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.
The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government will install 436 bio gas plants in current fiscal year in Khyber Pakthunkhwa keeping In view its rich potential as low cost fuel for heating and power generation. Official sources in Industries Department told media on Sunday the plants would be installed in six districts of …
Agartala: Perched on hills and remote areas of Tripura, 45 villages and 797 localities were lit up with solar energy in the last five years, a minister said on Friday. Debroy said, solar energy treatment plants would be set up in 100 schools in remote areas this year and 1000 …
Agartala, Aug. 3: Solar power is fast becoming a part of life in Tripura with the government going all out in using the alternative energy source to power interior and remote villages as well as parts of the state capital. Altogether 45 remote villages in the hilly interiors of the …
This study investigated the use of effective microorganisms (EM) for enhancement of biogas production through composting of solid pyrethrum remains after extraction of pyrethrins (marc). The laboratory scale experiment involved composting of the waste as substrate mixed with EM at different ratios consisting of a control, substrate with EM at …
In July, WELTEC BIOPOWER client Fernbrook Bio won the 2012 UK AD & Biogas Associations (ADBA) industry award for “Best Biogas Project”. The 1.5 MW biogas plant impressed the jurors with its efficient operation and overall concept, which provides for use of a biogas facility as a waste utilisation plant.
Punjab government has launched a project costing Rs 75 million for providing 1500 family-sized biogas plants on the bases of partnership in rural areas of the Province. Official sources told Business Recorder Thursday that this step has been taken for bringing change in rural life style and to provide facility …
Phoenix Agro Ltd, a leading agro-based company, has signed up for establishing four biogas plants to generate a total of 400 kilowatts of electricity by the year-end. The company said it will also make organic fertiliser using the slurry produced as a byproduct from the biogas digesters. The plants, each …
Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms. The maker of the iPhone and iPad said on Thursday it was buying equipment …
In a rare initiative, a farmer of Haryana, Ramehar Singh of Silani village in Jhajjar district, has installed a 50-KW capacity poultry litter-based biogas power plant at his poultry farm using poultry waste as feed material. Showing the way to other farmers by his enterprise by running his 65 KVA …
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has developed a compact digester for treating biomass wastes at origin. NIITST is a constituent laboratory under the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR). The digester doesn't cause environmental pollution but recovers biogas. It also converts biomass wastes to compost …
An outstanding effort to generate power from a Biogas Power Plant in a residential higher secondary school which has helped this sizeable institution meet its everyday needs from cooking to generating power for running various machines.
Rapid urban growth in developing countries has created an unprecedented demand for energy services. Cities face the enormous challenge of improving energy access to urban communities in order to improve education, health and basic socioeconomic conditions. These eight case studies demonstrate innovative, successful approaches to delivery of energy services to …
CFLs replace 1,799 bulbs, 76 streetlights installed. Bibipur, a small hamlet in the district, has hit a new milestone with a larger awareness and proper use of solar energy in the village. With the replacement of 1,799 bulbs with CFLs, the village has been provided with 76 solar streetlights in …
Community-based conservation reverses top-down, centre driven conservation by focusing on the people who bear the costs of conservation. In the broadest sense then, community-based conservation includes natural resource or biodiversity protection by, for, and with local communities. Nepal has joined hands with international communities and embarked on the modern era …
Today’s fast paced world is overly dependent on energy to fulfill its various requirements related to daily life. Biogas, a clean and renewable source comes as a efficient and cost effective method to generate power. This case study of a biogas bottling plant showcases the efforts of the Ministry of …
Bharatiya Janata Party’s poster campaign for the MCD elections has green agencies seeing red. The party’s latest posters asking for power to be generated from waste has drawn the ire of NGO Chintan, which says BJP’s agenda is anti-public. “The party has not yet understood the basic scientific concept of …
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday advised all banks to lend more in the country renewable energy sector to help government reduce energy crisis and generate employment opportunities. The central bank made the suggestion at a meeting with the representatives of private and foreign banks operating in Bangladesh, held at its …
Nepal’s 40,000 biogas plants have been registered with the Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCC) for carbon trading. According to the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) under the Ministry of Environment, the executive board of UNFCCC has approved 40,602 biogas plants so far. “Now, biogas …
This study presents biogas production from fruit wastes at ambient temperature using anaerobic batch digester (500 ml). Co-digestion of fruit wastes were carried out with rice bran and cow dung. Biogas production from different samples was as follows: Sample A (fruit waste), 363; sample B (fruit waste, 75% + cow …
