Slurry from toilet biogas systems fetches Gujarat farmers better price
Slurry discharged by toilet-linked biogas plants, when used as manure, improved crop yield, its appearance and hence increased its market price …
This Kenyan farmer is modernizing — and maintaining a circular mindset
A concept of growing interest in developed countries, a circular economy keeps resources in use for as long as possible, and extracts maximum value
Biogas from oilseeds
Portable biogas plant
A little concern...
...and lo, what is being wasted can be utilised by rural communities for larger benefits
Biogas unlimited
Gassed
Villagers benefit from a simple new biogas design
Pune's eco friendly family: Taking care of energy needs in a renewable way
Say hello to the Dighe family. Residents of Karve Nagar in Pune, this family has become a role model for many others who want to change the way …
Cooking with compost
Beyond its curricula
A school for the hearing impaired sets an example in using alternate energy
Gujarat villages need subsidy for biogas. But there's no one to pay
There is a void since Gujarat Agro Industries stopped paying from 2017
CSE clean city award: Why Alappuzha is one of the cleanest cities in India
Alappuzha has an excellent waste disposal system. It relies on decentralised biogas plants and composting to take care of 80 per cent of its waste.…
Siloxanes: Harmless chemicals or ubiquitous hazards?
Our toothpastes, moisturisers and deodorants on one hand and burgers and fries on the other – have one thing in common: They are all …
Cooking disaster, for free
West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel
Peel power
A waste byproduct earlier, banana peels are now hailed as a new source of biogas
Milk waste
A new filter reduces effluents from diary industries and also produces biogass
POOP – It’s not crappy!
If we utilized whole lot of crap India produced per day through open defecation, we could light around 1,092,000 street lights or 72,800 stoves …
Your Very Own Biogas Plant: In Conversation with Priyadarshini Karve
Pune, today, is known as one of the most environmentally conscious cities of India. Home to many people who are environmentally motivated, Pune …
Fuelling the movement
BIOGAS: THE INDIAN NGO EXPERIENCE·Soma Dutta, Ibrahim H Rehman, Preeti Malhotra and Venkata Ramana P·Tata Energy Research Institute,…
Waste not
Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered
Power. Continuous
Scientists have developed a more efficient biogas plant that can operate continuously
The ground for grassroots technology
A Delhi-based agency has improved the standard of living of a Himachal Pradesh village by providing it simple devices at subsidised rates
Burning bright in Nepal
The economic blockade by the Madhesi community has inadvertently spruced up demand for biogas plants in Nepal
Jumping on the biotechnology bandwagon
BIOTECHNOLOGY: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS -- ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Edited by E J Da Silva, C Ratledge and A Sasson Publisher: …
Local resources can meet India's rural needs
The use of kerosene for lighting and biomass for cooking is predominant throughout rural India. And since provision of grid electricity to rural …
