Tag: Biomass

The rapid pace of economic development and industrialisation has resulted in the release of several PAHs into the environment

Most of the hydrogen presently comes from fossil fuels through a process called the steam methane reforming route

The research will help develop biomass-based fuel to overcome the socio-political instabilities associated with dwindling petroleum reserves

The unchecked growth of two perennial aquatic weeds- water hyacinth and para grass in the famous freshwater lake of Loktak in Moirang in Manipur is posing a major threat to brow-antlered deer, Sangai. Researchers at Imphal-based IBS) have sought to address the problem....................

The scientific team at National Chemical Laboratory has developed a new version of zeolite catalyst – HPW/Meso-HZ-5 - which can speed up the process of conversion of biomass into biofuel......………..

NTPC has a total coal-based capacity of more than 40 GW and assuming all its power stations use 7% biomass blend, the company itself can utilize 10-12 million tonnes of biomass, which is around one-third of the residue burnt...……...

Few studies have indicated the availability of biomass to the tune of 120-160 million tonnes annually which, if converted, has the potential to yield 3,000 crore litres of ethanol annually...…………….

Being an agrarian state, Haryana has huge potential of biomass energy with sustainable environmental benefits through techno-economically viable technologies and other innovative technologies................

Advanced or second-generation biofuels produced from non-food biomass materials and specially grown high yielding plants or algae, if managed sustainably can contribute to significantly reduce emissions..............

This finding is particularly significant in India considering the government is planning to set-up twelve (12) 2G-ethanol biorefineries across India using cellulosic feedstock...........