After husk power, it’s time for Makai [maize] power in Bihar! New Delhi: according to a recent report, with rice husk already in use in many projects for electricity generation, it may now be the turn for corn cobs and stalks. By the end of August this year the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is planning to start a few gasifier systems for electricity generation in the corn belts of Bihar. The technology used would be similar to the one used for rice husk in parts of West Champaran by Gyanesh Pandey. These projects would be highly useful for making up for power deficit for... 

Gyanesh Pandey of Bihar’s Husk Power receives the ‘Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy’ London: latest reports from UK and India mention that two companies from India – Abellon Clean Energy Ltd. and Husk Power Systems have been declared winners of this year’s ‘Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy’ at an Awards ceremony in London addressed by Greg Barker, UK Government Minister for Climate Change. The Prince of Wales, Patron of the Ashden Awards, recently congratulated the international winners in a meeting and said “The Ashden Awards show what it is possible...