Chennai market’s organic waste to be processed for power under new 12-year agreement between local development authority and Ramky Enviro Engineers.The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and Hyderabad, India-based Ramky Enviro Engineers are reviving a bio-methanation plant at a wholesale vegetable market in Koyambedu.Koyambedu is a locality in southern India's Chennai,...

In a major scientific breakthrough, scientists of the School of Biotechnology of Banaras Hindu University have isolated a group of bacteria that degrades lignite coal (low energy producing coal) to produce methane gas for increased fuel efficiency.While the isolation of the special group of bacteria called coal degrading bacteria and...

High hopes and initial enthusiasm gradually gave way to a sobering reality: that finding a viable replacement for oil in the modern economy is an extremely difficult proposition. To get a sense of just how difficult, consider the saga of jatropha curcas.The poisonous, oil-yielding weed was all the rage among...

The largest Ukrainian producer of turbine equipment, Kharkiv-based Turboatom plant, has agreed with Indian energy equipment producer, BHEL concern, on delivery of energy equipment to India, the press service of the Ukrainian company told the Ukrainian News agency.The agreement was reached during the visit of the Turboatom’s delegation to India...

As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month's climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics.Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh released a report that says there is no conclusive evidence that climate change has caused the...

Allianz SE plans to invest in renewable projects in India and China as it seeks to expand its overall clean energy portfolio by more than a billion euros ($1.5 billion) over the next three years, a company executive said.“That’s where we’re having clear investment interest,” said Sandhovel, adding that the...

Suzlon Energy, has shifted most of its management operations back to its headquarters in Pune.Two years earlier, it had set up a Group Management Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to run its global business, spanning 21 countries. Instead, Suzlon will soon inaugurate a new campus in Pune with a ‘world class...

The concept: Vertically integrated solar energy initiative for generation and delivery of 1 MW power, 8 hours a day. This is a PAN-IIT initiative for solar energy research. Is ambitious, but looks quite interesting. Download the PDF from here In case you are interested in knowing how to tap solar...

Highlighting the role of green buildings in reducing energy consumption as well as awareness among architects, Ajay Mathur, director general of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power said that regulations alone will not boost the concept. Talking about green buildings at 'Nirman 2009', a construction confluence organised by Gujarat...

Visiting US Energy Secretary Steven and Indian Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde agreed at a recent meeting that joint development of new technologies in the field of energy would be of mutual interest. They identified clean coal technologies, smart grids and energy efficiency as fields for mutual cooperation and development....