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 …
CHENNAI: The Biomass Power Plant Association has moved the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) seeking an immediate review of the tariff. The association
Millions of rural Indians have never experienced how electricity can change their lives. So, their life grinds to a halt as soon as the sun sets. But providing power to the villages would mean more coal-burning by power plants that already emit more than 50 per cent of India
By Dhanya Sri As India has got a great potential to tap solar, wind and biomass, hydro power and sea wave power, we should look at these areas to help rural areas. India still has 1,00,000 villages to be electrified out of which 20,000 are considered as remote, for which …
Biomass is of recent origin and ranges from algae, shrubs to trees. Dedicated biomass crops are fast growing trees/shrubs and grown in degraded land with lowered inputs. Biofuels are going to stay, despite hype in nuclear energy, as they are renewable, reduce carbon emissions and provide rural employment. They help …
Burning 1 tonne of wheat or paddy stubble releases 3 kg of particulate matter, 60 kg of carbon monoxide, 1,460 kg of carbon dioxide, 199 kg of ash and 2 kg of sulphur dioxide. Apart from this, heat from burning the stubble penetrates into soil up to one centimetre, elevating …
The role of forests in absorbing atmospheric carbon has been recognized under the Kyoto Protocol, which allows signatory countries to use forests as a mitigation option. Although several studies have estimated carbon stock changes in Japanese forests, most only estimate changes up to 1995 or ignore carbon stock changes in …
This study comprehensively summarises the current status of transport biofuels and related technologies in the Australian context, to provide input to formulation of government policy development and to assist in guiding future research priorities. Biofuels potentially play a major part in a range of policy areas: energy security, through the …
Renewable energy offers the planet a chance to reduce carbon emissions, clean the air, and put the civilization on a more sustainable footing. It also offers countries around the world the chance to improve their energy security and spur economic development. So much has happened in the renewable energy sector …
Vishal Sharma / Agra October 27, 2008, 0:12 IST Gasifier plant to cut fuel bills by Rs 8 lakh a year; currently on subsidy. Worried over the rising prices of liquiefied petroleum gas (LPG) and the unavailability of natural gas, some enterprising industrialists of Agra have come up with an …
Ropar: The Ambuja Cement plant is utilising biomass for its captive power plant at the unit. Use of biomass has brought respite for villagers around, who find it difficult to manage agriculture waste and stock it. The plant is presently using 24 types of biomass at its captive power plant, …
Shyam Ranganathan CHENNAI: Non-availability of sufficient quantities of vegetable waste with high-starch content was the reason for the underutilisation of the Koyambedu
Study published in Nature Geoscience in latest September edition says that climate change has been the main driver of global biomass burning for the past two millennia. Large, well-documented wildfires have recently generated worldwide attention, and raised concerns about the impacts of humans and climate change on wildfire regimes. However, …
The government is set to make a policy on renewable energy to facilitate development of the sector to meet 10 percent of the country's total power demand by 2020. The policy 'Renewable Energy Policy of Bangladesh' is expected to receive the green light from the council of advisers in two …
That we need 'green' technologies-wind, solar or biomass gasification -- for future energy security is no longer a matter of debate. The critical question, now, is: under what conditions can these emerging technologies be introduced into the market? The answer is not so simple. Most innovation and manufacture in these …
