At the periodic review meeting between the Prime Minister and Union Ministers, Modi said that projects to build second-generation bio-ethanol refineries should be made a priority and called for a greater focus on farm-based ethanol blending to reduce India’s dependency on fossil fuels. He also called for the development ofContinue Reading
An Imperial College and Carbon Tracker report which took into account the latest cost reduction projections for the green technologies, and countries’ pledges to cut emissions, finds that solar power and electric vehicles are “game-changers” that could leave fossil fuels stranded. It predicts that polluting fuels could lose 10% ofContinue Reading
Professor Sadoway’s, at MIT designed grid-scale liquid metal batteries that can truly revolutionize the all important energy storage space. But the first thing to note is that Professor Sadoway’s grid-scale batteries were designed so cleverly! From the ground up, the goal was to make them dirt-cheap (literally!) and very safe andContinue Reading
We simply can’t keep pumping toxins in the air that we breathe and keep messing with the composition of the atmosphere this has to stop. But to get there, we not only need continued exponential growth in wind and solar power, but also lots and lots of energy storage capacity.Continue Reading
To many people, the most familiar forms of renewable energy are the wind and the sun. But biomass (plant material and animal waste) is the oldest source of renewable energy, used since our ancestors learned the secret of fire. It has been recognized as an important source of alternate energyContinue Reading
The past century has seen rapid developments in all fields paving a way for a better and comfortable future. One of the major factors responsible for this development is energy sector, from powering the industrial revolution in its last stages to the development of all the gadgets that we useContinue Reading
By 2020, India’s solar and wind power sectors are expected to at least double1 their capacity from the current 24 gigawatt (gw). This, however, involves high capital cost so lower interest rates and longer-tenure funding are an imperative if India’s renewable energy sector has to compete with traditional energy sources.Continue Reading
As per the Indian government’s rural electrification policy, a village is deemed ‘electrified’ if basic infrastructure such as distribution transformer and distribution lines has been set up in the inhabited locality. Nowhere does the definition talks about actual electricity connection or its supply to a village household. So statistically IndiaContinue Reading
