Energy

Punjab Green Hydrogen Policy

The Punjab Energy Development Agency has released a draft green hydrogen policy aiming to achieve a green hydrogen and ammonia production capacity of 100 kilo tonnes per annum by 2030. The policy proposes extending incentives under the existing “Punjab Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022” to new green hydrogen and …

Wonders of algae

astronauts can now do away with oxygen cylinders. Scientists at the agency of industrial science and technology's National Institute for Resources and Environment have developed a battery that generates not only electricity but also oxygen. And the thing that makes it possible is common algae. During photosynthesis, like other plants …

Account for the earth

the latest spinoff of the much-debated phenomenon of global warming is a bank account which aims to help combat the climatic problem. The Dutch-based Triodos Bank recently launched the Earth Saver Account in uk which aims to use the amount raised "primarily to finance renewable energy projects and energy projects …

Dynamics of noise

reducing unwanted noise is one of the main problems for mechanical engineers. The automobiles which are not perfectly tuned cause a lot of stress to the passengers and also shorten the life of the component. Engineers mostly rely on computer models to see the response of a new design to …

OF CREEPY CREATURES

Sri Lanka will play host to an international conference on the biology and conservation of south Asian amphibians and reptiles. The conference is to be jointly organised by the Amphibia and Reptile Research Organisation of Sri Lanka and the University of Peradeniya, Kandy, from August 1 to 5. Participants will …

Power package

With a view to improving the awareness of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) among customers, the Austrian Association of Electric Utilities and CFL manufacturers have jointly launched a

Green clean

A company in the US has developed a new rinsing agent known as advanced vapour degreasing (AVD). AVD, a zero-ozone depletion potential process, is used to clean electronic circuits, metal parts and high-performance components. Designed to improve cleaning capabilities, AVD can carry higher concentrations of contaminants, oils and flux residue …

Dial in cancer

OUT of all known sources that pose a cancer threat to humans, mobile phone is the latest. Nearly five million people in the UK could be at risk from developing cancer or asthma by using mobile phones. This has been concluded by scientists who carried out research in the US, …

Gem of a germ

THANKS to French researchers, farmers can do away with nitrogenous fertilisers which contribute to pollution of rivers and other reservoirs. Molecular biologists at the National Agronomic Research Institute (INRA) in Toulose, have succeeded in growing leguminous plants in soil that is poor in nitrogen. it has long been known that …

Getting fighter friendly

Fire-fighting could cause other problems like flooding and electrical damage. In an effort to come up with a better fire extiriguisher,the US-based firm Charged Injection ofPrinceton,New Jersey, is developing a method to douse fires using an electrostatically-charged mist of water. The spray will inject a beam of charged electrons -fired …

Friends for a cause

AS THE earth grows warmer, the battle between insurance and energy industries is heating up. The insurance executives have teamed up with international climate change experts. Around 60 big insurance companies met recently in London to chalk out ways of improving the management of environmental risks that are costing their …

Power game

FOR the first time in India, pre-engineered packages for liquid fuel power have been developed by Ansaldo Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. These plants, available in pre-specified ratings of 50 mw and 100 mW, are targetted at industrial clients, while others ranging from six mw to 20 mw have been designed …

Network

Charitable Net Non-profit groups are putting up their web sites to extend support to people in need. The free-to-browse sites disseminate information ranging from how to conserve oil to evil effects of free licensing of firearms. The American Red Cross Society calls for donations through its website, and surfers have …

Surprise rays from a comet

THE discovery of x-ray emission from the newest visitor to the realm of solar system on March 27: the Comet Hyakutake (pronounced yah-koo-tah- kay) by the German x-ray satellite called the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), has puzzled astrophysicists the world over. The comet was emitting x-rays in an unusual crescent pattern …

POWER PACKAGE

Pakistan's power sector is poised for a big boost with the recent announcement of a US $600 million financial package by the World Bank (WB) to produce electricity from untapped natural gas reserves in the south-west region of the country. Several US, European and Asian companies and banks will be …

Green wheels

THE World Commission on Environmental Development, 1987, gave way to the famous Brundtland Commission Report titled Our Common Future. This report, for the first time, made 'sustainability' a major international issue and gave it a much wider relevance in the process. Thus, sustainability came to be associated with equity, international …

Street smart settlers

ALTHOUGH forms of life found on oceanic islands have their mainland cousins, they develop distinct identities for themselves. The uniqueness of these living beings is attributed to the changes that they undergo in order to adapt to the island environment. Scientists believe that such differences could not be chance occurrences …

Atoms to the rescue?

AS THE world's fossil fuel reserves decline, the search for a clean, inexpensive and sustainable source of energy hots up. At a site near Abingdon, a us $794 million experiment to develop a new and virtually non-polluting energy source has entered the final phase of its programme. The experiment, known …

Network

Mad cows on net The newest site where the mad cow disease has struck is the Web. The research group CAB International hassetupahomepage at http://www.cabi.org/whatsnew/bse containing more t~an309sc.ientific references on bovIne spongIform encelopathy and Cruetjfeldt-Jacob disease. The British ministries of agriculture, fisheries and food badly hit by the recent fiasco, …

Spinning faster

Human endeavours like the building of dams are now being held responsible for the planet spinning a wee bit faster. Benjamin Chao, a geophysicistat NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, US, says that the days are shortening by about O;2millionthsofa second per year. Chao's observations are based on …

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