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Energy Security and environmental Sustainability are vital to our future. Energy security is very important for economic Growth. RENEWABLE ENERGY sources are essential in view of the depleting nature of conventional energy Resources. Electricity is a critical Biomass energy Tide energy Ocean Thermal Energy Small hydro project Among the above mentioned sources, three renewable energy … Read more
Punjab stands at good position if we talk about Biomass (crop residues) for co-generation in sugar, paper, fertilizer chemical, textile and other industries. These industries together are having an estimated co-generation potential of 500 MW. Solar Energy The state is endowed with vast potential of solar energy estimated at 4-7 KWH/sqm of … Read more
The primary energy consumption in India is the third biggest after China and USA with 5.5% global share in 2016.The electricity generation target of conventional sources for the year 2017-18 has been fixed as 1229.400 Billion Unit (BU). i.e. Growth of around 5.97% over actual conventional generation of 1160.141 BU for the previous year (2016-17). The conventional … Read more
Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of “greenhouse gases”. The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth’s radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth’s surface temperature and to related effects on Climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. The primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions are: Transportation – … Read more
Sources of Energy: Conventional and Nonconventional Sources – Energy is one of the most important component of economic Biomass. These substances can be burnt to produce heat energy which can be used in the generation of electricity. Thus, the energy produced from the biomass is known as biomass energy. There are three forms of biomass: … Read more
[su_posts template=”templates/list-loop.php” posts_per_page=”20″ post_type=”post,page” tax_term=”1337″ tax_operator=”0″ order=”desc” orderby=”modified”], The Environment is the natural world that surrounds us. It includes the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the land we live on. The environment is essential for our survival, and it is important to protect it. There are many environmental … Read more
Energy Crisis The energy crisis is the concern that the world’s demands on the limited natural Resources that are used to power industrial Society are diminishing as the demand rises. These Natural Resources are in limited supply. While they do occur naturally, it can take hundreds of thousands of years to replenish the stores. Governments … Read more
Natural Resources are useful raw materials that we get from the Earth. They occur naturally, which means that humans cannot make Natural Resources. Instead, we use and modify natural resources in ways that are beneficial to us. The materials used in human-made objects are natural resources. Coal reserves : India has the fifth largest coal reserves in … Read more
The major causes of the Environmental Degradation are modern Urbanization, industrialization, over-Population Growth, deforestation etc. Environmental pollution refers to the degradation of quality and quantity of natural Resources. Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of “enoughness” in his saying “the earth provides enough to satisfy every persons need but not for every person’s greed” According to World Commission … Read more