Alternative Energy Resources

Demand and implementation of alternative energy resources in developed and developing countries.- Utilization of solar technologies as an alternative for sustainable development.- Mechanism of Photoanodes for Dye-Sensitized and Perovskites Solar Cells.- Thin film formulation strategies for efficient Organic Photovoltaics.- Grid Integration of Wind Energy Conversion Systems.- Offshore Wind Energy Technologies: Resource assessment.- Hydropower: A Renewable Energy Resource for Sustainability in terms of Climatic Change & Environmental Protection.- Biomass energy sources and conversion technologies for production of biofuel.- Processing of bioethanol from biological process.- Waste to energy: Suitable approaches for developing countries.- Production of transportation fuels from Waste plastic.- Microbial Electrochemical Systems - promising alternatives for energy sustainability.- Ligninolysis potential of ligninolytic enzymes: a green and sustainable approach to bio-transform lignocellulosic biomass into high-value entities.- Environmental Impact and challenges associated with bio-based energy.- Generation of osmotic power from Membrane Technology.-  Utilization of green energy for the urban and rural development.- Conclusions.

Dr. Pankaj Pathak is an Assistant Professor at SRM University Amaravati, India, with a keen interest in sustainable and green energy resources, waste management and geochemistry, including sustainable handling of nuclear waste and associated environmental impacts. She was involved in several research projects at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) related to nuclear waste management and characterization of buffer materials for nuclear waste repositories. Also, she has gained research experience in the area of hazardous waste and liquid waste treatment technology, along with hydrometallurgical recovery of metals from waste streams, their safe disposal and remediation techniques at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (Jamshedpur).

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Srivastava is a Research Professor at the Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, DaNang Vietnam. He holds a Ph.D. from the Korea University of Science and Technology (UST). He has workedat TAE-HYUNG Recycling (R&D centre, Korea), Rubamin Limited (Rubamin Technology Centre, India), CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (India) in various positions. His inter-disciplinary research interests include waste management, urban mining, sustainable management of environmental resources, and hydrometallurgical exploitation of energy-critical elements. He is a life member of The Catalysis Society of India and has published several papers in top-ranking SCI journals as well as a number of book chapters. He also serves as a reviewer for various respected international journals.