Producing transportation fuels with less work
New reaction chemistry may reduce the energy input and carbon dioxide emissions from processes that convert coal into liquid fuels.
New reaction chemistry may reduce the energy input and carbon dioxide emissions from processes that convert coal into liquid fuels.
Using paraffin (kerosene) for cooking, heating or lighting is strongly associated with poverty in South Africa. In addition, many regard it to be the most dangerous form of household energy because of the high profile given to the unacceptably high number of harmful paraffin related domestic incidents that have taken place.
It is argued in this short note that a tradeoff is involved here between shortand long term economic growth. Underpricing of electricity for economic growth provides short term economic growth but hits at long term economic growth.
NHPC Ltd, previously called National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, is the main vehicle of the Government of India
Arnab Pratim Dutta When the kerosene supply went down sharply in Nagpur four years ago, Bharat Parihar
Access to land for biofuel cultivation is often negotiated with rural communities. Ensuring that sufficient consultation and discussion are carried out and that agreements are respected is a big challenge. This case study from Mozambique illustrates some of the difficulties.
The sciences of industrial ecology, complex systems, and adaptive management are intimately related, since they deal with flows and dynamic interdependencies between system elements of various kinds. As such, the tool kit of complex systems science could enrich our understanding of how industrial ecosystems might evolve over time.
This paper brings out the requirements for a sustainable and affordable energy and transport scenario. The demand/supply gap for the next twenty-five years has also been vividly brought out.
Ludhiana, in the state of Punjab, houses a prominent cluster of small and medium scale forging units engaged in production of auto and cycle parts, hand tools and other machinery components. There are approximately 200 forging units in and around Ludhiana.
The following is a successful case study of Cold Storage unit situated at outskirts of Hyderabad. The unit needs both power and steam. The electrical power consumption is towards running refrigeration compressor and associated equipment like condenser pumps, chilled water pumps, cooling tower and lighting etc.
The boreal forests of Scandinavia offer a considerable resource base, and use of the resource for the production of less carbon-intensive alternative transport fuel is one strategy being considered in Norway. Here, we quantify the resource potential and investigate the environmental implications of wood-based transportation relative to a fossil reference system for a specific region in Norway.
As bottled water use continues to expand around the world, there is growing interest in the environmental, economical, and social implications of that use, including concerns about waste generation, proper use of groundwater, hydrologic effects on local surface and groundwater, economic costs, and more. A key concern is how much energy is required to produce and use bottled water.
Solar food dryers play an important role in the drying of agro-produce, which is an excellent way to preserve food. They are an appropriate food preservation technology for a sustainable world.
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical: a report.
The municipal solid waste generation is increasing in urban areas. The incineration of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with high moisture content and low calorific value is not environmentally, techno-commercially viable option for energy recovery.
Despite the numerous benefits associated with cleaner alternatives, the transition to improved fuels and stoves has not progressed hugely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why is it that so often, well designed, efficient and clean stoves fail to penetrate the market in developing countries?
From 2005 to 2007, ENERGIA
When will we reach the peak of global oil production?
Energy is a prime requirement for sustainable development and poverty reduction. The energy dimension of poverty is fundamental. Lack of energy/electricity perpetuates poverty as it precludes most industrial activities and the jobs they create.
Hydrogen is a new, highly versatile energy carrier which is a clean, safe and cheap fuel choice and when combined with super-efficient fuel cell vehicles, enables a profitable transition from the present hydrocarbon based fuel economy.