Climate Innovation Series from CLIMAFIX
CO3, Financial Investors, Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursCLIMAFIX, the division of EAI focussing on climate tech innovations, has been assisting Indian climate startups & innovators since 2022. CLIMAFIX also organizes the popular...
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Leveraging GenAI for decarbonization data dive
Corporate Leaders, Digital for Decarbonization, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 I had an intern (Nikita A ) experiment with this idea: Take a useful data point from a recent news item...
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Implications of Hydrogen’s Low Volumetric Energy Density
Energy Storage, Green Hydrogen, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers(All my decarbonization posts here - 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢 - In an earlier post ( we saw how hydrogen has an absorbing story in...
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Hydrogen from biomass – Bio-hydrogen
Energy Storage, Green Hydrogen, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursIn most cases, green hydrogen is spoken of in conjunction with electrolysis of water. In fact, definitions of GH2 even by some fairly authoritative sources...
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Charting the Course for India’s Energy Storage: Insights and Strategies from Industry Experts
CO3, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Net Zero by Narsi, Panel Discussions, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs, Videos Climate tech experts explored the future of energy storage, uncovering key insights and strategies that could shape the landscape of this rapidly evolving sector....
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“Earth’s atmosphere had 95% CO2 in the beginning. What happened to all that CO2?”
Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 from CliDemy - the Climate Academy is a series that provides actionable insights for stakeholders based on high-impact data & facts around climate,...
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Green Hydrogen is NOT a Renewable Power Source
Green Hydrogen, Net Zero by Narsi, ResearchersI know the title is suggestive of a click-bait post, but do read on, won't you? This post is a result of some of my...
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Green Hydrogen & Energy Density – A tale of two densities
Green Hydrogen, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers(All my decarbonization posts here - 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢 - ) During my first ten years of my work in climate tech, revolving...
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Implications of Hydrogen’s Low Volumetric Energy Density
Green Hydrogen, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs(All my decarbonization posts here - 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢 - ) In an earlier post ( ), we saw how hydrogen has...
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AI for Green Hydrogen – What are the various ways by which AI helps in Green Hydrogen Economy ?
Computers & Software, Digital for Decarbonization, Energy Storage, Green Hydrogen, Green hydrogen, Hydrogen Economy, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursWhat are the various ways by which AI helps in Green Hydrogen Economy ? Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a crucial role in advancing the Green...
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Green Hydrogen Storage – What are the key innovations for green hydrogen storage in tanks, cascades, and onships?
Energy Storage, Green hydrogen, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Storage, Logistics, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursWhat are the key innovations for green hydrogen storage in tanks, cascades, and onships? The storage of green hydrogen is crucial for its viability as...
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Green Hydrogen and Power2X – What are the current real world applications of Power2X at scale ?
Emerging Hydrogen Processes, Energy Storage, Financial Investors, Green Hydrogen, Green hydrogen, Hydrogen Economy, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursWhat are the current real world applications of Power2X at scale ? Power-to-X (P2X) technology, where "X" stands for various applications such as fuels, chemicals,...
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Green Hydrogen & Batteries – Under which conditions, green hydrogen does better than batteries ?
Batteries, Energy Storage, Financial Investors, Green Hydrogen, Green hydrogen, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Research, Net Zero by Narsi, ResearchersUnder which conditions, green hydrogen does better than batteries ? Green hydrogen has unique advantages over batteries in specific scenarios, particularly where long-term energy storage,...
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Could solar power play a big role in the EVs ecosystem?
Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Electric cars have no tailpipe emissions, but that does not mean your trip on the...
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Will material sciences have a dominant role to play in EV industry?
CO3, E-mobility, Electric trucks and heavy vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Financial Investors, Low Carbon Materials, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Until recently, conventional vehicles were dominated mainly by mechanical engineering and petroleum engineering. The former...
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What are the viable pathways for electrification of heavy vehicles?
E-mobility, E-mobility Perspectives, Electric Vehicles, Financial Investors, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series A large car could weigh about 1.5 tons, the largest truck could weigh 25 tons (15-20...
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Will ultrafast EV battery charging become commonplace by 2030?
Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series In its early days, charging an electric vehicle could take 8-10 hours. Surely no one...
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The Million Mile Battery – is it a big deal?
Batteries, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Energy Storage in EVs, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series For about a year now, there has been buzz around the concept of million mile...
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Can entirely new battery chemistries overtake Li-ion chemistry?
Batteries, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series Li-ion is the dominant standard for batteries for the e-mobility industry. And most industry experts...
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Why is there a buzz around electric aviation?
Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series In 2011, I was at a conference on biofuels at Orlando, Florida. During one of...
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Will fuel cells overtake batteries to become the dominant form of EV storage
Electric Vehicles, Green Hydrogen, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series While a large part of the electric vehicle ecosystem is investing heavily in batteries, a...
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Is there more to electric vehicles than electric cars, scooters, bikes, buses and trucks?
Corporate Leaders, E-mobility, E-mobility Perspectives, Electric Cars, Electric Two-wheelers and Three-wheelers, Electric Vehicle, Electric Vehicles, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs This is a part of the EV Innovation Intelligence series You bet! There is so much transport around us that we just take it for...
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Death of Lead Acid Batteries – Greatly Exaggerated?
Batteries, Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursIntroduction At EAI's consulting division and more so at EV Next, our specialty consulting division for e-mobility and electric vehicles, we get a number of...
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Are durable bioplastics the real growth story for the bioplastics sector?
Bioplastics, CO3, Compressed Biogas - CBG, Corporate Leaders, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Financial Investors, Low Carbon Materials, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursIntroduction The motivational driver to the innovation of bioplastics technology was to tackle our addiction to the disposable-everything habit. The disposable-everything eased our lives, but...
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Cow Urine as Organic Pesticide – a Case Close to Home
Low Carbon Food & Agri, Net Zero by Narsi, Organic Farming, ResearchersMy trip yesterday to my village Mathuramangalam, a really small hamlet some 50 Kms outside of Chennai, was to attend a family function. As with...
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Biodegradable sanitary napkins from Aakar Innovations: Solving the problems around women menstruation in an environment-friendly way
Bioplastics, Government Officials, Low Carbon Materials, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs, Waste ManagementOver the last century, our society has become heavily and widely reliant on disposable plastics, which has now become a severe environmental threat globally. Sanitary...
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My Visit to NCPRE – National Centre for PV Research & Education, IIT Bombay
Colleges, Energy Education, Innovations, Mumbai, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Startups & EntrepreneursI had been to NCPRE at IIT Bombay, about a month back. Had been intending to do this for almost a year, and finally did....
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Innovate or Suffocate – Solar Industry’s Watershed Moment
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar Energy, Solar Energy, Startups & Entrepreneurs (A more detailed version of this article was published on LinkedIn - see here for the article) There's a dark secret about the sunny solar...
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Algae fuels – the holy grail of biofuels
Biofuels, Biofuels, Financial Investors, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, ResearchersFor those of us who had been looking at the biofuel industry for almost a decade, algae appeared (and still does) like the knight in...
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Algae Wastewater Treatment
Net Zero by Narsi, Pollution, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs, Waste Management, Waste Management, WaterWater is touted by many as the new oil. Well, you know what, we might be able to just about live without oil, but we...
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Castor oil – oil that could be big part of future
Biofuels, CO3, Government Officials, Low Carbon Materials, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursIf I told you I am gonna talk a fascinating oil, the last oil you would think of would be castor oil. But that is...
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EAI Launches Suseum – The Sustainability Museum
Corporate Leaders, Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, ResearchersWhen all is said and done, more is said than done when it comes to sustainability. Why are we at this state of affairs despite...
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Small Wind Turbines, Especially VAWTs Look Cool, But Don’t Have Cool Paybacks!
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Startups & Entrepreneurs, Wind EnergyEven as they become more common, small-scale wind turbines remain a source of dispute in the renewable energy community, says this article. And I completely...
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Captive Solar PV Systems – L&T’s experience
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Rooftop Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PhotovoltaicIt is a well known fact that India’s electricity generation is insufficient relative to the demand the country has. In 2009-10, India’s electricity deficit was...
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EAI Club – Network with Indian Renewable Energy Professional
Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursAs a renewable energy enthusiast in India, you would have surely felt the need for an online platform where you can meet and interact with...
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How can renewable energy really become disruptive?
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursThe following was the article I included in the recently dispatched newsletter. Thought I'd include it in the blog as well. How can renewable energy...
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TERI, India’s Sustainability and Green Education Pioneer
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursWhen Yale University decided to establish its new Climate and Energy Institute in March the choice of Rajendra K. Pachauri to head it came as...
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Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute to Assist Indian Solar Power Firms
Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar EnergyFraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, one of the largest research centres in Germany, is in parleys with Indian companies to share its research and...
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Syngas, A Way to Tap India’s Hidden Coal Reserves
Biofuels, CO3, Corporate Leaders, Financial Investors, Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, ResearchersSyngas or gasified coal is potentially a rich source of clean energy which the world is yet to fully upgrade the technology for. A lot...
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Brazil Battles Problems in Jatropha as Biodiesel Feedstock
Biofuels, Corporate Leaders, Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursLike other countries which are experimenting on it, Brazil is similarly encountering snags in the cultivation of jatropha as potential feedstock for biodiesel.This country, which...
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Solar Energy Centre @ Haryana, India
Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar EnergySolar Energy Centre is the institute established in India with a view to encourage research in the field of solar technology as a viable alternate...
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How Much Could Wind Power Output Fluctuate?
Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, ResearchersIt was interesting for me to read an article about the woes that the state of TN was having with its power deficit; well, which...
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GreenValue Makes Polyphenols from Biomass in India
Low Carbon Materials, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursPolyphenols from paper and pulp processing could offer nutraceutical benefits for humans and are already making a dent in the ag sector.About two million people...
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World’s Largest Solar (Thermal) Kitchen is in Rajasthan!
Government Officials, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursThe world’s largest solar kitchen is powered by Scheffler’s reflector technology, and is situated in Rajasthan, India. The Scheffler system is so effective that this...
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India’s First Center for Bioscience Energy to Increase Biomass Yield
Biofuels, Biofuels, Biogas & CBG, Biomass for Heating & Power, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, ResearchersJune 2, 2009India opens its first DBT-ICT Center for Bioscience Energy to develop technologies that will increase biomass yield per hectare and produce both gas...
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