Sustainable Energy
PH eyes increase in biomass capacity by 2015
Saturday, January 21st, 2012QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA -The country’s energy sector is set to implement at least 25 biomass projects over the next three years and projected to increase annual capacity to 277 megawatts by 2015. These projects will have strong focus on bioethanol production, said Marriz Agbon, president of the Philippine Agricultural Development and Commercial Corporation (PADCC). [...]
Food Processing and Preservation
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011You work hard when you grow food and prepare it to eat. Buying food takes money that you have worked hard to earn. You do not want to waste it. To keep food clean and safe in the home you must have good storage space, suitable containers, and a way to keep foods cool and [...]
9 Unusual Uses for Eggshells
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011The next time you’re making omelets, don’t toss your shells. Eggshells have nearly as many uses as the eggs themselves. Here are a few ways to get the most from your eggs. Put them on your face To restore a youthful glow to your skin, pulverize clean, dried eggshells with a mortar and pestle. Mix [...]
Promising results from sweet sorghum as source of biofuel places Phl in a good spot
Saturday, October 15th, 2011With the recent developments in the country wherein government agencies are looking into fuel feedstocks that have high potential for commercialization, sweet sorghum has risen to fame with its promise as an alternative source of biofuel. One of the government agencies that have set its priorities on sweet sorghum is the Bureau of Agricultural Research [...]
Miracle tree can produce fuel
Friday, October 7th, 2011Miracle tree can produce fuel THE country’s bid for the production of alternative fuel resources can be addressed by an indigenous tree, which is abundant in some parts of the Cordillera Region. A non-government organization (NGO) based in La Trinidad, Benguet is paving the way for the mass propagation of the petroleum nut, a tree [...]
Understanding Rice Pest Control
Monday, September 12th, 2011Pest control The estimated grain losses in storage due to pest infestation account for some 0.35 – 4.55 percent out of the total estimated grain losses in the post-harvest system of 2.63 – 31.3 percent. An insect population attains pest status through invasion, ecological changes and economic changes. Invasion The development of international trade has [...]
Rice Husks as Fuel
Sunday, September 11th, 2011Rice husks, usually regarded as a waste product of rice processing, can easily be used as a fuel for cooking or firing bricks, tiles, and earthenware vessels. Burning unaided, rice husks smolder slowly, producing thick acrid smoke, In certain areas of Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, people have designed simple stoves which overcome these characteristics [...]
Sustainable Energy – Tidal Power
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010ENERGY FROM THE TIDES Rance Tidal Power Station in Brittany, France This form of energy has been harnessed from Roman times for small milling operations on coastal sites. No part of the UK is further than 70 miles from tidal water. The gravitational energy from the Sun and Moon move sea water up and down [...]
Technical Paper – Understanding Wind Energy
Monday, March 8th, 2010PREFACE This paper is one of a series published by Volunteers in Technical Assistance to provide an introduction to specific state-of-the-art technologies of interest to people in developing countries. The papers are intended to be used as guidelines to help people choose technologies that are suitable to their situations. They are not intended to provide [...]
