Tag: Biomass
Genome India Project a defining moment in India’s biotech landscape: PM...
In the 21st century, the combination of biotechnology and biomass is an important part of the foundation of Viksit Bharat as Bioeconomy
BiofuelCircle scales up rural infrastructure; connects 70,000 farmers to transform India’s...
Plans to establish thirty-five advanced warehouses and enhance biomass aggregation across 10 states
Revolutionizing agriculture with “बजरंगबाण”: A breakthrough in agro-waste management
This innovative solution aims to tailor the C/N ratio of agricultural waste through the use of fibrinolytic enzymes, thereby softening the lignocellulosic biomass for efficient utilization
Global Biofuel Alliance – An opportunity for indigenous technologies to fulfil...
India has surplus biomass residues in the range of ~200 million tonnes that can be converted into biofuels, writes Dr Syed Shams Yazdani
Researchers identify fungus for pyrene remediation
The rapid pace of economic development and industrialisation has resulted in the release of several PAHs into the environment
New tech developed to generate green hydrogen from biomass
Most of the hydrogen presently comes from fossil fuels through a process called the steam methane reforming route
Orange-peel derived hydrochar to convert biomass into biofuel precursors
The research will help develop biomass-based fuel to overcome the socio-political instabilities associated with dwindling petroleum reserves
Saving the endangered Sangai deer of Manipur
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....................
Improved catalyst can speed up conversion of industrial biomass into biofuel
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 using biomass co-firing at all its power plants is a...
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...……...