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.
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 …
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 …
Having signed an MoU with the Delhi Government for setting up India’s first Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant to convert waste into CNG, Sweden is likely to sign similar agreements with two more cities, according to Mr Lars Olof Lindgren, Sweden’s Ambassador to India. Mr Lindgren said the Scandinavian country may …
Nepal is looking to scale up its flagship household biogas programme, which has made forays into other developing countries in Asia and Africa. Initiated in 1992 with support from the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Nepal has installed over 240,000 household biogas plants with a thermal energy capacity of 444 megawatts …
Most of the commercial banks continue to show lack of interest in disbursing loans from a Tk 200-crore refinancing scheme of the Bangladesh Bank launched in 2009 for renewable energy and clean water projects. BB officials said that banks had borrowed only Tk 50 crore from the central bank’s revolving …
The state-owned financial institution Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) will provide financial aid to install one million new solar home systems and 20,000biogas plants across the country. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate this new project on Saturday at Chittagong's Sandwip upazila. IDCOL executive director and CEO Islam …
Banks have gradually increased investments in clean and renewable-energy technology, which was beyond conventional banking a few years ago. Total investments in the alternative energy sector stood at Tk 71 crore till November 2011, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. Of the investment, BB refinanced Tk 25 crore from its …
This document contains the basic information to serve as guide for adopting the renewable energy by common man.The document has two parts: 1) Biogas for Common Man, and 2) Solar Photovoltaic Power for Urban Households.
These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2012.
KOCHI: The attempt of the Kochi Corporation to set up a bio-gas plants for decentralised treatment of biodegradable waste has failed to yield results despite spending Rs 61.61 lakh. This was owing to the lack of proper monitoring and timely remedial action. This was stated in the Comptroller and Auditor …
Katra: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra, has found a novel solution to the problem of waste generated by mules. Over 40 tonnes of dung being excreted by mules every day on the 13-km trek stretch en route to the holy cave shrine, causing stink in the area, will …
Coal-reliant Poland aims to increase support for biogas and solar generation through the end of the decade while cutting support for investment in wind and other renewable generation, a government official said on Tuesday. Deputy Economy Minister Mieczyslaw Kasprzak said a new draft bill calls for Poland to increase the …
The Karnataka Planters' Association (KPA) has sought subsidy for adoption of green technologies for pollution abatement at the estate level in the 12th Five-Year Plan. “There are flood of new green technologies in the market, we have requested the Coffee Board to include eco pulpers, vermiculture and effluent equipment under …
