While bacteria that produce electricity have been found in exotic environments like mines and the bottoms of lakes, scientists have missed a source closer to home: the human gut. University of California, Berkeley, scientists discovered that a common diarrhea-causing bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, produces electricity using an entirely different technique from …
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Ground Report | Maharashtra: Electricity brings in transformation in the lives of those living in Nanded
Adding power choices reduces cost and risk of carbon-free electricity
In major legislation passed at the end of August, California committed to creating a 100 percent carbon-free electricity grid — once again leading other nations, states, and cities in setting aggressive policies for slashing greenhouse gas emissions. Now, a study by MIT researchers provides guidelines for cost-effective and reliable ways …
Read More »Ground Report | Chhattisgarh: ‘Ujala’ transforming electricity consumption in India
Electricity reached Chhattisgarh’s Pakhnarcha village 1st time in 70 years
Pakhnarcha village in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur district has got electricity for the first time since the Independence. It’s the vacation time for Dhiraj Karma as schools are closed for the summer break. But there is no change in his study schedule. The sole aim is to make his parents happy so that …
Read More »Zinc – The Powerhouse of Electricity Poles
When India is looking ahead providing electricity in every village and progressively moving towards Smart Cities Project, Digital India and Make in India, the very basis of infrastructure, the power transmission, needs to be protected for many years…. And that is where Zinc will again prove to be a future …
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