India should phase out biodegradable waste disposal in landfills to check methane emissions: CSE reportA report by the Centre for Science and Environment recommends that India conducts a nationwide study to accurately estimate methane emissio...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
How technology can decrease carbon footprint in agricultureAgriculture accounts for close to 80% of total nitrous oxide emissions, mainly generated from the application of synthetic nitrogen fertili...
04 Jun, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
MNRE launches interest subvention scheme for waste to energy biomethanation projectsThe industrial organic waste-to-energy bio-methanation projects are generally capital intensive and financially sensitive to both operating...
10 Aug, 2021, 07.21 PM IST
From coal to gas for low-carbon shiftIndia’s energy security gets a boost, with the Union Cabinet’s nod last week for the coal-gasification urea plant at Talcher, Odisha. It wo...
30 Apr, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
Transforming methane gas to meat equivalent. String Bio is making it possibleYour source of protein in the future may not be from the meat you eat, but from one of the most potent greenhouse gases. With five patents ...
03 Jan, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
IOT Infra plans to manufacture bio-CNG in Tamil NaduIOT, a 50:50 joint venture, has been generating power from biogas at its plant at Namakkal.
03 Jan, 2019, 08.05 AM IST
Bio-CNG incentives to usher paddy stubble-based green projectsSanjeev Nagpal, who had developed machinery for bio-CNG projects, said a village-scale project could cost around Rs 35 lakh to set up.
04 Oct, 2018, 09.22 PM IST
Indore MC plans to run buses on bio-fuel made from vegetable wasteFor better waste management, the city civic body plans to run public transport buses on the bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) made from the ...
20 May, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
UNSW Australia to lend expertise in ONGC wellsin its recent funding round, the Australia India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) announced a new grant of Australian Dollar one million to ...
22 Aug, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
New Delhi railway station to produce electricity from garbageIn a major green initiative, New Delhi station will become the first railway premise in the country to produce about 2000 units of electric...
02 Feb, 2016, 10.53 PM IST
Soon UPSRTC may introduce 'poo bus' that runs on human and household wasteTransport officials said all cities across the 75 districts could have these buses. The poop of 100 humans, they said, can fuel a 200-km ri...
24 Jun, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Vehicles must use alternative fuels: Nitin GadkariUnion Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadakari said here today that ethanol, bio-diesel and electricity must power veh...
11 Jun, 2015, 10.58 PM IST
- Helping hand for waste-to-energy
It was in September last year, when the Pune Municipal Corporation set up a waste-to-energy plant in Hadapsar that uses 300 tonnes of waste...
01 Mar, 2013, 04.03 AM IST
- DRDO licensing eco-toilets to private companies
To prevent open defecation along the Dhamra coast, DRDO have taken up a project of installing 1000 bio-toilets.
24 Jun, 2012, 09.00 PM IST
- Biotech firms go after smart enzymes to fuel energy sector
BIOTECH companies producing industrial enzymes are gradually moving to cellulosic enzymes that help in bio-fuel generation.
23 Dec, 2011, 05.57 PM IST
- California winery goes carbon neutral
Wine drinking is the easy part. What comes before that can be a bit more daunting, especially if your wine is produced the "carbon neutral"...
03 Mar, 2008, 07.24 PM IST
- TNPL into carbon trading
Tamilnadu News Print and Papers Limited (TNPL) is entering carbon trading and has set up a new unit at Kaagithapuram, about 120 kms from he...
18 Aug, 2006, 09.50 PM IST