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 …
MARKING its silver jubilee on Sunday, the Salem Tree Club released a declaration that spells out eco-friendly solutions to day-to-day pollution. Pasumai Thayagam chairperson Sowmiya Anbumani received the first copy, which would be submitted to the government also. The declaration opens with a demand to ban tree cutting for fuel …
Scientists Bypass Petroleum-Based Chemicals To Produce Biodegradable & Less Toxic Polymers Washington: Scientists have successfully bio-engineered polymers, completely bypassing fossil fuel based chemicals. This breakthrough opens the way for the commercial production of
A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing. A rice husk power plant in Rupahi village in West Champaran district of Bihar. IANSAccording to an estimate, 44 …
MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) will be creating an awareness among the public of the optimum utilisation of renewable energy at affordable costs and educating engineering students in the 16 districts of south and Central Tamil Nadu. These are the priorities of the new Deputy General Manager …
The energy poverty that typifies rural areas of developing countries in Africa is staggering in its proportions. These areas have become trapped in subsistence-level economies characterised by inefficient use of
In developing countries, biomass is used as a primary source of energy for cooking and water heating. Use of the biomass in traditional cook stoves creates serious health problems to rural women and children. Biomass gasification appears to have a significant potential for domestic cooking applications. However, due to some …
There is a need to reverse the long-term decline in investment in agriculture of developing countries and to create institutional capacities at global, regional and national levels that are able to assure universal access to adequate food. Investment in agriculture by both the public and private sectors has to be …
This UNDP-WHO joint report draws attention to the global energy access situation and highlights that three billion people still rely on traditional biomass and coal, with a striking two million deaths per year associated with indoor burning of these solid fuels in unventilated kitchens. Almost two billion people need modern …
If the next climate treaty tackles deforestation, tropical nations will need to monitor the biomass of their forests. One ecologist has worked out a way to do that from the sky, finds Jeff Tollefson.
B Krishna Mohan / Hyderabad October 20, 2009, 0:55 IST Biomass energy developers in Andhra Pradesh have been feeling the pinch of rising fuel prices over the past few months. With the kharif crop failing due to drought this year, the price of rice husk, which has the highest calorific …
For most women in Punjab, dinnertime means heading to the kitchen to begin making chapatis. But things have changed in Fazilka. At dinnertime, they dress up just that little bit and are out of their homes with kneaded flour as they head for the neighbourhood chulha. Here, they bake their …
Europe will this week launch a campaign to triple funding for energy research to 8 billion euros ($11.7 billion) a year in a technology race with Japan and the United States, a draft document shows. Solar power should get 16 billion euros over the next decade and up to 30 …
Global warming risks from emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by anthropogenic activities have increased the need for the identification of ecosystems with high carbon sink capacity as an alternative mitigation strategy of terrestrial carbon sequestration. The agroforestry sector has received recent attention for its enormous potential carbon pools that reduce …
Filling your vehicle's tank with fuel made from algae is still as much as a decade away, as the emerging industry faces a series of hurdles to find an economical way to make the biofuel commercially. Estimates on a timeline for a commercial product, and profits, vary from two to …
Vegetation in a city is sometimes synonymous to presence of nature in the predominantly man made environment. Urban vegetation is an important point for sustainable development, environmental conservation and urban planning process of a city (Tunay et al, 2007). The urban environment is characterized by an intense use of the …
Access to modern forms of energy continues to elude the majority of households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and only about 30% of the population has access to electricity while 90% relies on traditional fuels for cooking and heating. The central question addressed in this review is whether or not SSA …
