Electrolysers used in the production of hydrogen from water are electrochemical energy-conversion devices.
The impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India.
India announced its net-zero target for the year 2070.
At the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, India released its long-term low-carbon development strategies.
Low-cost sensors (LCSs) have revolutionized the air pollution monitoring landscape.
In line with last year’s commitment to achieving net zero by 2070, India, at its pavilion at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties or COP27 is talking about a climate-friendly, sustainable lifestyle.
India has set ambitious medium- and long-term renewable energy targets to counteract the adverse effects of climate change, one of them being the commitment to increase the share of its renewable power capacity to 50% by 2030.
At the recently concluded 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), India submitted its long-term strategy to achieve zero emissions by 2070.
India is the third-largest energy producer in the world and one of the top energy consumers.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister of Railways, has announced that the country would have its first hydrogen-powered passenger train by December 2023.
Climate change is the biggest challenge today and will be so in the coming decades.
There is little doubt that India’s water shortage problem is real and happening!
The country has already made significant progress with installed renewable energy (RE) capacity reaching 114 GW as of 30 June 2022.
India has inexplicably dithered from making dedicated provisions for climate adaptation in its annual budgets, despite facing the brunt of climate change – it was listed as the seventh most vulnerable in the Climate Risk Index 2021.
Of India’s nearly 62 GW installed solar capacity, about 50 GW is ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) plants.
In the Union Budget 2023-24, INR 35,000 crore has been allocated to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for achieving energy transition.
