Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
The incoming Obama Administration and the 111th Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the technologies of energy supply and end-use is a prerequisite for surmounting these challenges in a …
Over 83% of rural families living in the Amazonian jungle of Peru have no access to electrical energy because of the difficulty and high cost of extending the electricity grid to the region. The sustainable use of biomass to generate energy could make a significant contribution in this regard, in …
To make solar cells more efficient, sprinkle them with silver MAKERS of solar cells face a dilemma. Purified silicon, the basic material of such cells, is expensive. The temptation, therefore, is to use less of it. As a result, the makers have developed a generation of cells whose silicon layers …
Technology plays an important role in determining how energy is produced, delivered, and consumed. In the future, it is expected to play an equally important role in enabling society to secure its energy system while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). But it is unclear what mix of technologies holds …
Reliance Industries has received a grant of $600,000 (less than Rs 3 crore) for its proposed coal-to-liquid fuel project. The domestic petrochemicals giant is contributing $3,91,305 (less than Rs 2 crore) to fund the feasibility study for the project while another US company Headwaters is also putting in $1,20,000. The …
NEW DELHI: Seeking to expand the relationship in the energy sector, India and the U.S. have agreed to collaborate in developing gas hydrate resources, the ice-like structure that has natural gas trapped between water molecules found in abundance off the East Coast. Both countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) …
Vishal Sharma / Agra December 08, 2008, 0:44 IST Runs on synthesis gas, could bag order from the US. Ever since the manufacture of conventional technology generators was prohibited in Agra due to pollution concerns, the generator manufacturers of Agra have been looking at various technological options to boost their …
Thorium Power, a US-based nuclear energy company, has signed an agreement with Punj Lloyd, one of the leading engineering and construction companies in India, to form a joint venture (JV). The JV will provide thorium fuel technology for light water reactors (LWR) to come up in India, which predominantly generates …
The main objective of the present study is to analyse the implications of shifting from free allocation to auctioning of EU ETS allowances (EUAs) for the power sector in the Netherlands. In order to achieve this objective, this study has used three methodological approaches, including theoretical, empirical and model analyses …
The world is now in the early stages of an energy revolution that over the next few decades could be as momentous as the emergence of oil-and electricity-based economies a century ago. Double-digit market growth, annual capital flows of more than $100 billion, sharp declines in technology costs, and rapid …
Captures all the sunlight, more efficient at making electricity the oldest piece of space junk still orbiting the Earth is the satellite Vanguard I. In 1958, it became the fourth artificial satellite launched
How to make radar work in wind farms Wind farms are controversial. Some people think they are an excellent way to generate green electricity whereas others reckon they are a blot on the landscape and a danger to birds. Such arguments aside, aviation safety is one of the main reasons …
Agartala, Nov 5: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has agreed to provide financial support to 8,719 remote villages of 10 states, including 1,704 hamlets in the Northeast in the current fiscal. State Science and Technology Minister Joy Gobinda Debroy told UNI here today that the ministry will support …
Gordon Brown, prime minister, yesterday signed a clean energy co--operation agreement with a leading renewable energy company in the United Arab Emirates. Mr Brown is on the last leg of a tour of the region to raise money from oil-rich Gulf states for the International Monetary Fund, an effort which, …
London: Gadget makers showed off their green credentials at a technology show in London to try to tempt consumers worried about soaring fuel bills, climate change and the financial crisis. Amid the usual array of power-hungry televisions, stereos and computers, a handful of companies promoted high tech products designed to …
