Energy

Energy access, efficiency, and poverty: how many households are energy poor in Bangladesh?

This paper studies welfare impacts of household energy use & estimates household minimum energy requirement that could be used as a basis for an energy poverty line.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Douglas F. Barnes, Shahidur R. Khandker, Hussain A. Samad
The World Bank
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Energy, Household Energy, Electricity, Rural Electrification, Poverty, Bangladesh, Washington DC, The World Bank, Douglas F. Barnes, Shahidur R. Khandker, Hussain A. Samad
Energy

Amendments to the Karnataka renewable energy policy 2009-14

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 energy projects.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2010
Government of Karnataka
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Small Hydro Power, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Wind Energy, Waste To Energy, Energy, Biogas, Karnataka, Bangalore, Government of Karnataka
Energy

New initiative for development and deployment of improved cookstoves: recommended action plan

A large percentage of world’s population continues to depend on biomass for their cooking needs. The cooking devices used by majority of them have very poor thermal efficiency and serious health impacts due to unclean combustion.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2010
Indian Institute of Technology
Tags:
Chulhas (Cookstoves), India, Biomass, Fuel Efficiency, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Renewable Energy, Development, Energy
Energy

Change MAKERS Eco-amiable "Ambicales"

GAGAN KUMAR

Publication Date: 
22/04/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Energy, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)
Energy

Biomass plants: Low tariff, no permission to sell power to other states worry entrepreneurs

Biomass plants: Low tariff, no permission to sell power to other states worry entrepreneurs

Biomass these days is the new buzzword for Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who dreams to generate 1,000 MW of power from renewable sources of energy in the next two years.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2010
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Development, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Bricks, Energy, Punjab
Energy

Biomass gasifier crematorium opened

COIMBATORE: K. Gopal Memorial Trust, one of the three charitable trusts of the C.R.I. Pumps, has constructed a biomass gasifier crematorium at Saravanampatti on the city's northern border.

Source of energy

Constructed at Rs.2.20 crore to mark the 30 {+t} {+h} death anniversary of the company's founder K. Gopal, the crematorium is powered by renewable energy.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2010
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Crematoriums, Energy, Biomass Gasification, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (T)
Energy

Gasifier stoves science, technology and field outreach

Development of a new class of single pan high efficiency, low emission stoves, named gasifier stoves, that promise constant power that can be controlled using any solid biomass fuel in the form of pellets is reported here. These stoves use battery-run fan-based air supply for gasification (primary air) and for combustion (secondary air).

Publication Date: 
10/03/2010
H. S. Mukunda, S. Dasappa, P. J. Paul & et al
Current Science
98
5
627
Tags:
Biomass, Energy, Biomass Gasification, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Research, India
Energy

Fermentable sugars by chemical hydrolysis of biomass

Abundant plant biomass has the potential to become a sustainable source of fuels and chemicals. Realizing this potential requires the economical conversion of recalcitrant lignocellulose into useful intermediates, such as sugars. We report a high-yielding chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into monosaccharides.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2010
Joseph B. Binder, Ronald T. Raines
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
107
10
4516
Tags:
Biomass, Energy, Research
Energy

Ready for N-plant: Badal

Lays stone of 1,320-MW thermal unit at Rajpura

Rajpura, March 2
Punjab is ready to set up a nuclear power plant, if offered by the Centre.

This was stated by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while addressing mediapersons after laying the foundation stone of a 1,320-MW coal-based thermal plant at Nalas village in Rajpura today.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Biomass, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Nuclear Power Plants, Punjab
Energy

Blessing and curse

While the commercial and banking centre Dubai finds itself dealing with the aftermath of the economic crisis, the conservative neighbour Abu Dhabi is already pursuing ambitious targets-but the climate conditions in the desert states are not always ideal for the utilization of renewable energies.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Michael Frost
Sun and Wind Energy
0
3
42
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Biomass, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal Power, Energy, Solar Cells, United Arab Emirates, Sun and Wind Energy, Michael Frost

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