A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the Vibrant Gujarat summit earlier this year with the Maharashtra-based Indian subsidiary of SDE Enterprises to set up a tidal energy plant in the state.But till date, not a single official from the company has turned up for carrying out the modalities,...

ABB press release 2008-04-10 - India’s sugar mills are investing in bagasse cogeneration plants and turning to ABB for complete automation and electrical balance of plant (eBOP) solutions that help generate new revenues and provide reliable carbon-neutral power and process steam at near-zero fuel cost. India, the world’s second largest...

Punjab officials have approved a plan to have nine ailing sugar mills in the state produce green energy via cogeneration facilities.The co-operative-owned mills, which will still produce sugar, are expected to collectively generate 150MW of electricity when the plants are completed by September 2010.The energy produced would be used to...

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,...