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 …
Biomass has an auspicious future in the world’s supply of renewable energy. REmap 2030, the global roadmap developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), foresees a major role for modern, sustainable biomass technologies in efforts to double the share of renewables in the energy mix. This working paper, Global …
The development of mini-grids based on renewable energy sources such as solar PV, biogas and small hydro has been a successful venture in India. The new report from the GNESD project, Renewable energy-based rural electrification: The mini-grid experience from India, authoured by Debajit Palit and Gopal K Sarangi, provides a …
Recent studies show that current trends in yield improvement will not be sufficient to meet projected global food demand in 2050, and suggest that a further expansion of agricultural area will be required. However, agriculture is the main driver of losses of biodiversity and a major contributor to climate change …
Investments in new clean-energy capacity will total $1.61 trillion through 2020 even as the expansion of renewables is expected to slow, the International Energy Agency said. Funding for power generation from wind, solar radiation and biomass will average $230 billion a year from $250 billion in 2013 as technology costs …
Power generator Drax has admitted defeat in a row over the government's decision to pull the plug on a lucrative subsidy after the court of appeal ruled in favour of ministers. Shares in the company fell 10% after it surprised markets with the news that the department of energy and …
Beijing will ban the consumption of high-polluting fuels in downtown areas by 2020, the municipal environmental protection authority said. The Economic and Technological Development Zone in Yizhuang, Daxing district will be the first area with zero consumption of high-polluting fuels by the end of this year, according to a new …
When it comes to wildfires, carbon dioxide is not the sole problem. The black and brown carbon, which are also released in biomass burning, cause much more global warming per unit weight. A new study by Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mark Z Jacobson indicates that burning biomass …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government will set up two solar parks of 1,000 MW and 300 MW in Anantapur and Guntur districts respectively. The AP Energy department and Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited [Nedcap] have been given 500 acre land in P. Kothapalli of Anantapur district, while the …
These regulations may be called the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (Co-generation and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2014. These regulations shall extend to the whole of the state of Assam.
Renewable sources such as solar, wind, biomass met a record 28.5 percent of German electricity demand in the first half even as Europe’s biggest economy is cutting energy consumption, according to the BDEW utility lobby. Power generation by wind and solar plants rose 21.4 percent and 27.3 percent respectively, BDEW …
Drax Group Plc (DRX) said a decision by the U.K. government not to award one of its biomass conversion units a guaranteed power price had been overturned. A High Court judge said the move by the Department of Energy and Climate Change must be quashed and reconsidered, Drax said in …
The Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Assessment (APREA) provides an overview of the current and possible future costs of renewable electricity generation in selected reference economies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Australia.
Modern bioenergy is a core ingredient of sustainable economic development as it plays an important role in poverty reduction and green growth. This makes bioenergy innovations critical, especially in developing countries where many households and rural communities rely on traditional bioenergy. Managing the multiple tradeoffs among bioenergy use, agricultural productivity, …
Demand for Indian renewable-energy credits rose to a three-month high in June as state utilities sought to comply with clean-energy targets after being slapped with fines. There were 139,184 bids to buy wind, hydropower and biomass credits, the most since March, according to data from trader REConnect Energy Solutions Pvt. …
Britain is running out of land for food and faces a potential shortfall of two million hectares by 2030 according to new research. The report, from the University of Cambridge, says the growing population plus the use of land for energy crops are contributing to the gap. It criticises the …
The land-use sector can contribute to climate change mitigation not only by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also by increasing carbon uptake from the atmosphere and thereby creating negative CO2 emissions. In this paper, we investigate two land-based climate change mitigation strategies for carbon removal: afforestation and bioenergy in …
The roadmap planned till 2022 will outline the roles of the energy department, Gridco and GEDCOL A technical team of the World Bank will assist the state energy department to prepare a renewable energy roadmap. The roadmap, planned till 2022, will outline the roles of the energy department, state owned …
The BJP leader has business interest in bio-mass based power generation and sugar industry Union road transport, highways and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari’s departments might not have anything to do with solar power generation, but he has written to Nirmala Sitharaman, minister for commerce and industry, opposing the levy of …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Myanmar develop renewable energy under a three-year project until 2017, according to an official statement published on Wednesday, reports BSS. The project worth of 2.2 million U.S. dollars, aims to generate power to 25 off-grid villages in Myanmar and will include logistics such …
First released in 2005, REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) provides a comprehensive and timely overview of renewable energy market, industry, investment and policy developments worldwide. It enables policymakers, industry, investors and civil society to make informed decisions. The report covers recent developments, current status, and key trends; by design, …
