Global Warming– Sept.

2021
How declining coal plants efficiencies are jeopardizing
India’s COP26 emission targets

Ref : ET Energy World March 26, 2022

How declining coal plants efficiencies are jeopardizing
India’s COP26 emission targets

Ref : ET Energy World March 26, 2022

India to start building nuclear power plants in 'fleet mode'

Ref : PTI March 28, 2022

 Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels

• Harvard University is ending its investments in fossil fuels, the

school’s President said, drawing praise from divestment activists
who had long pressed the leading university to exit such holdings.
• The President Lawrence Bacow said the school's endowment had
no direct investments in fossil fuel exploration or development
companies as of June and will not make such investments in the
future, "given the need to decarbonize the economy."
• The university's indirect investments in the fossil fuel industry "are
in runoff mode". The indirect investments, made through private
equity funds, make up less than 2% of the endowment.
Ref : Reuters Sept. 10, 2021
 OPEC set to revise down 'optimistic' oil demand outlook -sources

• OPEC will likely revise down its 2022 oil demand growth forecast on Monday, two OPEC+
sources said, as the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant puts the speed of a recovery in fuel
use in doubt.
• On Sept. 1, separate sources said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and
allies, known as OPEC+, increased its 2022 oil demand forecast to 4.2 million barrels per day
(bpd) from 3.28 million bpd previously.
• The new figure was seen as optimistic by some in the group, likely prompting revisions, the two
OPEC+ sources said. OPEC is scheduled to make its latest supply and demand forecasts
public in a reporton Monday.

Ref : Reuters Sept. 11, 2021

 India’s petroleum coke (petcoke) import rises 73% y-o-y in Dec.
2021
• Import of petroleum coke (petcoke), a by-product of oil refining process, stood a 9.87 lakh
tonnes in Dec. 2021, up by 73% over the corresponding month of the previous year as it is
becoming price competitive to coal.
 PTI January 13, 2022, 08:14 IST

• Import of fuel-grade petcoke was slow during 2021 due to high price and tightness in supply.
But in the near past, fuel-grade petcoke is again becoming competitive to coal and its users are
switching from coal.
• Prices of both coal and petcoke now have “eased but the latter corrected at a higher degree, as
compared to coal, making it a preferred choice by certain users”. The import of petcoke had
jumped in the last few months but the country’s total import of the commodity in 2021 was lower
by 50% to 4.972 million tonnes as compared to the previous year.
• The cement sector, the largest user of petcoke, had shifted towards coal as it was more
affordable, and, they are again switching to petcoke after the recent hike in coal prices, the
report said. The import of petcoke from the US was up by 143% in December 2021 and 63%
from Saudi Arabia.

Ref :
Global Green Petcoke Market share : 2020 & 2030F
 Petroleum Coke Price Trend and Forecast : Quarter Ending June 2021

North America
• Continuous price increment in price was observed in USA due to lower availability against firm
demand pattern. Downstream producers were heard opting for cheaper alternatives than Pet
Coke, however USA export to Brazil remained high in the meantime. Therefore, prices of Pet
Coke were accessed at USD 430/MT for calcined grade in USA during final week of June.
Asia Region
• Asian market witnessed bearish offtakes for Pet Coke during this quarter, due to overall market
dullness amid infirm demand and adequate availability. In China, prices of Pet Coke followed a
downward trajectory in mid-May. On the other hand, in India, prices of Pet Coke fell sharply till
the May end and later rebounded effectively in June.
• This price fall was supported by significant fall in demand from cement manufacturers amid
resurgence of the pandemic in the country. In addition, due to huge rise in USA Pet Coke prices,
Asian manufacturer were heard switching to cheaper alternatives from Australia. Thus, the price
of Pet Coke hovered around USD 220/MT for Non-Calcined Pet Coke in India during June end.

Ref :
 Petroleum Coke Price Trend and Forecast : Quarter Ending Dec. 2020

North America
• With the consistent increment in prices of the feedstock crude oil, Petroleum Coke prices in the
US took an uptrend later in the Q4 2020. The demand for Petroleum Coke in the region has
increased compared to Q3 2020 and the prices of non-calcined Petroleum Coke were traded
between 60-72 USD/MT. While green Petroleum Coke prices registered an upward trend and are
traded between 67-73 USD/MT. The refineries with higher Nelson Complexity Index registered a
healthy demand and higher profit margin due to rise in prices of sweet crude, while the sour crude
prices gain momentum marginally. The prices of Petroleum Coke are anticipated to increase in
coming months due to rising demand from the region and end use industry.
Asia Region
• Demand for Petroleum Coke in the Asian market exhibited strong growth in Q4 2020 compared
to Q3 2020. The demand has increased from cement industry due to ongoing construction
activities in South East Asia especially China, Vietnam and India. The prices of calcined and non-
calcined Petroleum Coke were traded at 200-240 USD/MT and 62-76 USD/MT depending on the
quantity and proximity from the import location. The market sentiments have improved in Q4
2020, owing to increase in construction activities and rising demand from steel, cement and
aluminium Industry. The prices of Petroleum Coke are anticipated to remain stable in Q1 2021
due to balance in demand and supply scenario.
Advncing of schedule for blending of 20% ethanol in gasoline
Ethanol producers propose to invest Rs 3,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh

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IndianOil, L&T, ReNew announce JV to develop green hydrogen
business
IndianOil, L&T, ReNew announce JV to develop green hydrogen
business
IndianOil, L&T, ReNew announce JV to develop green hydrogen
business
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel
MRPL buys 1 million barrels of Russian Urals crude for May loading
ZF acquired a stake in the South Korean AI company StradVision
ZF acquired a stake in the South Korean AI company StradVision

• ZF acquired 6% stake in StradVision, a South Korean pioneer in artificial intelligence

based vision processing technology for autonomous vehicles and ADAS systems. 

• StradVision, as reported on Sustainable Truck&Van, managed to develop software

capable of allowing vehicles to detect and identify objects accurately, such as other
vehicles, lanes, pedestrians, animals, free space, traffic signs, and lights, even in harsh
weather conditions or poor lighting.

• The software relies on deep learning-based perception algorithms, which requires

a relatively small amount of memory and has low power consumption. Autonomous
driving and vehicle software are among the strategic technology fields within
the ZF product portfolio: autonomous buses are being developed and pilots are
multiplying.
 ZF with StradVision for autonomous driving
• The partnership with StradVision considerably extends our autonomous driving
perception and sensor fusion capabilities», said Marc Bolitho, Head of Engineering of
the Electronics and ADAS division at ZF Group. «Together with our sensors,
middleware platform and high-performance computing solutions.

• This vision perception software expertise from StradVision can provide a key
component of our environmental sensor fusion for shuttles, commercial and light
vehicles that can be optimized for centralized electrical architectures».

• We are proud to count ZF as one of our strategic investors, added Junhwan Kim, CEO
at StradVision. Together with the global mobility specialist ZF, we will strive to speed
up the market for autonomous driving with leading perception solutions.
German government awards funding for 472 e-buses in Hamburg

Ref : Sustainable BUS, 4 April 2022

German government awards funding for 472 e-buses in Hamburg

• The Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, announced funding
amounting to around 160 million euros for the electrification of local public
transport in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Money that will be used to finance
472 new battery-electric buses.

• The recipients of the funding are Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe

Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH). These are the first fundings to be awarded to public
transport companies under the directive for the promotion of alternative drive systems
for buses in passenger transport.

• Further funding decisions in the framework of the first funding call will be presented at
the Electromobility Conference of the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport
(BMDV) on 7/8 April 2022 in Berlin.
Ref : Sustainable BUS, 4 April 2022
German government awards funding for 472 e-buses in Hamburg

• Hamburger Hochbahn AG has set itself the goal of converting its entire bus fleet – currently
around 1,000 vehicles – to alternative drives by 2030.
• The company will receive approximately 97 million euros for the procurement of 289 electric
buses and 486 charging infrastructure units.
• The BMDV has already supported Hochbahn with 12 million euros for the purchase of 60
electric buses and 20 charging infrastructure units, as well as with 6.4 million euros for the
new construction of the Gleisdreieck depot.
• VHH plans also to convert its entire fleet of ~670 vehicles to electric drives by 2030.
• VHH’s Elexity2022 project is being funded with around 59 million euros to purchase 183
electric buses and 216 charging infrastructure units.
• So far, VHH has received 15 million euros for the acquisition of 64 battery-electric buses and
1.8 million euros for the upgrading of the Bergedorf depot.

Ref : Sustainable BUS, 4 April 2022

Hamburg: climate protection begins on public transport
• Federal Minister Dr Volker Wissing: 472 more buses in Hamburg city will be electric in
future – we are investing around 160 million euros.

• Climate protection begins on the doorstep – when you get on public transport. We need
climate-neutral mobility for people.

• We can only achieve this by using electric vehicles to sustainably and permanently reduce
emissions in transport.

• Buses in particular have an enormously high mileage in our inner cities, which is where we
are targeting our initiatives.

• Our support will help to electrify up to 40 % of Hamburg’s city bus fleet in the coming
years. Ref : Sustainable BUS, 4 April 2022
 Country's first hydrogen fuel based car

Nitin Gadkari reaches Parliament in

hydrogen-powered car: 

• Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nitin Gadkari recently arrived at
Parliament in the country's first hydrogen fuel
based car.

• He said that green hydrogen refueling stations

will be established in the country and India will
soon become a exporter of green hydrogen.
 IOC, L&T, ReNew to jointly develop green hydrogen business 

• Indian Oil, Larsen & Toubro, and ReNew

Power recently signed a binding term sheet for
the formation of a joint venture company to
develop the green hydrogen sector in India.

• The JV will focus on developing projects in a

time-bound manner to supply green hydrogen
at an industrial scale.
• IOC and L&T have also signed a binding term
sheet to form a JV with equity participation to
manufacture and sell electrolyzers used in the
production of green hydrogen.
 NTPC to blend green hydrogen in PNG network of Gujarat Gas: 

• NTPC has announced plans to supply

green hydrogen for blending in the piped
natural gas network of Gujarat Gas Ltd at
NTPC Kawas.

• Green hydrogen will be produced by using

electricity from NTPC’s existing one
megawatt floating solar project and will be
used for cooking applications in NTPC
Kawas Township.
 Statkraft, a Norway-based hydropower firm

• Europe’s largest generator of renewable

energy, recently announced that it is set to
provide a green hydrogen bunkering
solution.

• The vessel is scheduled for completion and

commissioning in 2024
Solar push: Gujarat-based textile firm proposes to invest Rs 5,400 cr in Ratlam
World needs extra $1.3 trln energy investment by 2030: JP Morgan
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
Clean Hydrogen in European Cities project (CHIC)
Fuel Cell Bus Cost : Bus Technology Comparison
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
Clean Hydrogen in European Cities project (CHIC)
Fuel Cell Bus Cost : Bus Technology Comparison
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
Clean Hydrogen in European Cities project (CHIC)
Fuel Cell Bus Cost : Bus Technology Comparison
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
Clean Hydrogen in European Cities project (CHIC)
Fuel Cell Bus Cost : Bus Technology Comparison
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
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Firewood for cooking at Mewla Maharajpur : 31.12.21
Key components of the Fuel Cell Electric Bus
Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE)
Caravan from Rajasthan at Faridabad : 22nd Nov. 20
Caravan from Rajasthan at Faridabad : 22nd Nov. 20