THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Energy can be produced from several non-conventional sources, including degradable and non-degradable waste. The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) under the Department of Power in Kerala invents and promotes such technologies. But, the heap of garbage piled up in the plot owned by ANERT at PMG is certainly not to be used for power generation. It, rather, conveys a message of power deficiency among those calling the shots at the ANERT headquarters. The site, sandwiched between the Institute of Management in Kerala and the KSRTC Vikas Bhavan depot, has been continuing as a monument of official apathy for the last several years. ``The abandoned plot has now become a headache to residents and the staff at the Institute of Management in Government,