Waste To Energy

Renewable energy in cities

The transition to renewables cuts across the entire urban energy landscape, from buildings to transport, to industry and power. Renewables can bring tremendous benefits to cities, including cleaner air, modern services and improved living spaces.

Publication Date:

18/10/2016

Author(s): Jasper Rigter, Deger Saygin, Ghislaine Kieffer

Source: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Urbanisation, Buildings, Transport, Waste To Energy, Industry, Electric Vehicles, India, Global

Energy

World energy resources report 2016

The energy landscape has changed with most countries achieving a more diversified energy mix as well as a growth in community ownerships and an evolution of micro grids.

Publication Date:

12/10/2016

Source: World Energy Council

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Carbon Capture and Storage, Hydroelectricity, Waste To Energy, Climate Change, India, Global

Air Pollution

Sukhdev Vihar fights for right to clean air

It has been almost a year that residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi have been waiting for the the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to fulfill his promise to them.

Publication Date:

12/10/2016

Author(s): Vatsala Shrangi

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Air Pollution, Waste To Energy, Industrial Pollution, Health Effects, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Respiratory Diseases

Energy

Back from study tour, MC team proposes plastic waste-to-oil plant for city

A four-member MC team, which had gone to Chennai to study the technicalities and feasibility of a plastic-to-fuel plant, returned today and has proposed to set up such an environment-friendly plant

Publication Date:

06/10/2016

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Chandigarh, Waste To Energy, Plastics, Alternative Fuels, Landfill, Energy Technology, Energy

Energy

Key world energy statistics 2016

Key World Energy Statistics contains timely, clearly presented data on the supply, transformation and consumption of all major energy sources for the main regions of the world.

Publication Date:

Monday, September 26, 2016

Source: International Energy Agency

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Tags:

Energy, Statistics, Coal, Hydroelectricity, Biofuel, Nuclear Power, Waste To Energy, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Electricity

Energy

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding operationalization of waste to RDF plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 22/09/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding operationalization of waste to RDF plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Director of Waste to RDF plant Vinod Fotedar submitted before the Tribunal that plant would be operationalised by 15th October, 2016 and power generation would start by 15th December, 2016 positively.

Judgement Date:

22/09/2016

Tags:

Municipal Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Shimla (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Himachal Pradesh, Municipal Corporation

Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India, 22/09/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India.

Judgement Date:

22/09/2016

Tags:

Municipal Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Waste Conversion, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Management

Solid Waste

Affidavit in NGT against Okhla waste plant

New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) alleging that the Okhla waste-to-energy plant violates the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and needs be

Publication Date:

14/09/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Waste To Energy, Waste Management, Waste Disposal, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Industrial Pollution, Solid Waste

Science And Technology

Indian scientists recycle fish bio-waste into green energy

A team of researchers at Jadavpur University here has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw fish scales that could in future replace pacemaker devices for the heart.

Publication Date:

13/09/2016

Source: Big News Network

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Waste To Energy, Scientists, Science And Technology

Energy