Energy

“Jatropha Is Not Competing with Existing Food Crops to Produce Biodiesel”

"Jatropha Is Not Competing with Existing Food Crops to Produce Biodiesel” The biofuel market is growing, and with it the development of certain crops to meet energy needs. One of which is Jatropha, a plant that is gaining importance in this sector. Ia ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 12:05am

Greening of wastelands: Renewables: for energy security and autonomy:

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 5:46am

Energy use pattern of Indian village and replacement with Jatropha oil A case study

A sample survey was conducted in a cluster of 4 villages.10 families from each village were questioned for the survey. The main objective of the survey was to do a scenario analysis of the fuel used for cooking purpose and it’s interrelation with the back ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 6:05am

Renewables: for energy security and autonomy A case study from Indian experience.

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 6:25am

Arbor Energy- Electrical Circuit Runs Off Tree Power

Arbor energy?   No, they're not smoking plants, they're powering circuits with them.   It turns out that there is electricity in trees, in small but measurable quantities, and it's enough for University of Washington researchers to run an el ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:57pm

Biomass should be used instead of fossil energy carriers in order to reduce i) CO2 emissions ii) the anticipated resource scarcity of fossil fuels and iii) need to import fuels from abroad.

Utilization of biomass for energy and industry allows a significant quantity of hydrocarbons to be consumed without increasing the CO 2 content of the atmosphere and thus makes a positive contribution to the Greenhouse effect and to the problems of “globa ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 8:49pm

Global land availability estimates for energy crop production

Current commercial and non-commercial biomass use for energy is estimated at between 20 and 60 EJ/a representing about 6 to 17 percent of the world primary energy.   Most of the biomass is used in developing countries where it is likely to account for rou ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 9:02pm

Coral reefs serve as a biological indicator for global warming and have medicinal value also

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 10:06pm

Biofuels and their future role in green house gas mitigation: Jatropha revisited

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 9 2009 - 10:47pm

Jatropha emerging market is growing at 18% annually: a step for green house gas mitigation.

The Jatropha plant or shrub like tree can grow in a wide variety of climates. Its seeds contain about 40% oil that can be extracted for energy as feedstock for renewable biodiesel production. Currently, the early stage Jatropha emerging market is growing a ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 10 2009 - 10:04am