Jhajjar: Former Army man Rammehar Singh has been generating electricity from chicken waste to power his farmhouse. His household wasn't affected by the recent grid failure across North India.
With the installation of a 50 kilowatt capacity poultry waste based biogas power plant at his poultry farm, Rammehar Singh has figured out a way to live up to the Gandhian ideal of being self sufficient. His biogas reactors produce gas to run powerful generators that Singh claims to have saved him lakhs of rupees.
Disappointed with the frequent power cuts and the lackadaisical attitude of the government electricity department, Singh has now disconnected himself from the electricity grid and produces his own electricity, food and pumps water. "I was a little fed up with the power department and decided that this is the way to go and decided to go for it," he said.
The waste from 10,000 birds goes into the big self designed biogas reactor plants. As the waste decomposes, it produces gas that is piped to the special gas generator to produce electricity for most of the day and night. Surplus gas is also used to light up stoves to cook food. The state Department of Renewable Energy said there were about 30 million poultry heads in the state. ...
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09:07 AM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Over drawing of electricity by northern states could be one of the reasons for the massive power failure in July that hit half of the country's population, according to the initial findings of a high-level panel appointed by the government to probe the grid collapse. "Western region was under drawing with no reduction in the generation capacities and the northern region was overdrawing resulting in inter-regional grid imbalances,"...
09:55 PM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: Global conglomerate GE has said that Indian power transmission system is quite robust compared to many developed nations, and a "political will" is needed to reinforce discipline to avoid situations like the recent grid failure. GE Energy, part of the US-based multinational giant, said the "political will" was required to ensure that all the parties sharing the power grids follow certain rules. "It is important that we do...
03:34 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Tuesdays crisis in Kerala following the tripping of the north, east and north-eastern grids points to how precariously poised the states power situation is. It has also highlighted the states increasing dependence on imported power over the years. Consumption in the state is soaring. The consumer population of the KSEB is set to touch 1.08 crore by 2014. The daily demand, which hovers around 3300 MW now, will touch...
04:21 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Bangalore: After the consecutive power grid failures in the northern part of the country, the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) on Wednesday said that the Southern Grid is safe from any risk of failures or trips. In an official statement, the KPCL said, As many lines had tripped during the major grid collapse in northern India, special review meetings were convened both in the Government under the Chairmanship of Energy...
12:41 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: New Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for giving him the responsibility of such an important portfolio. "I am certainly loyal to the Gandhi family from the time of Indira Gandhi. Such opportunities are very rarely given to the Dalits and minorities," he said. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, he admitted that the Home portfolio...
02:04 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Even as half of India was plunged into darkness after three of its power grids failed on Tuesday afternoon, the government notified the elevation of Sushil Kumar Shinde from Power Ministry to Home Ministry. The move shocked many with the Opposition calling it a "reward for his loyalty to the Gandhi family". BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that instead of being hauled up for the what was...
08:01 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Jaipur: As people in Rajasthan continued to suffer from the disruption in electricity supplies, the state government Tuesday rebutted the union power ministry's charge that it was overdrawing power beyond its limit from the Northern Grid. "We are overdrawing much below our permissible limit," state Energy Minister Jitendra Singh said. He however did not give any figures. Some states, including Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab have been held responsible...
02:20 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Almost half of India faces blackout as three grids collapse. Sushil Kumar Shinde moved to the Home Ministry. ...
11:56 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Three electricity grids connecting more than 20 states and the national capital collapsed on Tuesday, triggering a major power crisis across the country. The power crisis was the second in two days. The blackout in 20 states across north, eastern and north-eastern India affected more than 60 crore people and severely impacted train services in six railway zones, bringing 300 trains to halt. According to the latest report,...
10:15 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the Centre should evolve a system to ensure that no party received more than the electricity quota limit for them. "The Centre should develop a system to disallow parties drawing power more than the allocated quota," he told reporters here. He was replying to a query on Northern, Eastern and North-eastern grid failure which triggered a massive power blackout across the...
08:43 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Asansol: Around 200 coal miners, who were stuck in at the ECL mines of Sodepur and Kunustoria in Asansol because of the grid failure, have been rescued. The miners were stuck as the electricity operated pulley shafts had stopped due to the power failure. Earlier, the Eastern Coalfields had rescued 46 miners from the mines and had said that the rest of them would be rescued in an hour. For...
05:59 PM, Jul 31, 2012
For the second time in two days, half of India plunged into darkness after the Northern and the Eastern Grids collapsed. ...
05:31 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Asansol: As many as 200 coal miners working at the ECL mines of Sodepur and Kunustoria in Asansol got stuck as the electricity operated pulley shafts are not working because of the grid failure. However, the Eastern Coalfields has claimed to have rescued 46 miners from the mines so far. It further said that the rest of the miners would possibly be rescued in the next one hour. For the...
05:13 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Heads have begun to roll over the breakdown at the Northern Grid that left seven states powerless on Monday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered the transfer of the UP Power Corporation Chairman and Managing Director Avinash Awasthi. Awasthi, who was appointed only two months ago, will be replaced by AP Mishra. The District Magistrate of Bareilly has also been removed. Awasthi's transfer order comes after...
09:18 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: PowerGrid Corp CMD RN Nayak on Monday evening said that the Northern Grid, which collapsed early morning, has been completely restored. The Northern Grid, which caters to power supply in nine states and Union Territories - Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh - collapsed at 2.35 am on Monday. "We have completely restored the Northern Grid," said Nayak. Services of...
07:34 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The crowds at Jantar Mantar, the venue of the indefinite fast by Anna Hazare and his team, continued to remain impressive on the second day of fast by the anti-corruption crusader on Monday. This after more than 6000 people came to support Anna during the weekend. While the protests by Anna and his team were on, members of India Against Corruption on Monday took to the streets, this...
06:59 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Seven states in North India faced a long power cut late on Sunday night due to a massive breakdown in the northern grid. ...
10:39 AM, Jul 30, 2012
The administration is struggling to deal with the power crisis brought on by the failure of the Northern Grid. The fault reportedly happened near Agra affecting seven states. ...
10:33 AM, Jul 30, 2012
