India's Russian crude imports fell 16.5% in August to about 2.1 million bpd and could slip to 1.9 million bpd in September. The decline comes as a new U.S. law raises the potential cost of buying Russian energy. #Oil#India#Russia#Sanctions
Russia says it will keep supplying India with as much oil as it needs despite a U.S. bill threatening 100% tariffs on major buyers of Russian energy. Moscow argues its crude remains essential to global markets. #Russia#India#Oil#Sanctions
India is ramping up coal deliveries by rail as power plant inventories fall to critical levels. As of Sept. 5, 53 plants held less than 25% of required stocks, up from 45 on Aug. 26. #India#Coal#Power#Energy
India plans to require new solar and wind projects to add battery storage from July 2027. The proposal starts at 10% of project capacity for two hours as grid constraints increasingly force renewable curtailments. #India#Solar#EnergyStorage
China is replacing lost Iranian crude with more Russian oil—and competing directly with India. Russian barrels from western ports now make up 31% of China’s seaborne Russian imports, squeezing India’s supply. #Oil#China#India#Russia
