Scientists use solar energy to produce clean hydrogen from biomass

It is a new and viable alternative to high-temperature gasification and other renewable means of hydrogen production

Can gasification be the solution to crop burning?

Biomass gasification can not only prevent air pollution from burning crop residues, but also increase farmers’ income and manage municipal …

Carbon credit earns profit

To keep afloat biomass plant owners have shifted their gaze to the international carbon credit market

Not a waste until wasted

Punjab farmers burn straw after harvest. It is time to exploit the potential of this agro-waste

Biomass market in a flux

Biomass power generation started with a bang 10 years ago. Plant owners, Ruhi Kandhari and Aparna Pallavi met say the picture is not that …

Wanted, tariff revision

Biomass power plant owners say they cannot manage with power rates fixed when they began operations

Search for a good hearth

While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study

A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future

Electrification of end-use sectors through variable renewable energy is an emerging solution. Increasing the deployment of distributed energy …

Making sense of energy conservation in Jammu and Kashmir

Homes in the Union territory are not designed to conserve energy and ensure proper heating, resulting in little conservation of energy, say …

Future of electricity in India lies in local solutions

Utilities in India have a mandate to supply power, which becomes increasingly difficult through the centralised grid and is technically and …

Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity in the past decade was over $2.5 trillion, with more solar power capacity installed than other …

Economic recovery and clean energy transition go together: Ministers at IEA summit

The summit encouraged participating countries to build their recovery plans and investment strategies in-line with clean energy transition goals

India and its 2022 renewable energy targets in 6 charts

The country’s growth in the clean energy sector in the last 10 years has been remarkable. There are, however, many stumbling blocks, …

One Sun One World One Grid project put on hold

Reasons for putting the project on hold remain unknown; calls to Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy go unanswered

G20 countries bank on fossil fuels for COVID-19 recovery plans: Study

Over 55% or $150.81 billion of public money committed by G20 countries is allocated for supporting fossil fuel energy

Power. Continuous

Scientists have developed a more efficient biogas plant that can operate continuously

Wealth in waste

Switch on biomass

Power crisis spurs market for renewables in rural Bihar

Power wastes

Cooking on toxic fumes

Burning biomass causes TB

The just framework for climate

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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation

The challenge of the chulha

New stick to beat developing countries on GHGs