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 …
Energy efficiency and the profitable use of biomass residues are often demonstrated by pulp and paper factories, which are forerunners in this area. A new example is given by Dalkia and Metso, global players in bioenergy service and technology in France.
Accurate and realistic estimates of carbon stock on trees are essentially required for determining their role in mitigating global warming and climate change in present scenario of enhanced atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) coupled with the rise in temperature. In this background, a study was conducted at National Research Centre for …
This report provides a background of the rural energy scenario in India, describing the unmet energy needs, and the policies and regulatory environment as a rationale for the VESP (Village Energy Security Programme). It discusses the program design, its key components, and a detailed analysis of its pilot phase performance …
Asian Development Bank will provide a US$3.3 million as grant for implementing renewable energy projects in rural areas with no access to grid electricity. Government on Wednesday signed a technical assistance grant agreements of $3.3 million with the ADB at a ceremony at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Saifuddin Ahmed, joint secretary, Economic …
MANGROVES are known to be reservoirs of carbon. While it is known that widespread degradation of the mangroves by 30-50 per cent over the past half century due to coastal development, aquaculture expansion and over-harvesting may be responsible for an increase in carbon in the atmosphere, nobody has been able …
The lives of rural Bhutanese is expected to get better once the six projects for environment conservation is implemented. From November this year, people in Sipsoo in Samtse and Sarpang will have a stone masonry and elephant trench built with solar electric fencing to keep the elephants away. While up …
NOIDA: A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign against burning of fallen leaves by sweepers, gardeners and residents. The Citizens' Environment Improvement Society, an NGO, has roped in Noida Authority officials to support their movement and create awareness about the hazard that are caused by open burning of leaves. …
The energy need of the populace is increasing by the day, whereas the conventional source of energy is insufficient to meet the rising demand, Thereby adversely affecting the environment as well. Therefore there is an urgent need to develop and exploit non-conventional and renewable sources of energy in the state. …
Proponents of biomass-based fuels push for sustainability against a steady tide of conflicting analysis, but can advanced biofuels cut the mustard? http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/pdf/474S02a.pdf
A biomass-based fuel needs to be cheap and energy dense. Gasoline sets a high standard. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S09a.html
Climate change factors such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3) can exert significant impacts on soil microbes and the ecosystem level processes they mediate. However, the underlying mechanisms by which soil microbes respond to these environmental changes remain poorly understood. The prevailing hypothesis, which states that CO2- …
A recent report "Forests in a Green Economy" by the UN Environment Programme examines the critical role of forests and provides policy recommendations for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Excerpts: Economic progress and human well-being are dependent on healthy forests. Forests serve as carbon sinks and stabilise global climate, regulate …
A highly encouraging scenario during the next decade in the renewable and non-conventional energy sector was projected for Rajasthan at a conference on
Jean Claude Gandur, a Swiss commodities trader, made a fortune during the 1990s buying oil concessions in Africa that others did not want or could not hold. Now a billionaire, he is poised to swim against the tide again with a major expansion into ethanol in Sierra Leone, the West …
Global warming could be slowed down if governments cleaned up what's known as black carbon from industry and cooking fires, 50 of the world's leading atmospheric scientists said on June 14. Major air pollutants like black carbon, methane and ground level ozone mostly result from the soot and gases formed …
The single largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in India is the power sector. Sixty-five percent of our electricity is produced by thermal power plants that emit GHGs. It is believed that by 2040 India will exhaust its coal reserves. Is alternative energy the future?
