BHP’s call to innovators to pitch ideas for decarbonisation

BHP has launched an open innovation call, giving experts a platform to revolutionise personnel transportation.   In cooperation with Expande – an initiative co-run by sustainable technology company Fundación Chile – BHP has launched “E-Blueprint”.  E-Blueprint is a call to action aimed at start-ups, institutes, research centres and the like to pitch ideas for the decarbonisation

IIT ISM partners with iCreate for sustainable technology in mining

Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation (TEXMiN) of IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad joined hands with International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) to provide safe and sustainable technology to the mining industry. Notably, the Letter of Collaboration (LoC) was signed in Ahmedabad. The partnership will enable start-ups to help in the

MSC’s most sustainable vessel naming ceremony in Copenhagen

MSC Cruises’ newest and most sustainable flagship, the MSC Euribia, will celebrate its naming ceremony in Copenhagen’s Malmö Port (CMP) on June 8, 2023. The new ship is the line’s second to be powered by LNG (liquid natural gas), the cleanest marine fuel, which reduces CO emissions by 25 percent when compared with traditional fuels.

Toyota India, ISMA to co-promote ethanol usage

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) to create awareness and promote the use of ethanol as a sustainable biofuel in India. The MoU was exchanged in the presence of Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, along with the other key government officials and

Research finds hydrogen viable alternative to fossil fuels

Hydrogen fuel could be a more viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels according to University of Surrey researchers who have found that a type of metal-free catalysts could contribute to the development of cost-effective and sustainable hydrogen production technologies. The study has shown promising results for the use of edge-decorated nano carbons as metal-free catalysts

Buyofuel startup provides sustainable solutions to Indian corporates

Founded by Kishan Karunakaran, the Coimbatore-based Buyofuel is an online B2B marketplace for trading biofuel-based commodities that has earned clients like the TVS Group, ITC, UltraTech Cement, JSW Steel, and more. In 2008, entrepreneur Kishan Karunakaran established a biodiesel manufacturing unit, where he commercialised one of the earliest second-generation biodiesel production technologies in the world,

USD Clean Fuels to build biofuels terminal

USD Clean Fuels LLC (USDCF) has announced its intention to build a new biofuels terminal in National City, California, US, that will have the capability to transload renewable diesel, biodiesel, ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The terminal will be served by the BNSF Railway and will provide efficient transportation of clean fuels to the

Hydrogen is sustainable alternative to fossil fuels

Union minister of road transport & highways Nitin Gadkari said green hydrogen is a “sustainable alternative” to fossil fuels, as this energy source would be utilised not just in transportation but also in the chemical and fertiliser industries in the near future. Speaking at the 121st annual session of the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and

Mahindra opens new netzero warehouse in Telangana

Mahindra Logistics Ltd. (MLL) has opened a new net-zero facility, which is designed with a sustainable warehousing architecture including multi-client capabilities, renewable energy, resource conservation and green cover. This state-of-the-art net-zero multi-client warehouse is located in 3.7 lakh sq.ft at Aruna Industrial Park in the Banda Mailaram village of Mulug mandal of Siddipet. This warehouse

Researchers at IIT Jodhpur develop materials to produce hydrogen

The researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur have developed Lanthanides based perovskite nanocomposite catalytic materials for artificial photosynthesis to produce high-purity hydrogen. IIT Jodhpur further said in a statement that Hydrogen-based energy is the only viable source for a green and sustainable future. More than 90 per cent of the source of hydrogen