Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
By Ima Caldwell Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka. Only the second
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European farmers facing higher costs after EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports
By Alexander Marrow EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports that aim to cut funding for Moscow’s war in Ukraine have so
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India moves to sharpen weather forecasting amid renewable energy push
By Sethuraman N R India is working to significantly improve the accuracy of its weather forecasting systems to meet the
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IIT (BHU), Integral University team develops cost-effective method to grow microalgae for higher biofuel yield, boosting clean energy efforts
By Binay Singh In a step towards cleaner and cheaper energy, researchers from IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Integral University, Lucknow,
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Wheat imports remain critical in Middle East
By Chris Lyddon The Middle East, which spans parts of Western Asia and Egypt in North Africa, has a population
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Germany launches US$2.9M initiative to boost climate-smart rice production in Nigeria
The German government has launched the Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) Project, a €2.5 million (US$2.9M) initiative aimed at supporting 12,000 smallholder
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US to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait, sources say
By Jarrett Renshaw President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to rule on a growing backlog of requests from small oil refiners
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Japan reports hotter-than-expected core inflation for July — but lowest since March as rice prices ease
BY Lim Hui Jie Japan’s core inflation rate cooled to 3.1% in July, coming down from 3.3% the month before
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Paddy procurement for central pool on decline in Punjab since 2022-23, LS told
By Vinod Kumar The Union govt has denied delays in wheat and paddy procurement from Punjab, but data tabled in
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India’s biofuel drive is saving billions but also sparking worries
By Abhik Deb India’s drive to blend more biofuels with petrol has helped the country cut millions of tonnes of
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