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Synergy Events: A Profound Shift in our Global Energy System is Required to Stay Below Two Degrees

AMSTERDAM, September 27, 2017  — Paddy Young, Event Director for European Utility Week 2017 sat down with Adnan Z. Amin, Director General for International Renewable Energy Agency about his view on the energy transformation and its implications for utilities. “Decarbonisation, rapid uptake of renewables, decentralisation and digitalisation are transforming the energy sector at a rapid […]

Shri R K Singh inaugurates workshop on “Waste to Energy” as a part of “Swachchata Hi Sewa” campaign

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh has emphasised the need for setting up more waste management plants around the country. Shri Singh said this while inaugurating a Workshop on “Waste to Energy” – Swachchata Se Swachh Urja here today. The workshop was organised by the […]

Water evaporation could provide vast amounts of renewable energy, find scientists

A new source of vast amounts of renewable energy – the evaporation of water – has been discovered by scientists. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at Columbia University estimated that lakes in the US could generate 325 gigawatts of power, equivalent to about 70 percent of the country’s total electricity generation. While they […]

Clean lakes key to green fuel

BENGALURU: The lakes of Bengaluru could hold the key to India’s green fuel. Scientists at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and five IITs across the country are working on using the algaes found in water bodies to power vehicles as an alternative to petrol and diesel.However, in order for the algae to produce oil, the […]