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Corporate sector can cut emission intensity of GDP by further 5.6% in 2030

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency will administer India's carbon trading framework, which is getting ready for its rollout

Suzuki Motorcycle launches scooters compliant with latest emission norms

Suzuki Motorcycle India on Wednesday said it has launched a range of scooters, which conform with the upcoming stricter emission norms, priced between Rs 79,400 to Rs 97,000 (ex-showroom Delhi). The company's 125cc scooters, including Access 125, Avenis and Burgman Street, get the latest on-board diagnostics (OBD2-A) system. Suzuki has also introduced E20 fuel-compliant engines on the Access 125, Avenis and Burgman Street range. "Suzuki's powerful 125cc engine which delivers high performance and has been ruling riders' hearts is now E20 (petrol with 20 per cent ethanol) and OBD2-A compliant. We plan to gradually make our entire product portfolio compatible to E20 fuel," Suzuki Motorcycle India Executive Vice President (Sales, Marketing and After Sales) Devashish Handa said in a statement.

28% fall in cost of emissions reductions by Indian businesses: WRI study

A study, implemented in 2020-21, included 21 businesses, representing about 10% of industry emissions, and all elements of a carbon market demonstrated a 28% reduction in cost of emissions reductions

SUV growth weighs on emissions, batteries: International energy agency

Ever bigger cars pose a growing problem for the environment because they produce more greenhouse gas emissions and need larger batteries than their smaller cousins, according to the International Energy Agency. The Paris-based body suggested Monday that it's time for the car industry to downsize its vehicles, citing data that showed the world's 330 million sports utility vehicles, or SUVs, pumped out almost 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022. That's more than the annual emissions of an industrial nation like Germany. The shift towards heavier and less fuel-efficient conventional vehicles increases growth in both oil demand and CO2 emissions," the agency said, noting that SUVs consume about a fifth more gasoline than an average medium-sized car. Between 2021 and 2022, oil use in conventional cars, excluding SUVs, remained roughly the same, but the oil consumption of SUVs globally increased by 500,000 barrels per day, accounting for one-third of the total growth in oil .

Tata Motors bags India's largest electric vehicle fleet order from Uber

To deliver 25,000 XPRES-T EVs in a phased manner

CO2 arbitrage will make heroes

To avoid capital destruction, simulate a business model under a correct shadow price of carbon

New 3D-printed superalloy could cut carbon emissions in power plants: Study

Researchers have shown that a new 3D-printed superalloy could help power plants generate more electricity while producing less carbon, according to a new study. Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories, US, created a superalloy, with an unusual composition that makes it stronger and lighter than state-of-the-art materials currently used in gas turbine machinery, the study said. A superalloy, or a high-performance metal alloy, is an alloy with the ability to operate at a high fraction of its melting point. As the world looks for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the findings could have broad impacts across the energy sector as well as the aerospace and automotive industries, and hints at a new class of similar alloys waiting to be discovered, the study said. The team published their findings in the journal Applied Materials Today. "We're showing that this material can access previously unobtainable combinations of high strength, low weight and high-temperature resiliency,"

India finalises 13 activities under 3 heads for trading of carbon credits

Green ammonia approved as alternative material for greenhouse gas mitigation

India writes to WTO against Carbon border tax; here's all you need to know

India has written to WTO raising concerns over selective application of carbon border rules to trade-exposed industries like steel, aluminium, chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals and fertilisers

Oil PSUs on the long road to net zero: Can India achieve the goal by 2070?

With India burning more fossil fuel to grow, state-owned refiners are likely to struggle to meet their targets

Budget: Energy transition gets fund boost, green growth key economic driver

The Centre has entrusted the oil ministry, which naturally has the highest fossil-fuel footprint, to steer the energy transition of the country

Uncounted costs of energy transitions to reduce carbon emissions

States with the most to lose from the rise of RE power are yet to start preparing their economies and people for the shift

Budget 2023: Experts expect a boost to decarbonisation, energy transition

Issues that need to be addressed include expanding funding for renewable manufacturing, extending PLI to wind and green hydrogen, among others

Maruti to use cow dung to produce biogas for sustainable mobility solutions

Suzuki is planning to develop CNG automotive solutions around biogas in India and export it to other farming regions, including Africa, Asean, and Japan, the company said in a global presentation

India plans to classify clean activities, tech under new policy: Report

India projects $10 trillion to $15 trillion in investment is needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070

Microsoft partners with global solar leader Qcells to curb carbon emissions

Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with global solar leader Qcells to curb carbon emissions and power the clean energy economy

Green buildings and infra will ensure environmental sustainability

Green infrastructure brings nature into work for human benefits ranging from economic, social, environmental and health benefits

CMAI inks pact with AREAS for exchange of knowledge on policy, innovation

The MoU aims to work towards a common goal of strengthening the country's journey towards becoming a carbon-neutral economy and aid in the development of the Indian carbon market

Jindal Stainless reduced 1.4 lakh tonnes of CO2 emissions in FY22, says MD

The country's largest stainless steel maker Jindal Stainless took various initiatives to reduce 1.4 lakh tonnes (LT) of carbon emissions in the last financial year, its Managing Director Abhyuday Jindal said on Monday. The company aims to be carbon neutral by 2050. To achieve the goal, JSL has also created a position of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and appointed Kalyan Kumar Bhattacherjee to the key post, Jindal said in a company statement. "We reduced 1.4 LT CO2 in FY22 through various initiatives. From investing in Renewable Energy, Green Hydrogen production to introducing EVs at our manufacturing plants, we are continuously building an ecosystem that supports our environmental, social, and governance goals (ESGs)," he said. Bhattacherjee will be responsible for leading sustainability initiatives, reducing carbon emissions for the company's current and future capacity expansion plans with the goal to achieve the net-zero target by 2050, JSL said. Bhattacherjee said JSL is

RBI announces green bonds, to be auctioned in 2 parts of Rs 8,000 cr each

The proceeds from the bonds will be deployed in public sector projects which help in reducing the carbon intensity of the economy, said RBI