First energy festival returns with theme Ground Zero for Net-Zero

IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP), in association with the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), will host Envision 2025 for its third edition from January 30 to February 1, 2025. With ‘Ground Zero for Net-Zero’ as the theme for this edition, the event will bring together grassroots initiatives and global stakeholders in a united call to action.

Hyundai Motor India to establish Hydrogen Innovation Centre

Automaker Hyundai Motor is set to establish a dedicated Hydrogen Innovation Centre at an investment of Rs 180 crore at the Thaiyur campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras for research in hydrogen technology. During the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave held earlier in the day in the city, Chief Minister M K Stalin laid the

IIT Madras-incubated Yotuh Energy secures ₹1.53 cr funding for cold chain logistics

Yotuh Energy Private Limited, an innovative cleantech startup specialising in electrifying vehicle refrigeration systems for mid-mile and last-mile cold chain logistics, incubated at the IIT Madras Incubation Cell, has successfully closed a ₹1.53 crore funding round led by Campus Angels Network. This investment will support Yotuh Energy’s product development, testing, operations, and team expansion to

Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal may serve as potential carbon storage sinks

IIT Madras researchers have identified the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal as potential storage sinks for huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that can be stored there permanently “in the form of liquid pools or solid hydrates beyond a certain depth” without harming the marine ecology — a move that can be an

IIT Madras works with Altair for e-mobility solutions

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has partnered with Altair, a company providing solutions in simulation and high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, to start a laboratory for e-mobility. The eMobility Simulation Lab at the department of engineering design, IIT Madras, will have the latest tools along with financial support from Altair. More labs and

Researchers find ways to produce hydrogen using solar power

The team’s approach uses a simple, scalable, and cost-effective electrolyzer that can be powered by solar energy. The electrolyzer uses alkaline seawater as the electrolyte, and carbon-based electrodes coated with transition metal-based catalysts.

Mixing water with biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions

Using biodiesel to run truck engines can help reduce automotive greenhouse gas emissions, but the problem is that biodiesel releases more nitrogen oxide emissions than fossil diesel does. It further has a lower calorific value, which means you need more of it in your tank. Scientists say mixing water with biodiesel addresses these problems. You

IIT Madras team employs AI tools to study biomass-biofuel conversion

As carbon-intensive petroleum-derived fuels pose serious climate risks to the planet, turning to biomass to derive fuel makes sense but not in the conventional sense of directly burning wood, cow dung cakes, and coal, but as a source of energy-dense fuel. Now a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is