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Pune Municipal Corporation Collaborates with TheGreenBillions for Developi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): TheGreenBillions Limited (TGBL), a company specialising in consulting, managing, and executing sustainable initiatives, has announced its association with The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to set up first plant in India to extract green hydroge
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IIT Guwahati report multifunctional enzyme that can breakdown woody biomas
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have studied the efficacy of a specific bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 from Ruminococcus flavefaciens in breaking down woody biomatter into a simple sugar that can be fermented efficiently to produce bioethanol.
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Study finds logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need prot
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Logging affects many of the world's tropical forests, and such forests are often considered degraded because they have lost vegetation structure, biomass and carbon stocks. But there has rarely been analysis of whether the ecological health and functionality of these ecosystems are similarly
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Research into thermal properties of cellulose nanofibers yields surprising
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibres shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously dominated by synthetic polymer materials. Materials based on cel
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Study reveals cellulose based materials have environmental benefits over p
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that focusing on cellulose-based materials could result in more environmentally friendly technology applications when thermal conductivity is required because they are more environmentally friendly than polymers.
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Inter-ministerial meet on biomass co-firing in thermal plants held ahead o
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): An inter-ministerial meeting to review the progress of biomass co-firing in thermal power plants was held in New Delhi today. The meeting was co-chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and Union Minister for Pow
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Research: Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy rainfall. The results of an extensive five-year study co
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LS passes bill to establish carbon markets, bring large residential build
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to mandate use of non-fossil sources, including green hydrogen, green ammonia, biomass and Ethanol for energy and feedstock and establish carbon markets.
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Chhattisgarh: Bilaspur police burns 12.767 tons of ganja
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 25 (ANI): In a drug disposal drive, Bilaspur Police on Friday burnt 12.767 tons of ganja at a biomass plant in Chhattisgarh.
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Study reveals plastic pollution in ocean may serve as source for antibioti
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): According to a new study, plastic pollution may serve as a source for novel antibiotics in oceans.
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Plastic pollution in ocean may serve as source for novel antibiotics: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): According to a new study, plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics.
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Research finds solar-biomass hybrid system satisfies home heating needs in
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Maryland [US], May 31 (ANI): According to new research by the American Institute of Physics, adding an organic matter power source to a solar energy unit could provide 100 per cent heating for a single-story home during the coldest months of the year and help the environment.
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