This study assesses the potential for bioenergy production using various feedstocks such as sugarcane, oil palm, and municipal solid waste in six Caribbean small island developing states – Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Kidagamparambu ward in Alappuzha municipality will be declared a ‘total Nirmal ward’ under a project for waste management with biogas generation under the slogan ‘Nirmal Bhavanam — Nirmal Nagaram,’ (Clean house, clean city) in the third week of January. This decision was taken in connection with a seminar on waste …
Cows are still considered holy to the people of the Hindu faith across the Indian subcontinent. In this paper, the authors discuss details of the religious, historical, economic, cultural and sociological significance of the sacred cow in Hinduism. The authors also suggest options to use the sacred cow for the …
The ‘Kidagamparambu model’ of waste management could be the answer to the growing garbage menace in the State. Over 100 biogas plants have been set up in Kidagamparambu ward comprising 850 houses. Nearly 300 houses are treating waste at the source, with each biogas plant capable of treating the waste …
Emulating the success story of the Sreekaryam market where a waste-to-energy plant set up six years ago continues to light up the entire market and the nearby street, the city Corporation is planning to set up biogas plants in the city’s markets. Such plants in addition to treating waste at …
Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka laid the foundation stone for an integrated plant for garbage segregation and generating power from biogas, as part of efforts to address the garbage menace, in the City on Monday. The project will come up on the vacant site near the NMKRV College at a …
Top 50 corporate and industrial majors and most of the electricity generation and distribution companies in the country belonging to various state governments may face punitive action for not meeting the solar power generation targets mandated under the renewable purchase obligations (RPO). According to the RPOs, every company generating, consuming …
With half to five kg of waste, burn stove for more than two hours With a cap on the supply of LPG domestic cylinders at subsidised prices, kitchens can make use of alternative options. Some in Coimbatore have done so and also gone green with biogas plants. A simple system …
Subash Menon’s Kivar Environ bets big on municipal solid waste management and city sanitation After several ups and downs, Subash Menon transformed his company Subex from a systems integrator in telecom hardware to a leader in telecom software products with over $100 million in revenues. After two decades of being …
Distillery effluents represent a heavy source of environmental pollution owing to high concentration of readily decomposable organic matters. In this study, biogas potential of distillery wastewater treated in an anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (ASBBR) was investigated.
Pune, the second-largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai, offers a shining example of what a city can do to manage the growing menace of garbage as it urbanises at a rapid pace. Widely known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra, Pune is also called Oxford of the East because of …
The owner of the UK's largest power station, Drax, plans to sell £190m of shares in order to transform it into a predominantly biomass-fuelled power generator. Drax plans on converting three of its six units to biogas, turning the North Yorkshire coal-fired power station into one of the largest renewable …
The Sanitation Mission expects more local bodies in the district to come up with projects for decentralised waste treatment in the wake of enhanced subsidy component by the State government for compost units and biogas plants. The State government has hiked the subsidy component for various types of compost units …
New Delhi: Soon, Tihar Jail will produce its own electricity. In a memorandum of understanding signed between the jail authorities and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc), a Nisargruna biogas plant based on biodegradable waste will be set up in sub-jail number 2. This will convert biodegradable kitchen waste into …
The IFAD has released a paper that provides a review of the role of livestock as a potential renewable energy source to improve energy access in rural areas. The paper focuses on opportunities to harness biogas from livestock wastes and residues, including tools and reviews on the best available information …
This is compendium of 28 success stories different parts of India, of the zeal to bring about change, a determination to surpass barriers in access to energy, and a drive to adopt and promote renewable energy technologies to suit local requirements. India is home to several innovations and successful examples …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
New Delhi: In an ecofriendly initiative, Tihar Prisons has joined hands with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to set up a bio-gas plant on its premises which will utilize the waste from its nine jails. This plant will help generate bio-fuel, which will assist in meeting the jail’s electricity needs. Tihar …
Using the garbage of Dhaka city, the government for the first time is going to generate 50 megawatt of electricity to add to the national grid. KM Mozammel Hoq, additional secretary of the local government division of LGRD and Cooperatives ministry, said they had sought opinions of different ministries concerned …
Vellore Collector Ajay Yadav on Wednesday laid the foundation for the Rs.45-lakh `Electricity Generation from Bio-Wastes’ project in Arcot Municipality, which he said was a pilot project for municipalities throughout Tamil Nadu, aimed at keeping the towns totally garbage-free. Mr. Yadav sought the cooperation of the public in the successful …
The Power and Energy Ministry of Sri Lanka announced today that another 30 megawatts of electricity through wind power will be added to the national grid from Thursday (09). According to the Ministry, 30 megawatts of power is generated through three wind power plans in Kalpitiya of northwestern coast. The …
