by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI | Apr 3, 2024 | Biofuels, Financial Investors, Low Carbon Mobility, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & Entrepreneurs
When I founded EAI in 2008, one of the real inspirations was biofuels – especially aviation biofuels (as I had earlier worked in the travel / aviation sector and also had an undergrad in Aerospace Engg).Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) were in their infancy then...
by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | Biofuels, Biogas & CBG, Biomass for Heating & Power, CO3, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Net Zero by Narsi, Uncategorized
Emerging Bio-economy Opportunities in India As India moves towards its Net Zero goal, most discussions are around solar power and electric vehicles. Without a doubt, these two (power and transport) are important sectors in the context of decarbonization. But much less...
by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | Biofuels, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
The unspoken biofuel If you are following the Indian renewables scenario, you would have doubtless come across repeated news about the success of ethanol blending in petrol. Ethanol blending is nearing 10% nationwide, and so enthused is the government that it is...
by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI | Dec 30, 2023 | Biofuels, CO3, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy
Here’s some CO2, can you make it into diesel please? If you had never heard of the term Fischer Tropsch, you belong to the vast majority. But if you are a scientist or an engineer, it is likely that you will hear of it more often in future. Because the Fischer...
by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI | Dec 30, 2023 | Biofuels, Net Zero by Narsi
Why would someone pour oil down the ground? One would have thought this was batty if it were not for a San Francisco company actually doing business and making money with this idea. The SFO company Charm is converting biomass into oil and pouring it into the earth....
by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI | Dec 29, 2023 | Biofuels, Biogas & CBG, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy
CCUS + CBG = Carbon capture + biofuels = net negative carbon footprint? Read about a partnership between Carbon Clean and Veolia in India for CBG ( https://bit.ly/3rVFD8X ). So what’s my fancy notion of carbon negative thing all about? It’s like this: You...