Biogas plants will be set up on the demand of families in three thousand tribal-dominated villages in Madhya Pradesh. So far, 2000 bio gas plants have been set up.Encouraged by the use and benefits of bio gas plants, the poor tribal families have started thinking of thinking of making bio...

A biogas plant with a capacity to process nearly 2,000 kg of garbage daily was inaugurated at the Central market by Mayor M. Bhaskaran on Saturday. The plant can produce 75 metre cube of biogas daily.The commissioning of the “Ecosan” biogas plant was yet another significant step towards Kozhikode Corporation’s...

Beverage and snack food giant says new biogas plant, which uses biodegradable waste generated at the Pune-based site, is running at full capacity.Gurgaon, India-based PepsiCo India, a division of PepsiCo, has installed a biogas plant at its Pune-based Frito-Lay manufacturing unit that’s now up and running.It‘s the first plant within...

The plants will use feedstocks from grass species beema bamboo and tree species marjestica Florida, US-based clean energy company Clenergen is making India greener.Clenergen’s Chennai, India-based subsidiary has closed terms to acquire a 1.5 MW biomass power plant in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.One of India’s national demonstration projects, the plant is...

An excellent document on waste to energy technologies and processes in India

An excellent white paper

Havells has rolled out a series of campaigns for its ‘energy-saving’ products such as MCBs, fans and CFL bulbs. Titled “Bulb waste karta hai”, the Lowe-created campaign aims to differentiate Havells CFL bulbs from other CFLs in the market.Built around the concept that bulbs are associated with wastage of energy,...

Prithvi Sustainability Innovation and Technology Fund, with a proposed corpus of $150 million, is the newest fund set to make India-centric investments in companies that provide solutions to address air, water and soil contamination. It is promoted by Shankar Rele, CEO of investment advisory ICEStartups.com, and Pramod Sheddy.Talking to VCCircle,...

ITC's Royal Gardenia hotel in Bengaluru practice eco-friendly luxury. Read more from here And while on sustainable hotels, here are some useful links on energy efficiency possibilities and potential in hotels, warehouses, airports, sports stadiums, hospitals and even prisons.

Almost a year after Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyderabad-based Selco for green-energy-from-garbage project, work has finally started on the plant that will generate 7.5 MW power daily.HMC has given the company a 10-acre plot at Sarenga, Sankrail, for the Rs 50 crore facility, said...