Farmers of Mankulam village panchayat in Kerala

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keeping its word on reducing the waste heaps at Vilappilsala treatment plant, the Corporation has decided to set up biogas plants in major markets in the city. The step is as part of the decentralisation of waste treatment, which is one of the main focus areas of the final-year programmes envisaged by the present Council.

The Napier Museum seen from a different angle.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 135-year-old Napier Museum in the heart of the city is all set to go green, with LED lamps. This grandpa of museums, with its unique ornamentation and architectural style, must be one of the first heritage buildings in the city to completely shift to LED lights.

KOCHI: The early results of the ultra-deep oil explorations in the Kerala-Konkan basin by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will be available in 100 days, according to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R.S. Sharma.

He was talking to journalists here on Sunday after inaugurating

Sudha Nambudiri

KOCHI: It might not be long before energy accounting comes to State. Following the directive from the Union Ministry of Power to the States to introduce star- labelling, on a five-star scale, in commercial buildings and flats, an Energy Credit Card and starrating system is to be introduced to monitor energy consumption of buildings and industries.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students from an engineering college in the district have developed an alternative fuel system aimed at eliminating petrol.

Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) proposes to set up a solar energy power plant in Palakkad district.

Given the current developments in the natural gas sector, especially with the Petronet LNG terminal under implementation in Kochi and scheduled to become operational by 2011, it looks more prudent to think of a gas-based thermal power plant at Kasargod, instead of the proposed coal-based one, says an expert in the field.

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