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 …
And now a solar air heating system that would help keep your house warm. Scientists at the Turkish International Co-operation Agency have devised the system. It is designed to transfer solar energy acquired in the southern sunspace of an apartment to the northern glazed space through air ducts placed in …
Scientists at Fraunhofer Safety and Energy Technology, Germany, have devised a method to convert unwanted fuel into gas. The gas can be used to generate electricity and heat. The process uses "fluidised bed gasification' to convert the wood into gas that is cooled and used as engine fuel. Its overall …
most active participants engaged in the field of energy recovery from wastes agree that a rapid expansion of the acti-vity can result only if this area attains the status of an industry, fully self-sufficient and standing on its own legs. Recently a team of scientists led by P Rajabapiah from …
alternative energy sources - compressed natural gas, biomethanation technology, wind energy, solar thermal, ocean power, bio energy. Get ready for the catchwords of tomorrow. In a world struck by an impending energy crisis, it is time that India began pondering over the various options available through renewable and eco-friendly energy. …
Pacific Solar of Australia plans to develop a novel concept in solar technology that could allow solar panels to be plugged directly into the standard 240 volts (V) wiring system of a house
The Chinese government has launched a "Ride the Wind' project to achieve 1,000 megawatts (MW) of installed power capacity by the end of the year 2000. The state planning commission has appointed Luoyang First Tractor Factory and Xian Aero Engine Company as local partners in this ambitious project, to avoid …
engineers in New Zealand have developed a wind turbine that utilises maximum wind power and converts it into energy. The device has been found to be far efficient than the presently used wind turbines. With this exciting breakthrough, engineers have shown hope that wind power may soon become a potential …
Banana leaves can now be converted into an energy-rich fuel. Researchers at the Centre of Biochemical Technology (CBT), New Delhi, have devised two methods to generate fuel from banana leaves. V C Kalia, a scientist at CBT's biotechnology division, says that one method called pellitisation or briquetting involves crushing banana …
Artificial bays on the beach can effectively be used generate power from wave energy. Tom Denniss, an oceanographer in Australia, has developed a wave reflector that would produce energy at cheaper rate than those generated by coal-fired power plants. The reflector consists of a large parabolic bay that focuses a …
a heliostat is being developed that increases the output of photovoltaic (pv) modules by more than 450 per cent. Colin Johnson and his colleagues at HelioEnergy of Whangarei, New Zealand, have designed the machine that uses a clockwork mechanism to turn a mirror to focus the Sun's light in fixed …
A scientist in the US envisions that owners of tomorrow's electric cars would not only buy electricity for their vehicles but they could also be able to sell it back. Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware, Newark, usa, believes that these cars could replace many power-generating plants. Electric cars …
Two Indian researchers have developed a blend that consists of only 50 per cent petrol and the rest being industrial alcohol and 1-4 per cent co-solubliser. The alcohol has 95 per cent ethyl alco-hol and five per cent water. C Chiranjeevi, a member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial …
scientists feel that it is possible to trap solar power in outer space, beam it to the Earth, and convert it into electricity. With the help of latest techniques, they hope that solar energy could be delivered at prices equal to or even lower than ground-based alternatives without big environmental …
reserchers in the us and Japan are trying to device methods of using lasers to deflect lightning bolts and prevent the harm that ensues. The significance of this can hardly be underestimated. Since time immemorial, people have sought ways to prevent lightning from causing destruction. In the ancient times, sacrifices …
the energy of bullocks has been converted into electric power in 24 tribal villages of the Chhota Udepur region of the Vadodra district in Gujarat. The experiment was conceptualised by scientist-industrialist Kantibhai C Shroff and his niece Shrutiben Shroff and sponsored by the Shroff Foundation, an ngo providing health care …
solar power, probably the most abundant natural resource in Rajasthan, is now being used to run fax machines, computers and telephones in Tilonia, Rajasthan. The solar power unit at the social work research centre in the model village generates electricity to meet the requirements of not only the centre, but …
A unique system for immediate restoration of power and rectification of damaged transmission lines has been developed by the Power Grid Corporation Ltd (pgcl), Calcutta. Usually, repair of transmission lines that collapse in high storm conditions or hurricanes, takes a long time. The new system repairs damaged transmission lines very …
Britain's National Wind Power will construct Europe's largest wind farm, Carno, in the Powys region of Wales which will generate forty-per cent of electricity needed for the region. Its 56 turbines can generate up to 33 MW of electricity, enough to cater to the needs of nearly 25,000 homes. Each …
