Bloomberg India plans to expand its coal power fleet by about a quarter through the end of the decade as it continues to lean on the fuel to meet growing demand until energy storage costs fall. The world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases will add nearly 56 gigawatts of coal power capacity unless there’s a substantial drop in the …

  Bloomberg The UK expects to raise more than £28 billion ($30.9 billion) in the coming years from a windfall tax on oil and gas firms. The revenue will go toward offsetting the huge costs of subsidizing energy bills amid a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring gas and power prices. The forecast was released as part of Chancellor of the …

Bloomberg The UK government will relax planning rules for onshore wind to allow projects to be deployed more easily, marking a significant policy shift. Britain vowed to speed up the planning process for energy infrastructure including offshore wind farms and new oil and gas fields in Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. Onshore wind was effectively banned in 2016, but developers were …