Biomass
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Lighting up rural India, naturally
Places where the state electricity grid fails to deliver, biomass gasifiers can spell magic. With little initiatives, biomass gasification can light up remote areas of the country like never before
Prof PJ Paul
India has over 580,000 villages and many hamlets. In over 18,000 villages and hamlets grid electricity is to be provided.
20/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Count the soot
BLACK carbon, or soot, was known as a threat to only the public health until 2007 when the UN climate agency, IPCC, said it is a major contributor to global warming after CO2.
Aug 2010
Down to Earth
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All non-conventional sources will be tapped for increase in power production: CM
Along with use of conventional resources, other sources like solar, wind, biomass, under-ground energy will also be tapped for increasing power production in the state. Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said this while performing the bhumi pujan of the First solar Energy Park at Ganeshpura Village in Rajgarh district today.
13/08/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
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Power project from solid waste on the cards
If the talks between the Abu Dhabi-based NRI group and government succeeds, Kochi will get its first electricity project which generates power from solid waste.
Loro Group, an endeavour by NRIs in Abu Dhabi, is planning to start the plant in association with Irish company ‘The Wilson System’.
26/07/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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The guiding light
Saran Renewable Energy is bringing power to the people in Bihar
Tapash Talukdar
TEENAGERS IN Saran district of Bihar have found a new idol. Their elders may still want them to become an engineer or a civil servant, but they would rather turn entrepreneur and do something for their villages, just the way 32-year old Vivek Gupta did.
23/07/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Renewable energy requires further policy impetus
RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) IS A KEY FOCUS AREA within the overall energy landscape and is expected to see significant growth over the medium to long term. The significant shortage of power, energy security and environmental concerns are some of the reasons driving the focus on RE.
22/07/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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TN has biomass potential to generate 5,000 MW
Renewable energy certification system
TAMIL Nadu is on its way to generate an additional 5000 MW power from renewable sources this year, particularly from wind mills, according to the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA).
15/07/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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After Luna, Kinetic plans power project for villages
MUMBAI: Kinetic chairman Arun Firodia, who saw an opportunity at the bottomof-the-pyramid long before the phrase became a catchword and launched the moped Luna, now plans to launch a project that would bring power to villages. The plan entails starting a two micro-electric plants at villages with a population of over 2,000.
12/07/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
What drives the increased phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea?
The seasonal variability of phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea, though a well researched topic, its inter-annual variability is less explored and understood. Analysis of the satellite-derived chlorophyll pigment concentration in the Arabian Sea during 1997–2007 showed a weak increasing trend.
Jul 2010
Current Science
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101-106
Feature Articles
Brick kiln industry in long-term impacts biomass and diversity structure of plant communities
Brick kiln sites in an Indian dry tropical peri-urban region, differing in the period of exposure to industrial activity and distance from the brick baking centre, were investigated seasonally for their impact on
Jul 2010
Current Science
99
1
72-79
