Climate Change

Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties. This assessment provides an evaluation of black-carbon climate forcing that is comprehensive in its inclusion of all known and relevant processes and that is quantitative in providing best estimates and uncertainties of the main forcing terms: direct solar absorption, influence on liquid, mixed-phase, and ice clouds, and deposition on snow and ice.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2013
T. C. Bond, S. J. Doherty, D. W. Fahey & et al
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
1-286
Tags:
Aerosols, Climate, Atmosphere, Atmosphere Science, Carbon Dioxide, Biomass Gasification, Climate Change, Air Pollution, India, China, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Black Carbon
Energy

Compendium of gasifier based power plant operation data

The report is a compilation of key parameters of operations of the 500-KW Kabbigere plant set up in Tumkur district in Karnataka as part of the UNDP supported GEF funded ‘Biomass Energy for Rural India’ project.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
UNDP India
Tags:
Biomass, Biomass Gasification, Tumkur (D), Karnataka, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Rural Energy
Energy

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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation

Publication Date: 
30/11/2012
Ankur Paliwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Bihar, Waste To Energy, Crop Residues, Renewable Energy, Energy, Muzaffarpur (D), Off-Grid, Rural Electrification, Biomass Gasification, Subsidies, Biomass, Electricity
Energy

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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation.

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Publication Date: 
30/11/2012
Ankur Paliwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biomass, Biomass Gasification, Bihar, Rural Electrification, Muzaffarpur (D), Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Off-Grid, India
Energy

BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage): Climate saviour or dangerous hype?

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has received increasing attention in recent years, with claims for its potential as a “carbon negative” technology, to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2012
Rachel Smolker, Almuth Ernsting
Biofuelwatch
Tags:
Biofuel, Carbon Capture and Storage, Biomass, Biomass Gasification, Coal Industry, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Thermal Power Plants, Subsidies, Europe, United States Of America (US), Energy Policy, Climate Change
Energy

Empowering rural India the RE way: inspiring success stories

This is compendium of 28 success stories different parts of India, of the zeal to bring about change, a determination to surpass barriers in access to energy, and a drive to adopt and promote renewable energy technologies to suit local requirements.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
V K Jain, S N Srinivas
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Tags:
Renewable Energy, India, Rural Energy, Biomass, Biomass Gasification, Rural Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Biogas, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Climate Mitigation, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy
Economy

India announces $ 40 m credit for Burundi

New Delhi, 18 Sept: India today announced a new US$ 40 million line of credit to mineral-rich Burundi and signed a slew of MoUs in areas of rural development, education and health and medicine with

Publication Date: 
19/09/2012
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Burundi, Economy, Agriculture, Hydroelectricity, Education, Rural Development, Biomass Gasification, Africa
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Brown carbon and internal mixing in biomass burning particles

Biomass burning (BB) contributes large amounts of black carbon (BC) and particulate organic matter (POM) to the atmosphere and contributes significantly to the earth’s radiation balance. BB particles can be a complicated optical system, with scattering and absorption contributions from BC, internal mixtures of BC and POM, and wavelength-dependent absorption of POM. Large amounts of POM can also be externally mixed.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2012
Daniel A. Lack, Justin M. Langridge, Roya Bahreini & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
109
37
14802-14807
Tags:
Biomass Gasification, Forest Fires, Climate, Aerosols, Atmosphere, United States Of America (US)
Rural Electrification

Revised draft scheme on Village Lighting Programme

This is a draft of the village lighting programme proposed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy This programme aims to provide basic lighting facilities in remote unelectrified census villages and unelectrified hamlets of electrified census villages through renewable energy sources.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2012
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Tags:
Rural Electrification, India, Renewable Energy, Small Hydro Power, Biomass Gasification
Energy

Ruchi Soya inks MoU with Thermax for biomass power plant

Plant is set to come at Ruchi's Washim unit, will also generate income for the local community

Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (RSIL), India’s largest edible oil player, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thermax Ltd, a leading company in energy and environment solutions, to set up a one megawatt fluidised bed biomass gasification plant, laying the foundation for large-scale commercialisation of biomass power in the country. The proposed plant is set to come at Ruchi’s Washim unit in Maharashtra.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2012
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Washim (D), Biomass, Biomass Gasification, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Sustainable Development, Energy Technology, Off-Grid, Renewable Energy, Energy, Maharashtra

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