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.
Mule dung menace to become energy source JAMMU, Feb 10: Though it remained a menace for decades together yet several tonnes of mule dung being littered every day on 13 kilometers track of holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishnodevi, is shortly going to become a source of energy generation …
The district panchayat is planning to take up integrated drinking water and solid-waste management projects in association with block and grama panchayats in the coming fiscal. These and other draft projects proposed under the 2011-12 budget Plan of the district panchayat were discussed with block and grama panchayat representatives and …
Large-scale promotion of small scale decentralized renewable energy technologies to achieve a part of millennium development goal remained a great challenge until recently. However, a properly implementation of a public private partnership applied in biogas sector in Nepal has shown that scaling up of small scale renewable energy technologies is …
Anitha Jaishankar AS the government failed to supply required power, the industrial units in Hosur are weighing option to set up captive power plant or purchase power from outside. The industrial bodies, Hosur Industries Association (HIA) and Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association (HOSTIA), plans to set up a captive …
As its gas supply infrastructure has suffered major leakages over the last 30 years, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to discontinue the supply of domestic biogas to its 4,000-odd consumers in South Delhi from January 25 next year. The water utility body is now considering alternative uses for …
"Using the biogas, he runs a generator to light the poultry shed. The workers of the poultry farm cook food by lighting a fire by using the biogas" Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL), German Technical Co-operation (gtz) and Grameen Shakti have expedited activities to increase the number of biogas plants …
Jorhat, Dec. 14: The agri-engineering department of Assam Agricultural University has designed a biogas plant which will address both the needs of renewable energy sources and organic farming in a more effective manner. The department has also produced fuel from poultry litter in the same plant but the process is …
Close to two-thirds of the world's poorest people live in rural areas. Eradication of rural poverty depends on increased access to goods, services, and information, targets detailed in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, alleviating poverty is hindered by two interlinked phenomena: lack of access to improved energy services …
Kochi: The Thrissur Corporation Secretary on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that the Corporation was taking urgent steps to identify and acquire necessary land for establishing zonal compost treatment plants at Ollur. In an action taken report (ATR), the Secretary told a Bench comprising Justice Pius Kuriakose and Justice …
Educational institutions and social organisations may be generating a lot of awareness among the masses to save electricity but the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) has done a remarkable job to promote the cause. About 200 units of electricity (per day) are generated through the recently …
This publication presents case studies from across the country that illustrate the utilization of renewable energy sources with a wide range of applications across various sectors.
This new IEA working paper evaluates the potential costs and benefits of using natural gas as a vehicle fuel for road transportation, as well as the policy related to its market development. The transport sector is currently responsible for 23% of energy-related CO2 emissions, and transport associated CO2 emissions will …
2.6 billion people all over the world lack adequate toilets and hygiene facilities. Good sanitation ensures public health and contributes to economic development by preventing loss of human days caused by ill health and deaths due to diseases like jaundice, cholera and diarrhoea.
Thiruvananthapuram: The city-based Biotech Centre for Development of Biogas Technology and other Nonconventional Energy Sources has secured an Indian patent for a portable domestic biowaste treatment biogas plant developed by it. Unlike conventional biogas plants that require cattle dung as feedstock, the plant developed by Biotech can run on household …
This report forms part of a project aiming to develop a South-South-North partnership to reshape the impact of a predicted large-scale expansion in global biomass energy use towards greater poverty reduction and maintenance of ecosystem services in developing countries. The consortium of partners represents leading biomass energy researchers from multiple …
Professor R C Sobti, Vice-Chancellor of the Panjab University, has called for taking urgent steps for the conservation and protection of environment and bio-diversity.Speaking on the occasion of
Chitra Unnithan & Pravda Godbole / Ahmedabad/ Pune September 27, 2010, 0:46 IST Business schools across the country are gearing up for a greener furture
KOCHI: The hardships faced by the public due to the leakage of biogas plant at the Ernakulam Market continued on Wednesday as the civic body failed to take any adequate measures to remove the decayed waste that gushed into the market pond. Though the Corporation officials promised that they will …
KOCHI: Blame it on the lackadaisical attitude of the civic body of Kochi and the health department of the city. Sheer negligence on the part of the authorities has paved the way for the leakage of the biogas plant at Ernakulam Market. The decayed waste from the plant has flowed …
