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.
WWF Nepal and the Government of Nepal’s Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to launch the second phase of the WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas VER Project. A total of 20,000 biogas plants will be installed during this phase over a period of eight years …
The Punjab Agriculture Department has moved a summary to the provincial government to approve a project of 10,000 biogas technology plants to mitigate the energy crisis following the successful installation of 1,476 plants in the 36 districts of the province. The department has also completed a pilot project of installing …
AHMEDABAD: After installing solar panels atop some of the main zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, the AMC is now turning to wind energy. With the AMC incurring electricity bills worth close to Rs 150 crore per annum, huge savings can …
Some 2,800 biogas plants have been set up in the district. The number of biogas users has increased in the district after the government provided grants to the people for the construction of bio-plants. Biogas is taken as an important means of renewable energy. Some 2,800 biogas plants have been …
This report investigates the sustainable energy opportunities and challenges in the region in relation to poverty reduction and development. It is produced in line with the United Nations Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL), which seeks to reach three goals by 2030: Universal access to modern energy; double …
Twelve scheduled banks and one non-bank financial institution are yet to disburse any loan under a Tk 200-crore refinancing scheme for green products after signing participant agreements with Bangladesh Bank three to four years before. Twenty-eight banks and one NBFI have so far signed the agreements with the BB under …
US to help Pakistan in energy sector Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - Islamabad—Pakistan and United States have agreed to enhance cooperation in energy sector with special focus on development of bio-gas and wind energy to help Pakistan overcome power crisis. This was stated by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while addressing …
More and more people are making use of renewable energy in Kanchanpur district, according to officials. Some 12 per cent of the people in the district were found to be using renewable energy until a year ago, said Dinesh Lamsal, assistant energy and environment officer in the district. Lamsal said …
The Bangladesh Bank on Monday incorporated a number of new green products in its Tk 200-crore revolving fund in a bid to build an environment-friendly economy. The BB issued a circular to the managing directors and chief executive officers of banks saying that it included solar mini grid, solar irrigation …
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that new energy policy which is to be announced soon would turn out to be the panacea for the country’s energy problems. “People and economy have suffered badly at the hands of crippling power crisis. It is high time that prudent and consistent …
Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has installed more than 2290 bio-gas plants throughout the country to meet domestic fuel needs of rural areas and production of bio-fertilizer. Under the project" Bio-gas technology and production of Bio-Fertilizer" initiated in 2008,around 1700 plants were installed in Punjab,300 in Sindh,113 in …
Road transport accounts for around a quarter of final energy consumption, and renewable energy technologies and fuels can help countries meet their policy goals for secure, reliable and affordable energy and reduced price volatility. They can also promote social and economic development. However, governments will find it difficult, if not …
Administrative sanction given to the Rs. 90 lakh-project The State government has allotted Rs. 90 lakh for putting up a bio-gas plant for producing 440 KW power using solid wastes generated by the Thanjavur municipality. Welcoming the move, people of Thanjavur said that it would achieve two objectives. It would …
In exercise of power conferred by Clause 9.1 of "Renewable Energy Delivery Policy, 2013" approved by Financial and Infrastructure Committee of the Council of Ministers of Nepal dated 2069/10/14 (January 27, 2013), the Ministry has framed this mechanism. This mechanism shall come into effect from the date of approval from …
The budget of Alappuzha Municipality for 2013-14, presented by vice-chairman B. Ansari on Tuesday failed to address the region’s pressing drinking water problem. However, it provided some succour to fishermen who are facing various challenges. Mr. Ansari said the budget would provide Rs.10 lakh to fishermen, inland and sea, to …
Civil society representatives from South Asian countries here on Monday adopted a charter of demands, pressing the governments in the region to improve sanitation services for the entire population of their respective countries, especially for the marginalised and the women. Citizens from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka …
Biogas plants that generate gas by rotting animal wastes now have become popular among households in some rural areas as they can save biomass fuel, time and maintain carbon-free environment. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was helping households in nine districts to install biogas plants by providing logistic …
KATHMANDU, JAN 20 - Representatives from various alternative and renewable energy enterprises and concerned government authorities stressed the need to scale up the use of various forms of renewable energy technologies like solar, bio-gas, solar-thermal and micro-hydro projects, among others, to solve the problem of ongoing acute energy crisis in …
Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has installed more biogas plants in rural areas, under the project “Development and promotion of biogas Technology for meeting domestic fuel needs of rural areas and production of Bio-fertilizer”. Biogas plant is a device used for converting fermentable organic matter, particularly cattle dung, …
More than 500 villages will be initially electrified though promotion of clean and renewable solar energy through photovoltaic process. Talking to APP here on Monday Director General Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) Khalid Islam said that social and political struggle for economic development cannot be fully realized without …
