How Storage Integrations Can Provide A Strategic Benefit in Large Scale Solar Projects and Create Synergy?

At the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the Government of India revised its non-fossil energy targets for 2030 from 450 GW to 500 GW. To accomplish this, developing India’s solar potential is essential. Given the intermittent nature of renewable energy (RE) sources, we require energy storage systems (ESS) to maintain the power grid's security and dependability. Recent advancements in ESS technologies have resulted in a substantial decrease in capital cost, expanding market growth.

Scientific approaches to air pollution are helping us save lives

It has been a slow journey, but the pace of air pollution studies is now picking up, and with it, our ability to save lives. Several nations have established standards to monitor air pollution and ensure that it remains within limits. Scientific understanding of various pollutants and their effect on human health has helped us develop ideal standards for safer and good quality air. In 2021, WHO revised the standards for pollution levels after research suggested that even small amounts of pollutants were detrimental to our health.

Opinion: A new beginning for hydrogen around the corner

Globally, as countries look for options to reduce emissions and achieve climate targets, hydrogen is emerging as the frontrunner for decarbonisation strategies. Hydrogen has, indeed, come a long way from 2019, when only Korea, Japan, and France had hydrogen-specific policies, to today, with 31 governments having released their hydrogen strategies. There is a heightened interest in hydrogen, with many business entities, the world over, tapping into the hydrogen market.

Air pollution and climate change: The ignored curse of rural India

India’s true essence — encompassing its diversity, zeal, culture, and spirit — is rooted in its rural areas. However, the gloomy blanket of air pollution conceals the very soul of our nation. We are experiencing alarming signs of the warming climate and its linkage to air pollution. Though poor air quality has largely impacted rural health and well-being, most mitigation efforts continue to focus on urban problems, ignoring rural air pollution.

Why There’s a Need to Look at Air Pollution Through the Climate Lens

Atleast 9 million people die annually from air pollution-related complications, according to a recent study by The Lancet Commission on pollution and health. Meanwhile, the alarming increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, due to human activities, is escalating the climate crisis. Putting a number on deaths attributable to climate change is complex, but there’s no denying this: we are at crisis point and it is likely to get worse before (and if) it gets better.

Rooftop Solar Coalition: Round Table

The uptake of rooftop solar technology has been slow in India though it is an important component in achieving our renewable energy targets. The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)—along with the Council On Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)—organised a two-day round-table conference on Rooftop Solar Coalition in New Delhi to discuss ways to increase the adoption of rooftop solar in India.

 

Bias in PM2.5 measurements using collocated reference-grade and optical instruments

Optical PM2.5 measurements are sensitive to aerosol properties that can vary with space and time. Here, we compared PM2.5 measurements from collocated reference-grade (beta attenuation monitors, BAMs) and optical instruments (two DustTrak II and two DustTrak DRX) over 6 months. We performed inter-model (two different models), intra-model (two units of the same model), and inter-type (two different device types: optical vs. reference-grade) comparisons under ambient conditions.