Biomass

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 …

Determining relationships and mechanisms between tropospheric ozone column concentrations and tropical biomass burning in Thailand and its surrounding region

This study aims to determine the variability and trends of tropical biomass burning, tropospheric ozone levels from 2005–2012 in Thailand and the ozone transport from the surrounding regions. Intense biomass burning and tropospheric ozone in this area have a seasonal variability with the maximum generally occurring during the dry season. …

Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions ? evidence from rural Ethiopia using a randomized treatment trial with electronic monitoring

This paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved cookstove program in the process of being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important, …

Power from garbage among key points of Maharashtra government's renewable energy policy

The problems of managing solid waste in Maharashtra may soon be a thing of the past, as the state government grows intent on promoting generation of power from garbage. Electricity generated in this way will then be used to power streetlights and water and sewerage pumps through a distributed generation-based …

Radiocarbon-based source apportionment of elemental carbon aerosols at two South Asian receptor observatories over a full annual cycle

Black carbon (BC) aerosols impact climate and air quality. Since BC from fossil versus biomass combustion have different optical properties and different abilities to penetrate the lungs, it is important to better understand their relative contributions in strongly affected regions such as South Asia. This study reports the first year-round …

Seasonal variation of saccharides and furfural in atmospheric aerosols at a semi-urban site

Seasonal variability of daily particle mass and saccharides and furfural concentrations in atmospheric particulate matter in both coarse aerosols (diameter > 2.4 µm) and fine aerosols (diameter < 2.4 µm) was determined for a semi-urban area in the United Kingdom. Saccharides, which include levoglucosan, and furfural are derived from biomass …

Renewable energy capacity statistics 2015

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has set out to produce comprehensive, reliable data sets on renewable energy capacity and use worldwide. The first such data set shows renewable power-generation capacity for 2000-2014. The renewable power capacity data shown represents the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other …

Identifying behavioural drivers of cookstove use: a household study in Kibera, Nairobi

This paper presents findings from the first phase of an ongoing case study to identify some key influences on behaviour related to energy use and the uptake of alternative clean cookstoves in households in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Nairobi. The myriad negative impacts of relying on traditional biomass …

The future of low-carbon road transport: what role for second-generation biofuels?

The promise, prospects, and public policy trade-offs related to second-generation biofuels in road transport were addressed in an executive session convened at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 7 and 8, 2015. The workshop brought together twenty-eight of the world's leading experts from the fields of policy, …

New renewable energy model combines solar, bio-gas and H2

To provide 24x7 uninterrupted power from renewable energy sources, experts from the UK and IITs are now working together to create a new model which combines the best of solar power, biomass energy and hydrogen. The first-of-its-kind UK-India experimental Bio-CPV project on development and integration of biomass and concentrating photovoltaic …

Cities outshine Tokyo on energy mix with ambitious goal for renewables

By the end of this month, the government is expected to announce a national long-term energy plan for 2030 that will include a “best energy mix” scenario — the formula for the various ratios of oil, coal, LNG, nuclear power and renewable energy that will be powering Japan in 15 …

The state of the global clean and improved cooking sector

Nearly 2.9 billion people still use polluting fuels like wood and coal to cook and heat their homes, at a huge cost to the society, in terms of health, environmental and economic costs, estimated at over US$123 billion every year according to this World Bank report. It provides a comprehensive …

Rethink India’s energy strategy

India's policy-makers have three big energy goals: providing everyone with access to energy, securing energy supply and trying to limit carbon emissions without encumbering the nation's growth. These important concerns miss the point.

Time-bound plan to protect Taj from pollution

For the first time perhaps, a time-bound plan has been set to address the challenge of maintaining the pristine beauty of the world famous historic monument — the Taj Mahal — a symbol of India’s national pride and heritage. Taking serious note of the damage caused to the Taj over …

Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Renewable Energy Sources – Biomass, Biogas and Biomass Gasifier Energy) Regulations, 2015

These Regulations shall be called ‘Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Renewable Energy Sources – Biomass, Biogas and Biomass Gasifier Energy) Regulations, 2015’. These Regulations shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. These Regulations shall be applicable for determination of tariff …

Sefa Poised to Foster Private Sector Participation in Renewable Energy in Mozambique

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a USD 740,000 technical assistance grant to the Government of Mozambique to enhance the enabling environment for private investments in the country's promising renewable energy sector. Specifically, the new SEFA grant will support the implementation of the country's feed-in tariff regime …

Deadwood biomass: an underestimated carbon stock in degraded tropical forests?

Despite a large increase in the area of selectively logged tropical forest worldwide, the carbon stored in deadwood across a tropical forest degradation gradient at the landscape scale remains poorly documented. Many carbon stock studies have either focused exclusively on live standing biomass or have been carried out in primary …

Odisha mulls new renewable energy policy

Rough assessments put state's gross renewable energy potential at 53,820 Mw To tap the opportunity in the non-conventional sources of energy, the Odisha government plans to come out with a new policy for development of the sector in the state. "Instead of formulating separate policies for different sources of renewable …

Unlocking access to finance for decentralised energy solutions

Decentralised energy technologies have a vital role in extending electricity to around 80 million households lacking access to grid electricity and meet cooking energy needs of 49 % of the population which is still dependent on biomass fuels for cooking (Census 2011). Access to enterprise and end-user finance is one …

Green energy potential remains untapped: Ministry

India has 900 GW of commercially exploitable sources of renewable energy if 3 per cent of the country’s wasteland is made available, according to the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. The renewable sources of energy include wind and solar power, biomass and waste-to-energy apart from small hydro power plants. …

Chinese report blames Indian emissions for pollution of Tibetan plateau

Chinese researchers are pointing to south Asia, India in particular, and biomass burning in the region as contributing to the pollution of the icy Tibetan plateau and the melting of snow there. The brownish haze of pollution from forest fires, crop burning and domestic cooking stoves in south Asia can …

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