Waste to Energy

The world’s energy demand has been steadily increasing as the population grows and economies develop. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global energy...

Mahatma Gandhi, father of nation and founder of Union bank of India once told – Mother Earth will Provide Every Thing for Human Need but not Greed. Fast depletion of resources like fossil fuels, ore coupled by exponential population growth and aspiration for higher quality of life will slowly make earth – warm, highly polluted, having no minerals or fossil energy resources. So to save this planet from resource crunch – one of the answer is Green Building. - Dr Shivaji Biswas

Global waste generation has surged due to rapid urbanisation, industrial expansion, and population growth. According to the World Bank’s ‘What a Waste 2.0’ report,...

Several initiatives have been taken by the Government of India (GoI) to increase the renewable energy generation, which will not only be useful to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, but also result in some increase in per capita energy demand…

NTPC, India’s largest power generating company will use treated sewage water at its Dadri Power Station.

The Ministry of Power issued modification on 16.06.2023 to revise the biomass policy dated 08.10.2021 – and now it mandates 5% biomass co-firing in...

A hybrid power generation system basically can be formed by using individual converters with each renewable energy source...  - M Ankush Kumar, PM Menghal, Dr A Jaya Laxmi

In October 2020, the Sustainable Environergy Research Lab (SERL) under the Chemical Engineering Department of IIT Delhi, successfully demonstrated the working prototype of VRFB that can efficiently store and utilize renewable energy for a wide range of applications. Here is a brief on the versatile energy research being conducted in the institute…

Here’s the story of Sweden’s waste-to-energy revolution and what India can learn from it.

Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX) has closed its second $25 million, 20-year term loan guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a total of...

Coal–fired power stations are the least carbon efficient power stations in terms of the level of carbon dioxide produced per unit of electricity generated, and gas is the best. On an average 2.095 pounds of carbon dioxide per unit of electricity generated is produced in coal-fired power plants... - Mayadhar Swain

World’s largest Energy from Waste Plant in Dubai; which is also significant as one of the various projects for the conservation of natural resources,...

GE Power and Marinus Energy revealed a pilot project to capture Isopentane gas and use it as a fuel source for generating electricity.

Sun being an inexhaustible source of energy is used to produce clean energy through solar photovoltaic panels. Solar cells absorb solar radiations emitted by...

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

Bio Coal or Green coal and Bio Methanisation are two ways of utilising agricultural waste to generate energy, both can be considered renewable since...

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…

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...

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

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...