The city-based Biotech centre for Biotech was short-listed for the Ashden award for developing and installing biogas plants using food waste to generate gas for cooking. The second finalist from India, SKG Sangha, was selected for improving the lives of rural communities in Karnataka by supplying them with a dung-based biogas plant for cooking and a specially designed unit that turns the slurry from the biogas plant into high quality fertiliser. The Ashden awards are given away for the world's leading green energy projects. The final stage of the competition will take place in London in June. Former United States Vic-President Al Gore is scheduled to present the prizes.development of biogas technology and other non-conventional energy sources has been short-listed for the international Ashden awards for sustainable energy. Biotech has built and installed 12,000 domestic biogas plants, 220 institutional units and 17 municipal plants that use waste from markets to power generators. About 160 domestic plants also use waste from eco friendly toilets. The first integrated waste management system of its kind installed in the Kadakkal panchayat market has been recognised as a safe method for disposal of organic waste.
(Indian Express, 23.06.07)
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