Renewable Energy: Today and Tomorrow
The renewable energy sector has seen rapid growth over recent years. This article takes an in-depth look at how renewable is shaping our energy future in India. - Lata Gidwani
UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNO-ECONOMICS Part 1
Bio Coal or Green coal and Bio Methanisation are two ways of utilising agricultural waste to generate energy, both can be considered renewable since...
Giant Leap on Green Energy Targets
The Government has also approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the scheme for development of solar parks and ultra-mega solar power projects. The enhanced capacity would ensure setting up of at least 50 solar parks each with a capacity of 500 MW and above…
RE For Rural Electrification In India – part 2
In areas with consistent wind resources, wind energy systems, or wind farms, present an opportunity for larger-scale rural electrification. These systems consist of multiple...
Harnessing Waste Heat Potential
Generation of heat from combustion was the first man made source of energy in addition to natural source of energy i.e., light. Our ancestors, though with plenty of heat resources, were very intelligent, environmental friendly and well aware of energy conservation. - Dr S S Verma
UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNO-ECONOMICS PART II
Bio-methanisation
Biomethanation is a process by which organic material is microbiologically converted under anaerobic conditions to biogas. Three main physiological groups of microorganisms are...
Carbon Credits For Financing Renewable Projects
It is always useful to recycle the waste material. Recycling process consumes about half of the energy to produce same quantity of products, which would have been otherwise made from the virgin materials... - Nidhi M J, Shaikh Shamser Ali
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE LARGE COAL BASED CAPACITY ADDITION
The government has decided to add 80 GW thermal power capacity by the year 2031-32, as Power demand of the country has increased at...
Hybrid Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural India
Hybrid energy systems can be potential solutions for the electricity problems in the rural region. However, vast research is needed in this aspect to make it technically feasible to be deployed at these areas. - Dr. Vikramaditya Dave, Dr. Sujit Kumar
ENERGY SECURITY AND GHG MITIGATION PART 1
We have arrived a long way from the days when people debated whether global warming is real, some of us would ridicule our ageing ...
Future Perspective For Renewable Energy In India
The power generation shortfall in India is estimated at 11% of the total energy, and 15% of the peak capacity requirements and these figures are likely to increase. This is despite the fact that the country is already consuming more than 2 million barrels of imported oil a day – a figure that is growing by about 10 percent annually... - Jay B. Thakar
EPSON PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A BIOMASS POWER PLANT IN IIDA CITY, JAPAN
Global technology leader Seiko Epson Corporation (Epson) is planning the construction of the company’s first biomass power plant, in Iida City, in Nagano Prefecture,...
RENEWABLE ENERGY INDIA E-EXPO: A HIGH OCTANE EVENT
Renewable Energy India (REI) E-Expo, South Asia’s first virtual renewable energy event by Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India) concluded on a successful note 9th June 2020.
ENERGY SECURITY AND GHG MITIGATION Part 2
Conversion of waste into hydrogen first requires the production of a synthesis gas (syngas), composed of CO and H2. Gasification is used to directly...
Ceramics Help In Producing Electricity From Waste Heat
Currently, less than half of the energy used in industrial processes, transport or households is actually utilised. The majority of primary energy still escapes...
SSS-NIBE Organised Seminar on Biomass Supply Chain Management
On September 5, 2024, a one-day “National Seminar on Biomass Supply Chain Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Developments” was organized at MGSIPA Complex in Chandigarh...
Assessing India’s clean energy progress
The following text highlights a recent report by BloombergNEF and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Assessing India’s clean energy progress and developing modes for cleaner economic growth.
ENERGY SECURITY AND GHG MITIGATION – PART 3
Methane pyrolysis
It is a fundamentally new technology that splits natural gas or biomethane directly into the components of hydrogen and solid carbon. This process...
Status Quo Of Maharashtra
Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) has the highest overall generation capacity and the highest thermal installed capacity amongst all the state power generation utilities in India... - Nitin Goel
Construction Started for Yahaba Biomass Power Station
Furusato FIC Energy, LLC, a joint venture of Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Inabata & Co., Ltd., and Furusato Mokuzai Logistics K. K. has...