Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
the Manipur government has renewed its interest in setting up the 1,500 mw Tipaimukh multi-purpose project on the Barak at an estimated Rs 2,899 crore (at July 1995 levels). The project was held up due to the agitation led by R K Priyabrata Singh, chairman of the Manipur-based Action Committee …
W e can start this story like a science fiction thriller. But we want to talk reality. So, before discussing the hype that fuel cells generate, let us start on a rather elementary note. The dictionary will tell you that a cell is a unit in a device for converting …
Although it will take large amounts of research investments and government incentives before fuel cells become a commercial reality, there is no reason to get disappointed. The advantages of fuel cells are not restricted to cutting down emissions of greenhouse gases. Fuel cells are silent and economical. Praveen Dhamija, principal …
Fuel cells promise a lot, but there is little hope if shortsighted business interests get the better of policymakers. For one, fuel cells will eat into the earnings of oil companies. The June 1999 issue of the Fuel Cell Bulletin quotes the oil consultancy Kline & Co as saying that …
The automobile sector has pursued the r&d of fuel cells more aggressively than any other sector (see box: Have power, get hot water ). Automakers around the world are showing optimistic signs. Some developed countries in Europe and North America are leading the way: they are already operating fuel cell-powered …
Although the technology can of be immense value to a developing country like India, the r&d of fuel cells is still at its infancy in the country. "We are still at the familiarisation stage," says an official from the mnes. In Hyderabad, bhel is working on the development of 50-kilowatt …
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a connecticut, us -based company is all set to offer its customers a new power alternative called "green" electricity. This, it says, is not generated from oil or nuclear reactors, but from renewable sources like wind, water and methane gas. Though the electricity would be costlier by us $5-6 a …
Wind power is constantly emerging as a preferred source of energy the world over. Fast forward by another couple of decades and wind power is predicted to meet 10 per cent of the world's electricity requirements even if consumption increases by double the current rate. Pollution free and never likely …
madison town in New York has been chosen as the site for a new project to harness wind power for producing electricity. Estimated to cost us $16-million, the project has been undertaken by us company pg&e; Generating, which owns a fleet of conventional coal and gas-powered plants and some hydroelectric …
guwahati is all set to get a clean image with the launch of two ambitious projects that will gradually rid the city of garbage. Under the new schemes, waste collected from the city will be used to produce bio-fertiliser and electricity in two separate ventures. Guwahati-based North East Green Tech …
To meet the power demands of rice mills, a small-scale unit based in Tanuka, Andhra Pradesh has developed a low-cost technology to generate electricity using rice husk. After three years of research, Associated Engineering Works have come up with the rice husk gasifier, which won them the department of scientific …
the potential to generate electricity from wind is more than twice what was previously estimated. The Union ministry of non-conventional energy sources ( mnes ) reassessed the gross potential of non-conventional energy sources and upgraded the potential of the wind power sector from 20,000 megawatt (mw) to 45,000 mw. The …
after two commercial banks agreed to extend credit to consumers and guarantee loans for import of equipment, Uganda has started installing solar units for its long awaited solar rural electrification programme. The technical aspect of the pilot project will last three years. It is expected to cost us $1.7 million. …
sweden's decision to phase out its 12 nuclear power plants by 2010 took a significant step forward on November 30 when it closed its first plant, Barseback 1, which is situated on the country's west coast. Nuclear power plants generate almost half of the electricity needs of the country, of …
what do you do when the government cannot provide you with electricity, though the country's hydropower potential is a whopping 83,000 megawatts? You get it somehow. This seems to be the attitude of people living in rural Nepal, which comprises some 85 per cent of the total population. In their …
the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party ( bjp) coalition government in Punjab has decided to do away with a number of populist measures, including free water and power provided to farmers. Gifting money to girls belonging to a scheduled caste and or the Christian community at the time of their marriage …
solar and wind power projects will prove to be profitable if governments and oil companies get behind them, speakers told a Greenpeace business conference recently. "To get such a different system to work, it is going to take tremendous levels of investment, major policy changes and a willingness to change,' …
after another disastrous year, the Delhi Vidyut Board (dvb) has prepared an action plan to meet the requirement of the city during the summer next year. According to a technical committee member of the dvb, the board is also planning to install a new power plant. "It will cost around …
The technology that powers spacecraft destined for deep space, where solar energy is not available, has been used to develop a self-contained power plant that can be mounted right inside a residential boiler. This device will prove to be quite useful in cold areas where power is expensive, sporadic or …
