India cut 557 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions through ethanol blending

Over the past 10 years, ethanol blending in petrol has led to a reduction of 557 lakh metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions. The “Pradhan Mantri G-One Yojana” has also been introduced to further support clean energy initiatives,” said Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Suresh Gopi, in response to MP Madan Rathore’s query

Google strikes biochar carbon removal deal with Varaha

Google will buy carbon credits from an Indian initiative that turns large amounts of agricultural waste into biochar—a form of charcoal that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and returns it to the soil. The deal—signed by Google and Indian supplier Varaha—is one of the biggest ever involving biochar and is the tech giant’s first

IIT Guwahati develops technology to convert methane, carbon dioxide into biofuel

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) developed an advanced biological method to convert methane and carbon dioxide into cleaner biofuels using methanotrophic bacteria. The research, co-authored by Prof Debasish Das and Dr Krishna Kalyani Sahoo, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, has been published in Fuel, a journal by Elsevier.

New research shows how biofuels affect cement production

The production of cement and quicklime is energy demanding and causes high carbon dioxide emissions. This is because the fuel, which is used for heating, and the limestone, which is converted into quicklime at high temperatures, emits carbon dioxide. By replacing fossil fuels with renewable ones, emissions can be reduced by up to 40%. The

Record breaking increase of carbon dioxide in March

Researchers that track the steady build-up of the major gas responsible for warming the globe say that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has recently experienced the biggest jump ever measured. This year’s March worldwide average of carbon dioxide concentration was 4.7 parts per million, or ppm, greater than that of March

Scientists synthesised material that can absorb Greenhouse Gases

Scientists from the UK and China have synthesised a porous material that has the capacity to shrink our carbon footprint. The material, described as “cage of cages” by researchers, can absorb common greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide with strong affinity and hold it. It is made in two steps with reactions assembling triangular prism building

Korean LCO2 storage tanks unveiled

A South Korean manufacturer has unveiled how the world’s largest liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) storage tanks will look like. Sejin Heavy Industries is constructing a pair of LCO2 tanks for Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Maritime, which ordered last July two firm 22,000 cu m ships at Hyundai Mipo, with options for two more. The nascent LCO2

Research team develops new way to convert CO2 into methanol

Scientists from the UK, Germany and Australia have successfully converted carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol, a green fuel, using a new technique that they have developed. The research involved chemists from the University of Birmingham, the University of Ulm, the University of Queensland and was led by scientists at the School of Chemistry at the

Australia to impose fuel efficiency standard in 2025

Australia’s federal government plans to introduce a long-awaited fuel efficiency standard for passenger and light commercial vehicles on 1 January 2025, after announcing a one-month consultation period before drafting new laws. Canberra has announced its preferred model for the standard, which it committed to in last year’s budget after releasing its electric vehicle (EV) strategy

Engineers develop process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

The search is on worldwide to find ways to extract carbon dioxide from the air or from power plant exhaust and then make it into something useful. One of the more promising ideas is to make it into a stable fuel that can replace fossil fuels in some applications. But most such conversion processes have