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.
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 …
Biogas plant to be inaugurated next week In the recent past, the Attingal municipality has made several strides in implementing waste management programmes, and when the civic body inaugurates a biogas plant, with capacity to process 1,000 kg of waste a day, at the Attingal market next week, it will …
Bhutan will soon start implementing the largest Climate Change Adaptation project in the World funded through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) which is administered by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with an investment of US $ 11,491,200 (Nu. 712,454,400). .Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly …
The plant was on a trial run for the past three months and was found to be functioning effectively The Sesa Sterlite has established an eco-friendly bio-gas unit within its alumina refinery complex at Lanjigarh in Odisha's Kalahandi district at a cost of Rs 60 lakh. With a capacity to …
About 2,800 homes across the country will be using biogas energy source as an alternative to LPG and electricity by 2015. The Bhutan Biogas Project (BBP), which commenced in December 2011, has already connected 1,009 homes of farmers in five southern dzongkhags with biogas plants. The energy is used in …
The installation work of the five-tonne-capacity biomethanisation power plant is under progress at KR Market in the City. Looks like the garbage woes in the KR Market will finally come to an end as the biomethanisation power plant installed in its premises is likely to be operational soon. After flagging …
Harvesting seaweed 'forests' and feeding them into large underwater digesters could one day meet the world's energy needs, with nine per cent of the ocean floor being enough to replace fossil fuels entirely, according to an ambitious idea. Even a more immediate and realistic use of seaweed — a major …
Global energy use for heat accounts for more than 50% of final energy consumption and has important implications on energy security and energy-related CO2 emissions. Nonetheless, efforts to replace fossil-generated heat with renewable energy sources, are only slowly gaining momentum as renewable heat does not receive the attention it deserves …
A farmers' organisation in Erode held a demonstration using a tractor and a motor cycle powered by biogas at a city college. Around 200 farmers attended the demonstration and some even tried their hand in operating the exhibits on Sunday. The purpose of the demo is to encourage the use …
With Kochi corporation failing to improve the conditions at Kaloor slaughterhouse, Pollution Control Board (PCB), Ernakulam, is on the verge of sending a report to its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram demanding its closure, said PCB sources. PCB had on January 4 inspected the abattoir and found the place devoid of adequate …
The Defence Research and Development Organisation's new eco-friendly residential complex at Timarpur, Delhi, has the anaerobic biodigestor technology, that aims to conserve nature. The biodigestor technology turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost. It was developed by the research team of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) several …
Energy access and renewables: is a leapfrog possible? - a presentation by Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi. RELATED CONTENT Fact Sheet: Energy access and renewable energy Report: Sustainable development of renewable energy mini-grids for energy …
The chulha trap - Energy access for health security of the poor - a presentation by Anumita Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
Why uptake of Improved Cook Stoves and Biogas plants has been slow in rural India? - a presentation by Priyadarshini Karve, Samuchit Enviro Tech at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
