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Hydrogen Trains: India’s Next Leap Toward Sustainable Railways

India’s railways are undergoing a green revolution. With the ambitious goal of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030—a full 20 years ahead of its COP27 commitment—the country is embracing transformative technologies to redefine its transportation landscape. At the heart of this bold vision lies the Jind-Sonipat hydrogen train pilot, a groundbreaking project that blends innovation […]

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TREND Setter 2023 Spotlight: Kothandaraman Ramanujam’s Work on Sustainable Ammonia Production

A main charter point of the Energy Consortium is to focus on exploratory and collaborative research. The TREND Setter program is one such initiative with an aim to identify the long-range research initiatives of the industry and build capability within the consortium to address it. Faculty members are invited to address industry challenges, and eight

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TREND Setter 2023 Spotlight: Nitin Muralidharan’s Research Towards Transforming India’s Battery Manufacturing Landscape

A main charter point of the Energy Consortium is to focus on exploratory and collaborative research. The TREND Setter program is one such initiative with an aim to identify the long-range research initiatives of the industry and build capability within the consortium to address it. Faculty members are invited to address industry challenges, and eight

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TREND Setter 2023 Spotlight: Santosh Kumar Sahu’s Research on Industrial Carbon Efficiency

A main charter point of the Energy Consortium is to focus on exploratory and collaborative research. The TREND Setter program is one such initiative with an aim to identify the long-range research initiatives of the industry and build capability within the consortium to address it. Faculty members are invited to address industry challenges, and eight

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Climate Economics Course: Redefining Conventional Practices

With a huge class and an unconventional classroom setup, it was a rather unusual day at IITM. The Terrace hall on the second floor of the Main Canteen was buzzing live. Around 246 students had gathered for the Climate Economics course (HS5760) handled by Santosh Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences. Climate studies

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Advancing CO2 Capture Techniques: Insights from Dr. Jitendra Sangwai

After his recent honour of being awarded the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Fellowship, I met with Dr Jitendra Sangwai, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT M. He holds several titles that pins him as either the first or the youngest! Excerpts from the interview Energy Consortium (EC): Congratulation on your INAE Fellowship. Could

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The role of scientific computing in chemical engineering: developing clean energy technologies

Chemical Engineering has contributed significantly to shaping our lives for the past century. Developing a chemical process at the lab scale and taking it to the industrial scale is at the heart of Chemical Engineering. Out of the numerous chemical processes, perhaps converting crude oil into various chemicals and fuels that are the workhorse of

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Biofuels/Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) and Plasma-assisted Combustion Technology

In today’s world, there’s a pronounced emphasis on mitigating the carbon footprints and transitioning towards the sustainable energy sources. By 2022, aviation contributed 2% of global energy-related CO2 emission, experiencing a more rapid growth rate in recent years compared to rail, road, or shipping. Despite a temporary decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation emissions

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Battery Giga Factories and their Critical Raw Materials Problem

The world is changing rapidly due to an electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is currently underway. This is no longer an urban phenomenon or something that was long considered a pet project of developed nations. Various sectors such as; (i) Electronics and internet, (ii) logistics and transportation, (iii) agriculture and medicine, (iv) energy and infrastructure,

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