PFBR has been designed indigenously by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). It is pool-type reactor with 1,750 tonnes of sodium as coolant. It is designed to generate 500 MWe of electrical power, with operational life of 40 years. It generates power by burning mixed uranium-plutonium MOX fuel, a mixture of PuO2 and UO2. …
Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity by combining hydrogen with oxygen. This conversion process only emits steam and water, thus producing zero emissions. Excess energy produced is stored in ion-lithium batteries on board train. These trains also make very little noise. Moreover, hydrogen fuel cells have advantages over batteries. Instead of …
What is ISA? The ISA was launched at the 2015 Paris Climate Change Summit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande It seeks to empower solar-rich countries located between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn to make collaborative efforts to harness solar energy to generate the electricity Originally member …
Facts: Total installed capacity of wind power stood at 33 GW Solar was the second major segment with cumulative capacity of 17 GW. Bio-power occupied the third position with a total installed capacity of 4,551 MW Targets set by Government: 40 GW rooftop solar by 2022 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022 100 GW …
India’s three-stage nuclear power programme was formulated by Homi Bhabha in the 1950s to secure the country’s long-term energy independence, through the use of uranium and thorium reserves found in the monazite sands of coastal regions of South India. India has been pursuing the following 3-stage Nuclear Power Programme : Stage 1 : Pressurised Heavy …
What is Ethanol Blending? The ethanol blending is process of mixing petrol with ethanol. The mixture is called as Ethanol Fuel / Gasohol which is considered as a quasi-renewable energy. Ethanol is biofuel derived from Sugarcane molasses (by-product in the conversion of sugarcane to sugar), corn, sorghum etc. In India, practice of blending ethanol was …