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Decarbonization of Industrial Process Heating using High-Temperature Heat Pumps

Energy Efficiency & economics / By

Decarbonization of Industrial Process Heating using High-Temperature Heat Pumps India’s heavy dependency on fossil fuels goes hand in hand with the nation’s substantial industrial demand for heating applications. As per the IEA 2021 report, India’s energy demand is set to rise by 35% between 2019 and 2030. Despite the increase in production and exploration of […]

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Balancing the energy transition journey by being aspirational yet pragmatic

Renewable Energy / By

The renewable growth in India has been, generally speaking, phenomenal. The target of reaching 500 GW by 2030 may look dauting but with the 2023 year ending with ~134 GW installed capacity for renewable energy, excluding large hydropower, and with wind making up 44.7 GW and solar 73.3 GW of it, there is need to

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Organic cyclic molecules offer promise for developing green, fast-charging, high-performance batteries

Energy Storage & Conversion / By

Organic macrocycles are cyclic molecules that have potential applications in energy storage. They generally offer high specific capacities, cost-effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and ready tunability of structure and function. When the macrocycles are composed of redox-active conjugated π-systems (aromatic or antiaromatic), they can be applied in organic rechargeable batteries as they can switch between different states

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An efficient and economical approach for ammonia production via electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction employing renewable energies

Energy Storage & Conversion / By

Nitrogen has a very important role on the earth for e.g., it is a major component of protein and nucleic acids. However, it is abundant in the atmosphere but cannot be used for humankind unless it is converted to some reactive form (such as ammonia) because N2 is chemically inert due to strong 𝑁 ≡

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Carbon sink. Supercritical carbon dioxide can flush out oil from depleting wells

CCUS / By

  The best way to neutralise carbon dioxide emissions is to bury them underground, preferably in depleted oil and gas reservoirs. Since carbon dioxide also helps by flushing out the oil or gas, these reservoirs are ideal solutions for putting away the mischief-making gas. It is estimated that a barrel of oil when burnt emits

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Material design and engineering of next-generation flow-battery technologies

Energy Storage & Conversion / By

Due to the growing world’s population, the current energy consumption is ~ 580 million terajoules per year, according to The World Count. About 83% of this energy demand is derived from the fossil fuels causing deleterious effects on the nature & environment leading to global warming. Therefore, due to continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increase

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The decarbonization journey starts with energy efficiency

Energy Efficiency & economics / By

India is the third largest consumer of energy in the world, and energy efficiency is an important part of the country’s strategy to meet its growing energy demand. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy efficiency has contributed significantly to reducing India’s energy demand growth in recent years. Energy efficiency is often the first

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A Voyage into the World of Reformers: From Methane to Magic in Creating a Better World

CCUS / By

Societal reforming involves breaking and restructuring existing systems to create positive societal change. This reformation can happen through several routes, such as policy, education, economics and cultural understanding. Moreover, a practical societal reformation might demand a willingness to challenge the traditional/conventional ways of thinking. This reformation would eliminate the notorious and harmful societal elements and

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Opinion pieces: Floating solar installations

Renewable Energy / By

With the announcement of cabinet approval for the National Hydrogen Mission the topmost outcome anticipated is the development of green-hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) per annum with an associated renewable energy capacity addition of about 125 GW in the country. India achieved 172 GW of commissioned renewable energy on

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