Biomass Current Affairs, GK & News
National Bio Energy Programme
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy announced recently that the National Bio Energy Programme will be implemented until 2025-26. What is National Bio Energy Programme? The National Bioenergy Programme aims to promote bioenergy usage and create an investor-friendly ecosystem based on the circular economy. Bioenergy is derived from once-living organic materials called biomass that ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Environment Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: agricultural biomass • Bioenergy • Biomass • biomass fuel • biomass pellets • India’s renewable energy market • Renewable Energy Sector
India’s first Biomass-based hydrogen plant
India’s first commercial-scale biomass-based hydrogen plant will be constructed in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. About Biomass-based hydrogen plant From 30 tonnes of biomass feedstock, Biomass-based hydrogen plant will produce a tonne of hydrogen per day. It will also produce biochar and methane. It will be put up with an investment of Rs 24 crore. Who ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • States Current Affairs
Topics: Biomass • Biomass-based hydrogen plant • Hydrogen Plant • India’s first Biomass-based hydrogen plant • Thermally accelerated anaerobic digestion (TAD) reactor
Forest Fires of Amazon
A slew of forest fires have appeared in the rainforests of the Amazon, which causing large parts of the forest to go up in flames and has destroyed biomass accumulated over millions of years of accumulated biomass in an instance. While forest fires in the Amazon are not new, this year a record 73000 forest ..
Topics: Amazon rainforest • Biomass • Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere • Climate forcing • Climate forcing agents • deforestation • Forest • Nature • Old-growth forest • Rainforest • Rainforests • Wildfire
Union Cabinet approves “Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana”
The Lignocellulosic biomass (or LC biomass) refers to plant biomass that is composed of carbohydrate polymers (cellulose, hemicellulose), and an aromatic polymer (lignin). It is the most abundantly available raw material on the Earth for the production of biofuels, mainly bio-ethanol. It is in news recently because the Union Cabinet has approved the “Pradhan Mantri ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Biofuel • Biological matter • Biomass • Bright green environmentalism • Cellulosic ethanol • Ethanol fuel • Fuels • Lignocellulosic biomass • Nature • Renewable fuels • Sustainable Development • Sustainable technologies
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) to be set up
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for the establishment of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) for conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny. It will lead to the development of the cattle population in the country including the development and conservation of indigenous breeds. It will result in the growth of the livestock ..
Topics: Agriculture • Alternative energy • Biofuels • Biogas • Biomass • Cattle • Energy sources • Manure • Methane • Nature
Black Carbon
Black Carbon is formed as a by-product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, bio-fuels and biomass. It is the strongest absorbent of light amongst all the components of particulate matter. Main Properties of Black Carbon It is directly emitted in the atmosphere as fine particles PM5. It is highly effective in absorbing solar energy and ..
Topics: Air pollution • Bioenergy • Biomass • Black carbon • Carbon • Chemistry • Climate forcing agents • Environmental science • Nature • Particulates • Physical sciences • Visibility