not on dependability of [WEEK IN REVIEW]……………………... demand, power projects will [NATIONAL: OIL & GAS]……………………… always be exposed to risk! [NATIONAL: POWER]……………………… Page 15 [INTERNATIONAL: OIL & GAS]……………………… [INTERNATIONAL: POWER]……………………… A NALYSIS / DATA Volume XII 15 January 2016 ISSUES INSIGHT Issue 31 [INDIA’S ENERGY SECURITY: A PLEA FOR RETROSPECTIVES ] [RENEWABLE “The strategy of pursuing all possible strategies ENERGY / recommended in the guide books of energy security seem to have achieved CLIMATE little more than scattering India’s resources and capabilities. There is a need to indulge in retrospective analysis of India’s energy forecasts and energy CHANGE security strategies. But it will not be easy as audits that look into the past to TRENDS] ask “what have we done?” are a threat. No one will want to put money into such an exercise. On the other hand, planning for an unknown and probably unknowable future for the betterment of man is far moreCONTENTS exciting…” INSIGHT…… [WEEK IN REVIEW] ORFOBSERVER Centre for Resources Management RESEARCH 1 FOUNDATION 6 – 12 January 2016 14th Petro India 2016 Conference Oil Price Volatility: Consequences & Policy Responses Tentative Programme Highlights Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi Tuesday, February 2, 2016 0830 – 0930 Hrs: Registration & Tea 0930 – 1100 Hrs: INAUGURAL SESSION 1100 – 1245 Hrs SESSION 1: UPSTREAM Domestic Policy & Investments – Overseas Equity & Assets 1245 – 1330 Hrs: Lunch 1330 – 1500 Hrs SESSION 2: DOWNSTREAM Retailing & Refining 1500 – 1515 Hrs: Tea Break 1515– 1700 Hrs SESSION 3: NATURAL GAS LNG Terminal Infrastructure and Pricing 1700 – 1800 Hrs: VALEDICTORY SESSION Registration Details: REGISTER NOW! Registration forms & information brochure will be available at www.orfonline.org or www.indiaenergyforum.org. 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HELP DESK Mr. Akhilesh Sati Observer Research Foundation, 20, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi- 110 002 Tel: 011-4352 0020 Extn. 2102, Fax: 011-4352 0003 [email protected] ORF Centre for Resources Management 2 6 – 12 January 2016 CONTENTS INSIGHT…… [NATIONAL: POWER] [WEEK IN REVIEW] Generation……………… Adani Power to invest ` 115 bn in Udupi Power COMMENTS………………… Dabhol power generation to be scaled up to 500 MW India’s Energy Security: A Plea for Retrospectives by January 6 GW power projects at high risk ANALYSIS / ISSUES………… First fast reactor plant coming up at Kalpakkam Lanco Infratech arm starts 371 MW unit in Andhra The Paris Agreement (Part II) Pradesh Coal India arm MCL crosses 100 mn tonne output UPCOMING EVENT……......... milestone 210 MW unit of Badarpur power plant to remain th 14 Petro India 2016 Conference functional 3 UMPPs to go under hammer by March: Goyal DATA INSIGHT……………… Transmission / Distribution / Renewable Energy Achievements & Targets for year Trade…… 2022 India may raise coal imports as 2020 output goals seen stymied [NATIONAL: OIL & GAS] Sterlite Grid gets letter of intent for Odisha project Upstream………………………… MP joins small club of states supplying 10 GW in peak hours ONGC aims to cut operational cost on falling crude oil India's coal imports fall for sixth straight month in prices December RIL rejects Shah panel role in gas dispute with ONGC ONGC hydrates discovery may be 4 times bigger than Policy / Performance………………… RIL's gas find Good news for power consumers as discoms pass on Downstream…………………………… benefit of cheap sourcing CERC allows increase in electricity rate for Reliance Essar Oil offers ultra-low sulphur diesel in rare move Power’s Sasan UMPP IOC to spend $600 mn on Paradip refinery upgrade Govt to review status of 32 coal blocks AP govt inks pacts with SPIC & China's Sany Group Transportation / Trade……………… Govt set to allow private companies in commercial coal mining MGL looking at lower prices for late night CNG BHEL commissions two substations in Afghanistan customers Govt bats for LED bulbs again, wants mass use India's 2015 Iran oil imports fall by a quarter Petrol, diesel sales down 25 percent in Delhi since odd- even scheme kicked in [INTERNATIONAL: OIL & GAS] Policy / Performance………………… Upstream…………………… Centre asks states to reduce vat on jet fuel PetroChina, Chevron Sichuan gas project in China Finance Minister brainstorms with secretaries on DBT starts output scheme Falkland explorers confirm oil discovery with Isobel re- Oil Ministry launches e-initiative to improve LPG drill customer service Greece's fledgling oil sector steps up production Govt waives customs duty on goods for idle fields of Shell sees BG deal working with oil at $50 for 2 yrs ONGC, OIL China goes underground to expand its strategic oil Indian crude basket price drops below $30 a barrel reserves mark amid China currency woes Indian refiners need to invest $4.5 bn to produce Euro Downstream…………………… VI fuel by 2020: Gadkari Govt likely to give oil cess relief to producers Gazprom Neft cancels plans to acquire Vietnam's Gujarat govt slashes industrial PNG rates by ` 5 per refinery cubic meter ORF Centre for Resources Management 3 6 – 12 January 2016 Europe refiners rush to make more gasoline after Transmission / Distribution / diesel hangover Trade…… Petrobras gets waiver to boost output at Brazil RNEST refinery DTE Energy to install 90k advanced meters in St. Clair County Transportation / Trade………… Germany's RWE sells Lynemouth power plant to EPH Bechtel to complete building the last 2 LNG trains on Policy / Performance……………… Curtis Island in 2016 Gazprom says Russian gas exports to Europe up 8 New Brunswick govt says tests complete at nuclear percent in 2015 power plant Grand Mesa plans open season for Colorado- Tanzania plans to list 49 percent of national power Oklahoma oil pipeline utility in 2016 Repair work completed on China's gas pipeline Egypt grants conditional approval for 4.4 GW of coal- destroyed by landslide fired projects Traders eye Alaskan oil exports to Asia as shipping ban ended Ukraine doubled its gas imports from European Union [RENEWABLE ENERGY / in 2015 TransCanada seeks US$15 bn compensation for CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS] Keystone XL denial Israeli firms in talks to buy natural gas from Leviathan NATIONAL………… California governor declares LA-area gas leak an India, Japan to focus on clean energy: Goyal emergency Suzlon Group bags second order from IPP in AP Policy / Performance……………… Solar sector funding drops to $25.3 bn in 2015 Suzlon to enter solar energy sector in FY16 Pakistan seeks second LNG import terminal for 2017 HC ruling puts state's solar power policy under scanner Iran expects South Pars project to be fully operational Biogas mission proposes to take ‘green fuel’ to urban by March 2018 homes Mexico regulator approves Pemex plan to drill new Will exceed ` 36 bn loan disbursement this fiscal: deepwater wells IREDA US sees no relief from swelling oil glut until late 2017 BSES discoms to call for reverse auction to procure Poland mulls O&G mergers to avoid hostile takeovers renewable power Norway's Oil Minister says low price could trigger India needs to make silicon for solar power Lofoten exploration Bolivia's YPFB says Argentina pledges to pay overdue GLOBAL……………… gas bill US drivers may pay for next step in fight against climate change [INTERNATIONAL: POWER] Indonesia plans to create renewable special corporate body Generation………………… Germany announces solar PV tariffs in third round of tender Norwegian company pulls out of power plant project EDF commissions 400 MW wind capacity in the US in Nepal RWE and DEWA sign deal for renewable energy US coal production declined by 10 percent in 2015 to innovation 900 mt US renewable energy mandates bring down fossil fuel ‘Nigeria has over 155 GW power generation deficit’ use, power costs Egypt's Orascom construction says wins $420 mn UK wind power generation sets record in 2015 power plant contract New 1.4 GW coal-fired power project proposed in Chile Colombia's El Quimbo hydro-power plant back in operation PT PLN orders turbines for 880 MW CCGT project in Java Southern encounters challenges in starting Kemper coal plant ORF Centre for Resources Management 4 6 – 12 January 2016 [WEEK IN REVIEW] COMMENTS……………… India’s Energy Security: A Plea for Retrospectives Lydia Powell, Observer Research Foundation he concept of energy security as it is used and interpreted in India and elsewhere is based on the Tepistemological assumption that energy will remain scarce, expensive and unreliable. The energy security strategies of India designed to address these ‘threats’ are therefore offensive in nature as they seek to maximise benefits in relation to other actors (nations). These strategies are not necessarily the direct consequence of these threats but the political interpretations of the treat (a process that is defined as securitisation in international relations theory). They are essentially non-linear responses to the perceived threats. Recommendations by government and non-government agencies made in the last two decades towards building an energy secure India are largely responses to the threat of scarcity and uncertainty (in securing energy resources) derived from a wide range of academic