Padmashree Prof. Dr. P. K. Jena
(Former Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India)
Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES),
80A – 81A, Lewis
Padmashree Prof. Dr. P. K. Jena
(Former Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India)
Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES),
80A – 81A, Lewis Road, Bhubaneswar – 751 002,
Email: [email protected]
Energy is the most essential resource for our industrial and socio economic developments. Since the dawn of civilization, man has been using renewable energy resources like sun and wind in various ways in his day to day life. In due course with development of science and technology, he discovered more attractive and readily available large reserves of non renewable energy resources like coal, oil and natural gas and started mining and using these extensively by generating energy for mining of minerals, producing various items in industries, transporting men and materials and for other commercial and domestic purposes. At present, nearly 90% of total energy consumed by human society on this planet, is being derived from fossil fuels. Due to extensive mining and utilization of these non renewable fossil fuels with limited reserve, it is apprehended that, by end of the century most of these will be consumed. Besides this, release of large amounts of green house gases like carbon dioxide and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur along with fine particulate matters to the atmosphere during combustion of these fossil fuels, has resulted in global warming and climat