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.
In an effort to decentralise management of waste in the city, the BMC, with technical support from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will soon set up a 20-metric tonne biogas plant at Deonar Abattoir by year-end. The new plant will replace the current dysfunctional four-metric tonne plant and will …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has embarked on a new project to construct a bio-gas plant in Matara expanding the scope of its “Pilisaru” national solid waste management program. The plant is a joint venture by the CEA, Matara Municipal Council and the Bio Green Company. The project envisaged to …
Household air pollution remains a dominant health risk, particularly in South Asia. Increasing international attention has focused on improved cookstoves (ICS) as a vehicle for reducing household air pollution, regional environmental and climate impacts. Biogas plants are a type of improved cooking technology. However, dissemination programs for ICS (including biogas) …
These regulations may be called the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (Co-generation and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2014. These regulations shall extend to the whole of the state of Assam.
AMRITSAR: Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has successfully implemented Biogas Development & Solar Water Heating Programme under which 1.6 lakh biogas plants and 29 lakh liter per day solar water heating systems have been installed in the state, informed chief parliamentary secretary Desraj Singh Dhugga here on Tuesday. He also …
A leading orthopaedic surgeon in city has launched one of country's largest biogas plant in Sundarpura, Anand — a mean waste guzzler that will digest 64 tonnes of domestic and farmland waste to produce 7,000 kg of biogas daily. Feeding of waste into the project set up at cost of …
Seventy-five per cent of the houses in the country still use the traditional fuels like firewood and sun-baked cow dung for cooking food. The traditional bio-fuels are also used at hotels, schools, army barracks and religious organisations as primary fuel for cooking purposes, according to a statistics. This information was …
The city corporation has taken steps to popularise biogas plants within its limit. The move was taken in the wake of lukewarm response received from the public. The civic body will provide 50% subsidy to set up biogas plants while those who have opted for vermicompost and pipe composting have …
VARANASI: Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi use the expertise of Sulabh International, a pioneer organization working in the field of biogas generation from human excreta, to save Ganga from sewage pollution? Sulabh has offered its services in cleaning the Ganga with the help of its indigenously developed technology. "It is …
GURGAON: In a city that is perpetually faced with a power crisis, turning to renewable sources of energy may seem like an obvious choice. But a scant few opt for it. A farmhouse on Old Delhi road, Gurgaon railway station and a retreat centre near Bilaspur Chowk have set a …
Babiyachour (Myagdi), June 30: A biogas has been produced at District Jail, Myagdi, from waste. The biogas produced by using kitchen waste and toilet waste has been used to cook food. Chief at the District Jail, Khagaraj Sharma, said that the biogas plant was constructed with the objective of deceasing …
KATHMANDU: Approximately 69.8 per cent of households in urban areas use Liquefied Petroleum Gas compared to 11.4 per cent of their rural counterparts as main source of fuel for cooking. According to the Annual Household Survey 2012-13 under the heading of ‘Percentage Distribution of Households by Main Fuel Used for …
Hyderabad: While both the new state governments are stressing on renewable sources of energy to become energy sufficient, the solar panel industry in the erstwhile state has almost become non-existent. Even 10 per cent of licenses issued by the AP government (prior to the bifurcation) for manufacture of solar cells …
Mararikulam MLA T.M. Thomas Isaac has called for adopting a scientific approach to resolve the issue of waste menace in Alappuzha town and adjoining areas. At a press conference, Dr. Isaac said waste management efforts being undertaken by the Alappuzha Municipality were in the process of attaining the intended results. …
The Warrington-based company, which is the largest listed water firm in the UK, has reduced its carbon emissions by 23% since 2005/06, with an overall aim of reducing emissions by 21% by 2015, off a 2006 baseline. Part of this reduction will be achieved via United Utilities' new £100m AD …
30 Restaurants To Send Food Waste To Corporation Plant That Will Generate 2MW Of Electricity A Day Food waste will no longer go into the garbage bin in hotels across thecity. The corporation has decided to collect kitchen waste from restaurants to power its biomethanation plant in Pulianthope. Major chains …
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) May 15th 2014 order issued revising biomass tariff upwards as well as changing Solar PV, Thermal, Hydro and other tariff substantially by revising capital values for the Financial Year 2014–15.
Many villagers of Trashigang and Trashiyangtse seemed doubtful about switching to biogas from liquid petroleum gas and better still, traditional wood-fed earthen stoves they used today. It is now up to masons and gewog livestock officials of the two dzongkhags to convince villagers of the use of biogas. Boasting of …
In 2013, approximately 6.5 million people were already employed in the renewable energy industry worldwide, a new study by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals. ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2014’ underlines the important role that renewables continue to play in employment creation and growth in the …
