ICAR-CIFT Mumbai Launches “Vikalpika” – India’s First Electric Fishing Vessel

In a landmark development for India’s marine fisheries sector, the Mumbai Research Centre of the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology successfully launched “Vikalpika”, the nation’s first electric fishing vessel, on 26 May 2025 at Gorai Creek, Mumbai. This pioneering innovation marks a critical step towards decarbonizing marine operations, aligning with India’s commitment to sustainable and

Decarbonizing the global container fleet with heatpower

As capacity grows year-on-year, the race is on to decarbonize the global container fleet. Container shipping remains one of the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways to transport goods internationally, but the advent of emissions charges and penalties, in conjunction with a possible ‘carbon tax’, could send prices soaring.  To mitigate increasing operational costs, operators

Sustainability: Technology is key to achieve decarbonization goals

Of late, governments across the world are aggressively considering and unveiling plans to bring in to force sustainability initiatives and decarbonization targets to realize net-zero emissions by 2050 or before. A majority of the nations which have committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 target date are smoothly moving forward on that path.  Innovative and technological-driven ideas

Decarbonization and energy transition: how does the utility sector change?

After the COP-26 climate summit held at Glasgow in UK, climate change has become an important subject for several industries to rethink of the emission standards implemented their operations or processes. The power, utilities and renewables (PU&R) sector is one among which has a substantial role to play in the transition to clean energy. Decarbonisation