With a huge class and an unconventional classroom setup, it was a rather unusual day at IITM. The Terrace hall on the second floor of the Main Canteen was buzzing live. Around 246 students had gathered for the Climate Economics course (HS5760) handled by Santosh Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences. Climate studies […]
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On the World Maritime Day let’s pledge to work towards ensuring an inclusive and sustainable blue economy in India. This day serves to raise awareness about the significance of maritime industries and shipping, highlighting their vital contributions to the global economy, trade, and sustainable development. Blue economy refers to the sustainable use of ocean resources
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After his recent honour of being awarded the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Fellowship, I met with Dr Jitendra Sangwai, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT M. He holds several titles that pins him as either the first or the youngest! Excerpts from the interview Energy Consortium (EC): Congratulation on your INAE Fellowship. Could
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Energy Independence and freedom form GHG emissions, which we call net-zero is a pledge many countries, industries and some individuals have undertaken. However, the path to achieve these is far from clear. From the choices of technologies to incentives and policies, how to approach the net-zero transition is a problem of multi objective optimisation. While
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Chemical Engineering has contributed significantly to shaping our lives for the past century. Developing a chemical process at the lab scale and taking it to the industrial scale is at the heart of Chemical Engineering. Out of the numerous chemical processes, perhaps converting crude oil into various chemicals and fuels that are the workhorse of
In today’s world, there’s a pronounced emphasis on mitigating the carbon footprints and transitioning towards the sustainable energy sources. By 2022, aviation contributed 2% of global energy-related CO2 emission, experiencing a more rapid growth rate in recent years compared to rail, road, or shipping. Despite a temporary decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation emissions
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Climate change is here, and now. It can be seen in the rise of extreme weather changes across the world. In India, around 600 mn people are at risk from impact of climate change brought by flood, heat waves and wildfires. Inaction on such a threat has the potential to erode around $1.12 tn of
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The world is changing rapidly due to an electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is currently underway. This is no longer an urban phenomenon or something that was long considered a pet project of developed nations. Various sectors such as; (i) Electronics and internet, (ii) logistics and transportation, (iii) agriculture and medicine, (iv) energy and infrastructure,
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Decarbonization of Industrial Process Heating using High-Temperature Heat Pumps India’s heavy dependency on fossil fuels goes hand in hand with the nation’s substantial industrial demand for heating applications. As per the IEA 2021 report, India’s energy demand is set to rise by 35% between 2019 and 2030. Despite the increase in production and exploration of
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The renewable growth in India has been, generally speaking, phenomenal. The target of reaching 500 GW by 2030 may look dauting but with the 2023 year ending with ~134 GW installed capacity for renewable energy, excluding large hydropower, and with wind making up 44.7 GW and solar 73.3 GW of it, there is need to
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