Algae Biofuel Summit 2008

Similar to plants, algae converts solar energy, CO2 & water to valuable chemical energy via photosynthesis. This chemical energy is stored in algae as lipid oils and can be converted into biodiesel. The residual algae de-oiled cake is a high protein matter and can be used as animal/ cattle feed, organic fertilizer and nutritional supplements.

Algae Farming Technologies could allow companies to capture and recycle emitted CO2 from flue gases and even earn a profit from being “green”. Companies, having issues with environmental control, can surely benefit from such technologies. The beautiful part of this technology is that industrial facilities do not need large internal modifications to host an algae farm.

These promising technologies shall be showcased by Growdiesel at “Algae Biofuel Summit 2008” from 17^th to 19^th Sept 2008 at New Delhi, India.

Prakash India

Prakash India manufactures Biogas engines of capacity 2376 litres to 6614 litres. Contact address: Foundry Nagar, Agra-282006 (INDIA)

PECMA

PECMA, a Delhi based firm offers equipment and turnkey solutions in the filed of solid/ liquid/gas waste management. Contact address:

301, 302 COMPETENT HOUSE, 7-R.B.C, NANGAL RAYA
COMMUNITY CENTER, NEW DELHI-110046
INDIA

Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery

Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery - combines a chute, an engine, chemical tanks and other components.It’s designed to turn food and waste into fuel. This is developed by Military scientists at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and is currently under test in Irag.

Khosla ventures

Vinod Khosla pioneered investing in renewable sources. PPT on projects funded can be downloaded from the site:

http://www.khoslaventures.com/about.html

Earthrace

A new world record is set by Earthrace with their power boat circumnavigating the globe. It is powered by bio diesel fuel. There are many eco-freindly elements to earthrace like:

• Earthrace runs on sustainably produced B100 biodiesel
• Parts of Earthrace are made from hemp composite, a world first for boats
• The antifoul is a new non-toxic type (most are heavy metal or iso-cyanate  based)
• Lubricants are made from vegetable oils
• Bedding foams are made from canola oil
• Bilge water is pumped through special filters to remove any oil or hydrocarbon
• Recycled ice cream containers were used during construction
• MDF board used during construction were reused by local schools
• The crew eat organic foods and local foods wherever possible
• The entire project is run as carbon neutral, by calculating CO2 emissions and purchasing carbon credits to balance this
• Crew waste is generally recycled
• crew clothes are mostly made from hemp and bamboo.

Waste treatment at Jaipur

The Jaipur Municipal Corporation is all set to become the first municipality in the country to use ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis technology to treat sewage water and make it available for industrial uses. The corporation is working on five sewage treatment plants in association with RUIDP and JDA. In fact, all the plants will be using environment-friendly technology and they will get carbon credit remittance to the tune of over Rs 35 lakh per annum. The treatment plants will remove various contaminants present in sewage. The effluent and stabilised sludge thus produced can be gainfully utilised for industrial and agricultural uses. As per the estimates of PHED, the total supply of water in the city is pegged at 350 million litres per day (MLD) and more than 80% of this quantity is converted in to sewage water after various uses. Now it has been contemplated by civic agencies to tap these waste water and treat them under the reuse and recycle mechanism in various STPs. The JMC in its Unit II STP, which is under construction at Delawas, has added the components of biogas-fed power plant and a fertilizer plant. Unit I, which is already operational, is an Asian Development Bank-funded venture in association with RUIDP. It has the biogas plant attached to it, but in the absence of power generation unit, presently the gases are burnt and wasted. The Unit 1 of Delawas has the capacity to handle 62.5 mld. It has a secondary treatment plant which produces irrigation water which is drained in to Ramchandrapura dam for the benefit of farmers of the catchment area. source: Times of India

software for calculating Carbon credits

Carbon Flow and Carbon step are software products from Carbon Flow. The Carbonflow™ Suite boosts the credibility of the carbon market through increasing standards, transparency, and scale. Carbon Step™ is a comprehensive software solution which automates the verification, delivery and distribution of GHG or CO₂e offset credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency-based programs.

Indian Youth Summit on Climate

The Indian Youth Climate Network, in conjuction with the Nature & Biological Sciences Society, the Friendship Foundation and Global Citizens for Sustainable Development is putting on the first ever Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change from 7th to 10th August 2008 in Hyderabad. The age range restrictions for this event is 16-35.The registration, food and accommodation are free of charge.

contact :Deepa Gupta
e: deepanjali_gupta@yahoo.com.au
m: 0403 148 052

plants to detoxicate

Houses abound with toxins from furniture and other gadgets. One can reduce their harmful impact by growing plants. GOOD 010 identified 15 toxins and recommends matching plants.