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 …
Changes in forest carbon stocks are a determinant of the regional carbon budget. In the past several decades, China has experienced a pronounced increase in forest area and density. However, few comprehensive analyses have been conducted. In this study, we employed the Forest Identity concept to evaluate the changing status …
As the impacts of climate change escalate, efforts to develop new technologies and new approaches to reducing emissions are promoted. One proposal is to sequester carbon in soils using biochar. Biochar is essentially fine grained charcoal. Advocates claim that adding biochar to soils will store carbon safely away from the …
India offers a conducive environment for accelerating the use and internalisation of bioenergy technologies (BETs). Nearly 25% of its primary energy comes from biomass resources, and close to 70% of rural population depend on biomass to meet their daily energy needs. India has over two decades of experience in demonstrating …
New Delhi With four times the population of the US, an economy growing 8-9% a year and surging energy demand, India’s race to become an economic power has propelled it to No 3 in the list of top carbon polluters. India’s greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising as it tries …
MADURAI: The Central Government has come out with a renewable energy scheme that provides urban local bodies with the capacity to address the power shortage in their areas. The entire cost of implementing this project, called
Governments, investors and individuals are pumping money into cleantech to stoke innovation and find solutions to issues such as the increasing demand for energy. According to one estimate, oil demand may peak as early as 2020 due to more stringent CO2 reduction policies, higher fossil fuel prices and declining clean …
The Carbon Consulting Company helped Geocycle, a subsidiary of Holcim Lanka (Ltd) to hold their recent Geo Responsible Awards, the first ever certified Carbon Neutral awards ceremony to be held in the Asian region. The Sri Lankan Carbon Consulting Company (CCC), considered factors such as energy consumption, delegation travel, waste …
MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) is organising a two-day national conference on renewable energy at Udhagamandalam in The Nilgiris district on Saturday and Sunday (May 28 and 29) in association with the Tamil Nadu Tea Exporters' Association. A delegation of 100 foreign scholars involved in solar thermal …
Wood fuel, one of the oldest energy sources on the planet, could become the newest commodity market if it can overcome supply limits and green concerns as demand grows for renewable energy. Supply constraints are starting to put wood fuel into competition with the paper industry, experts say, in an …
Global consumption of natural resources could almost triple to 140 billion tons a year by 2050 unless nations take drastic steps, the United Nations warned on May 12. A UN environment panel said the world cannot sustain the tearaway rate of use of minerals, ores and fossil and plant fuels. …
Empowered committee of Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA), which is being led by the Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, has cleared four projects of renewable energy in a meeting on Thursday. For the purpose of setting up the projects of other resources
The Centre has asked the Rajasthan Government to speed up the implementation of solar power projects awarded to private companies in western parts of the State and make arrangements for training of engineers and technicians to add quality to the existing projects and serve the needs of the future. Union …
CHENNAI: While Tamil Nadu is staring at a severe power crisis on the one side, it continues to lead the way in renewable energy production on the other. But the complicated policies and lack of long-term strategy for the renewable sector, according to experts, is deterring the state from utilising …
This review on state of cookstove research & action in the developing nations including India, examines opportunities for technology development and presents a roadmap for scaling up stove programs as transformative tools for sustainable development. Research on improved cookstoves dates back to the 1950s; the ensuing decades witnessed large-scale field …
The World Institute of Sustainable Energy has been supported by the Department for International Development, Govt. of UK, to undertake a study for preparing a Renewable Energy Action Plan for Bihar. The key objectives of the study are: To estimate the potential of renewable energy in Bihar and identify key …
Secure, reliable, affordable and clean energy supplies are fundamental to economic and social stability and development. Energy and environmental decision-makers are faced with major challenges that require action now in order to ensure a more sustainable future. More efficient use of, and cleaner primary energy sources can help to achieve …
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report, titled “Developing Sustainable Trade in Bioenergy: Summary and Conclusions from the IEA Bioenergy ExCo65 Workshop,” which lays out perspectives on bioenergy trade, with a focus on Asia. The paper offers an overview of the global bioenergy trade and market developments specifically in …
Chandigarh Deputy chief minister of Punjab S Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said that Punjab was in for major revolution in producing power from renewable resources and was aiming to harness 1,100 mw power from Biomass, Micro Hydro and Solar sectors. Speaking to media persons Badal said that his visit …
Chandigarh Haryana rice millers are turning to biomass co-generation for captive power generation. Easy availability of rice husk and upgradation of technology at minimum cost prompted them to generate own power through this renewable energy resource. Till date seven projects of 15.45 mw based on biomass co-generation have been commissioned …
