Energy

Plastic waste to be converted to diesel

Surat: A systematic plastic waste management in the city has begun with the commissioning of a plastic waste management plant at Bhatar.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2017
Times Of India (Surat)
Tags:
Gujarat, Surat (T), Plastics, Waste To Energy, Diesel, Alternative Fuels, Waste Management, Renewable Energy, Energy
Transport

The future of trucks: implications for energy and the environment

The road freight sector is both a key enabler of economic activity and a key source of energy demand, in particular oil. Trucks rely almost exclusively on oil-based fuels. They are the second largest source of global oil demand, following passenger cars and at a similar level as the entire industry sector.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2017
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Trucks, Vehicle Technology, Alternative Fuels, Carbon Dioxide, Air Pollution, Freight Transport, Economic Development, India, Global, Green House Gases
Energy

Most community biogas plants in Thiruvananthapuram dysfunctional

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Community biogas plants set up in public markets, schools and major public spots in the city are the latest casualties of corporation's ill-maintenance of waste management units

Publication Date: 
15/06/2017
Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Biogas, Thiruvananthapuram (D), Waste To Energy, Alternative Fuels, Waste Management, Energy
Transport

Comparative environmental assessment of alternative fueled vehicles using a life cycle assessment

Many new vehicle technologies are claiming to be the best in class to reduce the impact on the environment. However what are ‘green’ or ‘clean’ vehicles? How can this be assessed in the appropriate scientific way? The underling assessment compares the environmental aspects of mainly compressed natural gas (CNG) and Battery electric vehicles, along with Liquid Petrol Gas (LPG), Biogas (BG), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and conventional diesel and petrol vehicles.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2017
Joeri Van Mierlo, Maarten Messagie, Surendrdaprabu Rangaraju
Transportation Research Procedia
3435-3445
Tags:
Hybrid Electric, Electric Vehicles, Diesel, Petrol, Alternative Fuels, Biogas, Vehicular Pollution, Belgium, Europe
Energy

IIT - Kharagpur develops technology to make pollution-free biofuel

Researchers at IIT - Kharagpur have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biofuels, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Energy Technology, Alternative Fuels, Energy
Transport

Green energy initiatives in Indian railways: Railway Convention Committee (2014)

Indian railways are one of the least polluting modes of transport and have a commitment in the Paris Agreement on Climate Control.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2017
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Rail Transport, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Water Conservation, Alternative Fuels, Green Buildings, India, Parliament, Renewable Energy
Energy

Fuel quality lags 15 years behind world

Pretoria - South Africa was 15 years behind the rest of the world when it came to fuel standards and quality, which was one of the threats facing the country’s automotive industry.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2017
IOL (South Africa)
Tags:
Energy, Fuel Quality, Fuel Adulteration, South Africa, Air Pollution, Alternative Fuels, Africa
Energy

Economic growth in a low carbon world: how to reconcile growth and climate through energy productivity

A new report by the Energy Transitions Commission and Vivid Economics, calling for increased energy productivity improvements across key sectors in order to spur economic growth.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2017
Vivid Economics
Tags:
Energy, Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon Economy, Economic Development, GDP, India, Global, Transport, Industry, Buildings, Alternative Fuels
Energy

The European Commission's renewable energy proposal for 2030

Summarizes the European Commission's (EC) formal proposal to the EU Council and the European Parliament to recast Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 2009/28/EC2, which will expire at the end of 2020.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2017
Kristine Bitnere
International Council on Clean Transportation
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Fuel Quality, European Union (EU), Europe, Alternative Fuels, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Biofuel, Green House Gases
Energy

NGT asks officials to pay Rs. 10,000 for failure to file reply over bio-methane plant

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has imposed a cost of Rs.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2016
T.K. Rohit
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Methane, Alternative Fuels, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Renewable Energy, Energy

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