Kerala institutions are setting the standard for producing electricity from renewable sources and selling the extra to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) Limited. Every month, one of the colleges sends the KSEB grid about 5,000 units of electricity.
The India Meteorological Department reported on Wednesday that in December 2022, India experienced its warmest month in 122 years.
A "Heads of Terms" offtake agreement for low-carbon hydrogen has been signed between Vertex Hydrogen and Merseyside glass maker Pilkington UK. With the completion of two world-first trials of hydrogen being burnt in a glass furnace, St Helens' Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, a unit of the NSG Group, has led the flat glass industry in the conversion to low carbon fuels.
A first-of-its-kind study examines the economic and technical viability of 100% renewable energy systems for a global megacity like Delhi inside the northern Indian grid region. Delhi should start moving away from fossil fuels by the year 2050, a recent article in the journal Renewable Energy states.
An increasing global environmental and public health concern is e-waste or electronic garbage. When discarded improperly, electronics like phones, batteries, and laptops can contain toxic elements and cause pollution of the land, air, and water.
In the renewable energy sector, Orient Green Power Company has announced ambitions to increase its asset base. According to The Shriram Group Company, expansion opportunities in foreign markets are also being considered.
ABB Ltd. and Boliden, a Swedish mining and smelting business, have forged a strategic partnership to use low-carbon footprint copper in high-efficiency electric motors. The goal is to accelerate the transition to a more circular economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Clear air turbulence (CAT) events over north Indian airspace are predicted to more than quadruple after 2050 as a result of climate change, according to research done by experts at the UK's University of Reading. CAT is the sort of turbulence that is least predictable because it only occurs at very high altitudes in clear or cloudless air.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched 100 new CNG-powered buses in Guwahati on Sunday, as well as the city's first CNG fuel station. According to a release from the Chief Minister's Office, the Assam State Transport Corporation will operate these air-conditioned, fire-detection, and GPS-equipped buses that Guwahati Smart City Limited purchased as part of its Smart City Mission.
Reuters reports that due to a rise in demand from makers of electric vehicles (EVs), the Russian aluminium company United Co Rusal International is considering supplying more low-carbon aluminium to China. Vice President Huang Wenqian of Rusal Shanghai Economic and Trade Company said, “we are highly confident about China's low-carbon demand”.