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Rural tap water coverage reaches nearly 82 pc under Jal Jeevan Mission, claims government documentIndia has achieved remarkable progress in providing tap water to rural households, claims government. The Jal Jeevan Mission has connected ...
Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
India set to hike biogas prices, subsidies under new programIndia is launching a new program to significantly increase compressed biogas production. Higher guaranteed purchase prices and subsidies wi...
India's cows offer biogas alternative to Mideast energy crunchIndia faces cooking gas shortages due to global events. Villagers in Uttar Pradesh are turning to biogas, made from cow dung, as a reliable...
Induction cooktop makers may be enticed with duty, GST cutsIndia is weighing tax cuts on induction cooktops. This aims to boost local manufacturing and make electric cooking more affordable. The gov...
Uttar Pradesh rolls out Gram-Urja model to cut LPG use by 70% in rural homesUttar Pradesh introduces the Gram-Urja model. It aims to boost energy independence and create jobs in rural areas. The initiative promotes ...
IBA seeks Rs 10,000 per unit subsidy for household biogas plantsThe Indian Biogas Association (IBA) is advocating for a Rs 5,000 crore scheme to revive 50 lakh underutilized biogas units across rural Ind...
For net-zero, we need more waste-to-energy plants, decentralised biobank storage: Sangita M Kasture, Scientist ‘G’, MNREIndia’s National Bioenergy Programme addresses environmental issues, empowers rural communities, and seeks to replace imported fossil fuels...
Not just biogas, explore all possibilities in dairy sector to push circular economy: Amit ShahCooperation Minister Amit Shah stressed the importance of scaling up NDDB’s cowdung biogas generation models to 250 district dairy cooperat...
Odd-even rule to be implemented in Delhi? IBA chairman recommends measures amid pollution woesThe Indian Biogas Association has proposed implementing the odd-even rule for petrol and diesel vehicles in Delhi NCR to combat air polluti...
How biogas can reduce India's dependency on fossil fuels and lower energy costs?India, the world's third-largest energy consumer, is exploring biogas as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Biogas can reduce energ...
Green to Greener: GAIL eyes 1 GW renewable energy capacity, to set up biogas, ethanol plantsGAIL has signed up with state-run power gear maker BHEL for renewable energy foray. The tie-up looks to leverage the competitive strengths ...
5,000 bio-gas plants at Rs 1.75 lakh cr investment in offing: Oil Minister Dharmendra PradhanCompressed bio-gas (CBG) so offered will replace compressed natural gas (CNG) currently used in buses, cars and autos.
China surpasses India in biogas plants, exposing hypocrisy of gau rakshaksEconomist TK Moulik explained that India had been among the pioneers in biogas technology but it had taken the Chinese a mere decade to ove...
Only 47,490 biogas plants installed in 2015-16, 42.7% of the targetWhile the development of solar and wind energy capacity has been making major strides of late, the oldest form of renewable energy in use s...
Tata Power installs 36 bio-gas plants in MundraAs part of its CSR activity, Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has installed 36 bio-gas plants .
- World Environment Day 2013: Green game-changers
Green living. The idea has taken new heights, thanks to a few Bangaloreans who've shown it can work in day-to-day living. Some have venture...
- Water hyacinth may be new green fuel source
The troublesome water hyacinth could be an environment-friendly source of fuel. Siddha doctors say the water hyacinth is an excellent sourc...
- Carbon trading gets new platform
A Form of carbon trading that falls outside the Kyoto Protocol seems to have caught the attention of Indian entities.
- Compressed biogas is set to fuel vehicles here
Now for something greener than compressed natural gas (CNG). India may use its vast organic wastes to produce compressed biogas (CBG).