Tesla gearing up to manufacture half million EVs yearly in India

Tesla also aims to use India as an export hub to ship cars to Indo-Pacific countries, the report added, noting that the starting price for the EV will be $24,400, more than double India’s cheapest EV, the MG Comet, and $6,000 more than the Tata Nexon EV, the top-selling EV in India. A decision by

Solar farms out at sea are clean energy’s next breakthrough

Buffeted by waves as high as 10 meters (32 feet) in China’s Yellow Sea about 30 kilometers off the coast of Shandong province, two circular rafts carrying neat rows of solar panels began generating electricity late last year, a crucial step toward a new breakthrough for clean energy. The experiment by State Power Investment Corp.,

Transition VC and IEEE sign MoU to launch Net Zero Warriors initiative

Energy transition-focused VC Fund, Transition VC has collaborated with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), to launch the Net Zero Warrior initiative, under which they will empower startups to provide deep-tech solutions across transitioning sectors. The two organisations signed an MoU in Bengaluru on July 13. Net Zero Warriors sets out to address the

Capture carbon emissions from your home

The greatest environmental threat the world has ever faced is climate change. The atmosphere of the Earth is warming more quickly than it ever has. In certain cases, the pace of change in weather, climate, and natural ecosystems is outpacing the capacity of both species and people to adapt. We are aware of the effects

Schneider Electric unveils an industry-first free carbon calculator

Schneider Electric™, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, unveiled a new framework to help companies understand the full environmental impact of enterprise data centers.  The framework includes a free Lifecycle CO2e TradeOff tool, the first of its kind for accurately estimating the total carbon footprint of data centers –

Tata Steel joins LeadIT to drive net-zero industry transformation

Tata Steel has joined the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global initiative to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions in heavy industry. LeadIT was created by the governments of Sweden and India during the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 and is backed by the World Economic Forum. The group brings together

ABS and Texas A&M University agreed to work on Fuel and AI Research

The research agreement is part of the continuing collaboration between ABS and Texas A&M which includes a recent endowment establishing the ABS Ocean Engineering Department Chair.

Cambridge researchers develop tech to convert CO2 and water into fuels

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a solar-powered technology that replicates the process of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into liquid fuels. The highlight of the research is these fuels can directly power a car’s engine without any modifications – a so-called “drop-in” fuel. The technology leverages photosynthesis, the natural

New cement mixed with biochar absorbs more CO2

Engineers at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a new method for making concrete that absorbs more carbon than it emits. The process of making cement requires very high temperatures, and that usually requires burning fuels which, of course, emits CO2. That can be partly offset by switching to renewable energy sources, but chemical reactions

EPFL tests solar dish reactor to generate hydrogen gas

Engineers at EPFL have built and tested a solar reactor that can generate hydrogen gas from sunlight and water. The system is not only highly efficient at producing hydrogen, it also captures the “waste” products of oxygen and heat to put them to use too. Hydrogen is set to be a key player in renewable