Development should take place but keeping environment factor in mind, said Indian Institute of Science Professor Mohan Kumar inaugurating the seminar on

TIRUNELVELI: Two scientists of Sri Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences (SPKCEES), affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, have extracted fuel from agro-waste.

C. Sathesh Prabu, a post-doctoral researcher of the centre, who is working on advanced research on bio-ethanol production from lignocellulosic agro-waste along with A.G.

Sardine oil, cashew apples, jackfruit are good source of bio-ethanol

The World Bank's Clean Technology Fund plans to invest $85 million in renewable energy and co-generation projects in South Africa, according to an advertisement in the Business Day newspaper on Friday.

The fund said it had $50 million available for wind and solar renewable energy projects and $35 million for co-generation, where waste energy and gases are used to produce power.

The $85 milli

Haryana has taken lead in setting up India

In an innovative move to reduce green house effect, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to harness gas emanating from landfill sites in the Capital and utilise it commercially. The civic body has roped in Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), which will extract gas from Ghazipur landfill site on experimental basis.

Ashna Davis

KOCHI: Soon electricity and bio-products will be produced from solid waste in Kochi. Loro Marketing and Trading Pvt Ltd, an Abu-Dhabi-based business group of NRIs, is coming to Kochi with a project to produce electricity and bio products from solid waste with the aid of Irish-based Wilson technology, known for waste management and green energy production.

The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has issued a Letter of Interest (LoI) to set up Sindh

NEW DELHI: A bio-gas plant that would use the bio-degradable waste generated in the Delhi Secretariat to provide gas to its canteen was inaugurated by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday as part of the Akshay Urja Diwas (renewable energy day) celebrations.

Ms. Dikshit said harnessing renewable energy is a must for Delhi as it would help in decreasing its pollution load.

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Rs 550-LAKH BIO PLANT HITS A ROADBLOCK

The plant is in a shoddy state, hardly able to produce even its required quota of power