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TERI Successfully Completes Pilot to Treat Industrial Wastewater

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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has completed a pilot project in Kanpur, effectively treating wastewater and effluent discharge from textile units.

The solution is a cost-effective technology designed to treat industrial wastewater effectively while ensuring compliance with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) standards set by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) in industrial clusters. It can be applied across various industrial effluents and provides a solution to the longstanding challenge of sludge generation. 

Spearheaded by Dr. Nupur Bahadur, Associate Director, TERI, the innovative UV-Photocatalysis-based Advanced Oxidation Technology (TADOX) has demonstrated exceptional efficacy in reducing key pollutants and achieving ZLD targets in a financially sustainable manner.

It must be noted that in September 2019, TERI and Perfact Group partnered to promote TADOX for comprehensive wastewater treatment. 

TADOX offers end-to-end treatment for industrial wastewater or mixed streams containing high color, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), dissolved organics, and non-biodegradable or persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Currently, deployed technologies incur significant costs to achieve the mandated standards.

TADOX integrates nanotechnology with Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs), referred to as Advanced Oxidation Nanotechnology (AON), enabling the industry to adopt the right solutions and comply with regulatory standards set by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), CPCB, and the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

Dr. Bahadur has also proposed integrating renewable energy sources such as solar PV to enhance the efficiency of the treatment process. 


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Four government initiatives in sustainable energy sector this week

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Despite initial concerns about the sheer scale of the hurdles in sustainable energy, India’s 2070 net zero goal is gaining traction with stakeholders encouraged by recent policy actions.

In a bid to boost the adoption of renewable energy and also enable scalability of projects, the Central government upped its ante for the sector.

Here are the four key announcements for sustainable energy:
  1. MNRE guidelines for green hydrogen in the transport sector: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines for pilot projects involving the use of green hydrogen in the transport sector. A budget of Rs 496 crore has been allocated for the scheme until the financial year 2025-26. The pilot projects will be implemented through the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Scheme Implementing Agencies nominated under the scheme. The scheme also aims to support other innovative uses of hydrogen for reducing carbon emissions in the transport sector, such as blending methanol/ethanol based on green hydrogen and other synthetic fuels derived from green hydrogen in automobile fuels.
  2. Joint Center for Renewable Energy Innovation and Sustainable Energy Transition: Union Minister R.K. Singh announced the Center for Energy Transition, a joint venture between the Indian government and The Energy and Resources Institute, focusing on developing renewable energy ideas and sustainable energy transition routes.
    Nitin Desai, the chairperson of the TERI Governing Council, announced that the Center will be established in Hyderabad to create all-encompassing energy transition pathways.
  3. Five SPVs awarded: REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited handed over five project-specific special purpose vehicles for inter-state transmission projects construction, under Ministry of Power supervision.
    The Indian Ministry of Power has chosen Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Indigrid 2 Limited & Indigrid 1 Limited (Consortium), and Apraava Energy Private Limited as successful bidders for the ISTS Transformation Projects. RECPDCL awarded Letters of Award to Avaada Energy Private Limited and Juniper Green Energy Private Limited for establishing 100 MW wind power projects under India’s flexible generation and scheduling scheme.
  4. PFC and CEEW Form Strategic Partnership for Net-Zero Energy transition: Power Finance Corporation Ltd. and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water have partnered to achieve India’s 2070 Net Zero target, making PFC the largest renewable energy financier in India. The two entities are collaborating for research, policy, and innovation to strengthen their role in India’s net-zero target and clean energy technologies, laying the groundwork for future initiatives.
    PFC is partnering with the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) to expand its green portfolio and strengthen its position in India’s clean energy transition. The partnership aims to analyze net-zero finance requirements, new lending trends, and financing for clean energy technologies, identify emerging global capital pools, and understand climate finance products.

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Global leaders emphasise the need for sustainable finance at WSDS

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Global leaders at the recently concluded World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) emphasised the need for sustainable finance to fuel green growth.

The speakers emphasised the lack of new instruments to facilitate long-term lending to fuel green growth, particularly in emerging economies and least-developed countries.

Among the speakers, here’s a round-up of what six key global leaders said at the summit.

“Though renewable energy has received adequate funding, areas such as climate adaptation, sustainable consumption and production, biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, and pollution abatement have not received the necessary funding”: Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

“Finance is central to combating climate change. The central question here is whether we can transform the global financial system to meet today’s challenges in ways that promote low-carbon, resilient growth”: Manish Bapna, President Natural Resources Defence Council, India

“ADB is currently developing innovative financing models to facilitate the transition to clean energy by financing the retirement of coal-fired power plants and repurposing them to provide renewable energy and grid services, as well as lending to countries to develop climate change policies”: Dr Pradeep Tharakan, Regional Advisor, South Asia, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

“Facilitating climate finance and diversifying the fiscal base to support green growth should lead the priorities list. Capacity building should be prioritised to achieve the necessary transformational change. Both national and sub-national finance ministries must boost their capacity with tools like green budgeting and carbon tax and pricing”: Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group

“We need three things: a vision of what we want to do, an inter-institutional framework to do what we want to do and leadership”: Laszlo Broberly, state counsellor to the prime minster of Romania

“Our recommendations on climate finance would be to expand the scope of climate finance and make climate smart transition of the financial sector overall,” according to the Green Development Pact. Also, rather than improving the resilience of existing infrastructure, let us build infrastructure that improves our resilience”: Jagjeet Singh Sareen, Principal, Dalberg Advisors

Source: ANI Press Release


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