Podcast for Emerging Science, featuring Stephen Miracle, Produced by Vic Guadagno for Vermont Public TV / NSF/Vermont EPSCoR
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In India, roughly 240 million tonnes of fuelwood are burnt for cooking annually. To reduce the pressure caused on the forests, scientists and planners developed the biogas programme. Since 1981, when the National Project on Biogas Development was launched, more than 17 lakh biogas plants have been installed. There are also innovations on application of biogas for electricity generation, and the development of portable plants for inaccessible hilly areas. With huge amounts of dung available in India, biogas has vast potential as a renewable energy source.
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