Renewable Energy

IIT-Roorkee incubated venture Indi Energy won the ‘best startup’ in the ‘Energy Storage’ category at the National Startup Awards 2022. Their sodium-ion batteries use farm waste as a viable alternative to lithium-ion batteries.

IIT Guwahati researchers report an efficient multifunctional enzyme from a bacterium found in the gut of cows that can break down woody biomass for conversion to bioethanol fuel. Know more.

A Pune-based company, Green Joules, makes renewable biofuels or ‘drop-in fuels’ from agricultural residue and renewable wastes from agro-processing industries, which can be used for industrial and commercial purposes.

Researchers at IIT-Madras built the ‘Ocean Wave Energy Converter’, or the Sindhuja-1, a device to generate electricity from sea waves. The team is led by Professor Abdus Samad, who explains how the device works.

Vani Kannan and her husband Balaji were living in England for 16 years when the birth of their first child caused them to return to India and build an eco-friendly, mud home.

Researchers at NIT Calicut have come up with a smart solar stove that has no operating costs, with multiple versions for homes, restaurants and roadside vendors.

Solar panels are notoriously difficult to recycle and end up in landfills. This has a severe impact on your health and the environment. However, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru is exploring whether old discarded solar panels can be reused as building material.

Bengaluru-based 'green innovation company' GPS Renewables has developed an EV charging station that uses biogas to fully charge vehicles in a short time.

Agrivoltaics refers to the practice of generating solar power on farmland while optimising farm output. Here's how farmers in Kenya are benefitting.

Delhi entrepreneur Kunal Vaid runs Resham Sutra, a venture wherein solar-powered silk machines help thousands of women and farmers earn money through weaving in a safe, stable and secure manner.