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.
Swiss Agency for ent and Cooperation (SDC) and Action for Food Production (AFPRO) have tied up for promoting sustainable approaches for improving rural livelihoods through socio-technical interventions. To commemorate the SDC-AFPRO partnership, Philippe Welti, ambassador of Switzerland to India, released a document
KOCHI: The lakhs of rupees spent by the Kochi Corporation to set up biogas plants in the city have gone down the drain as the majority of them are inoperative. Blame it on the negligence of the authorities or the inefficiency in managing these plants, these non-operative plants are causing …
NEW DELHI: A bio-gas plant that would use the bio-degradable waste generated in the Delhi Secretariat to provide gas to its canteen was inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday as part of the Akshay Urja Diwas (renewable energy day) celebrations. Ms. Dikshit said harnessing renewable energy is a …
Since 97% of its fossil fuels are imported, raising the share of renewables to 11% by 2030 is South Korea's solutionBarun Roy / New Delhi August 12, 2010, 0:15 ISTOne might call it the Second Korean War, except that its frontiers are all in the south, its weapons aren
C Shivakumar | ENSRs 550-LAKH BIO PLANT HITS A ROADBLOCKThe plant is in a shoddy state, hardly able to produce even its required quota of powerIT was a project that was launched with much fanfare about five years ago to produce green energy, but today the Rs 550-lakh bio-methanation plant …
Biogas, which is generated from organic digestion under anaerobic conditions by mixed population of microorganisms, is an alternative energy source, that is now being utilized both in rural and industrial areas. Biogas technology offers an attractive route to utilize certain categories of biomass for meeting partial energy needs. (Correspondence)
The role of new and renewable energy has been assuming increasing significance with the growing concern for the country’s energy security. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has a wide range of programmes on promotion of renewable energy for rural, urban, commercial and industrial applications through grid-interactive power generation …
Rajahmundry, July 26: The production of biogas from cattle dung will get top priority as an alternative cooking fuel in the non-conventional process in East Godavari. With the cost factor and increased demand for cooking fuels in the conventional process, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) took effective …
Sarath Babu George The local body in Kottayam has come up trumps from a potentially difficult situation KURAVILANGAD (KOTTAYAM): When the urban swathe spreads disgorging large quantities of solid waste everyday, it is time for local self-government institutions to sit up and take note. The nightmarish consequences of waste left …
Algal biofuels have many advantageous characteristics that would lower impacts on environmental degradation in comparison to biofuel feedstock and in some cases improve the well-being of developing and developed communities. This report shows that, while the technology for large scale algal biofuel production is not yet commercially viable, algal production …
R. Arivanantham Only 45 plants out of 62 were commissioned in the district Slow progress:A beneficiary pouring cow dung mix at a biogas plant in Keelkuppam Panchayat under the Uthangarai Panchayat Union in Krishnagiri district.
KOCHI: The failure to implement projects formulated to manage domestic waste at its place of origin has led to the current waste management crisis in the city, former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P C Cyriac said here on Saturday. Inaugurating the public meeting on
The Biogas Week-2010 ended here on Saturday with a target of installing 36,000 biogas plants in the country by 2012. Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state- run non-banking financial institution, observed the Week amid different programmes. The programmes included declaration of a 'Biogas Union', holding district level rallies and …
The majority of the RE (renewable energy) development efforts are directed towards power production. All the governments give high priority to electricity generation through RE sources, rather than to using them for meeting fuel requirements. Even common people have developed a great attraction towards renewable power, rather than fossil fuels.
The objective of this study is to identify lessons for improving cookstoves in Bangladesh through an evaluation of existing programs, the international experience on improved stoves, and the lessons from successes in the sanitation sector. Bangladesh
Chandigarh: Haryana will soon have a large scale biogas plant and bottling facility for use in cooking, transport and fertilisers. The Union ministry of new renewable energy has sanctioned the project to set up a biogas fertiliser plant at Shri Haryana Goshala, Hansi, Hisar, Sumita Misra, director, Renewable Energy Department …
A Consumer movement is catching on in Nepal.Communities are extending the grid to villages.This threatens to undo the effort put in small-scale off-grid power generation to fight poverty. How can Nepal harmonize the two initiatives ? Read More - http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/when-villages-plug
The provisions contained in this renewable energy policy will be applicable to all the renewable energy projects. This policy will be applicable to all the Renewable Energy projects sanctioned prior to the commencement of the policy and those renewable energy projects in the process of development including already commissioned renewable …
