This detailed analysis in Energy Monitor analyzes an important domain within energy storage – thermal storage. While storage brings to mind batteries (electrochemical storage) most of the time, there are many other energy storage avenues – mechanical storage (think hydroelectric power plants and pumped storage, or even flywheels), chemical storage (power can be converted to hydrogen which can then act […]
The food sector is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. And its emissions will only grow as the global population expands, especially from the southern hemisphere. While a number of avenues are being tried out to reduce emissions during cultivation – and rightly so, as a majority of emissions are from this phase – the post harvest portion of […]
Conventional power plants – coal, natural gas, hydroelectric – are large, centralized structures with heavy machineries and equipment. These are hardly stuff that one can expect to be stolen – can you imagine someone trying to lift off a 10,000 ton boiler from a coal power plant! Renewable energy power plants – especially solar power plants – are quite the […]
Napier grass, also called Elephant grass and Uganda grass, is a species of perennial tropical grass, a native of the African grasslands. As it has low water and nutrient requirements, it can be grown in many areas with ease. It has been used as a fodder crop for silage in many tropical and subtropical countries. But all these still do […]
Who would have thought that sand – yes, sand – can be used as a battery! But that is precisely what some companies have succeeded in doing. How do sand batteries work? Firstly, a battery does not always mean that it stores electricity the way the conventional batteries do – which is in an electrochemical form. Electricity can also be […]
Businesses in the infrastructure and construction businesses should become more aware of the opportunities that CO2 capture and storage will offer. Whether one likes or not, CO2 capture & storage (the entire process termed CO2 Sequestration) is already a reality in some parts of the world, and this will practice will increase in many other parts. While this will result […]
The short answer is: Yes Many people are surprised when they learn that one can make oil out of plastics. But they actually should not be – because plastics were made from oil after all. Most plastics that we use today are made from crude oil or its derivatives as the starting point. While it hence might be possible in […]
In the last few years, there has been a lot of talk about putting up solar panels in space. Now, why would someone want to do such a thing? Mainly because, space-based solar panels can provide constant electricity, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Why? Because there are no nights in space. There is no rain in space. […]
Yara, a European chemicals & fertilizer firm, and Northern Lights, a firm developing CO2 transport & storage infrastructure have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage. What does this rather complex sounding pact mean? It refers to a plan in which Northern Lights would capture CO2 emitted from Yara’s Netherlands fertilizer factory transport it […]
New partnership with Scope3 enhances carbon measurement across digital channels
