फोहोरको संक्रमण

आधुनिक युगको सहरीकरण, औद्योगीकरण तथा नवीन जीवनशैलीको पाश्र्व प्रभावस्वरूप फोहोर व्यवस्थापन ज्वलन्त चुनौती बन्दैछ। अझ विकासोन्मुख राष्ट्रहरू, जहाँ राजनीतिक स्िथरता नागरकि अनुशासनका रूपमा विकास भएको छैन, यस्ता देशका सहरहरू फोहोरको समस्याबाट आक्रान्त छन्।

नौ सय वर्गकिलोमिटर क्षेत्रफल भएको काठमाडौँ उपत्यकाको जनसंख्या करबि ४० लाख छ। काठमाडौँ उपत्यकाको सहरी क्षेत्रमा जनसंख्या वृद्धि ४ दशमलव ७१ प्रतिशत छ, जुन विश्वकै उच्च वृद्धिदर हो। जनसंख्या वृद्धिसँगै भवन निर्माण, सवारीसाधन र उपभोग्य वस्तुको तीव्र विस्तारका कारण वातावरणीय तथा पर्यावरणीय सन्तुलन खल्बलिएको छ। खानेपानीको अभाव, ढल निकासको अव्यवस्था तथा अव्यवस्िथत सहरीकरणले गर्दा हाम्रो राजधानी खत्यन्तै कुरूप तथा फोहोर हुँदै गइरहेको छ।

घरेलु फोहोर, निर्माणजन्य फोहोर, उद्योग तथा व्यापारकि केन्द्रका फोहोर, अस्पतालजन्य फोहोर, विद्युतीय तथा विकिरणजन्य फोहोरले गर्दा काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा दैनिक तीन सयदेखि चार सय टन फोहोर जम्मा हुने गर्छ। यसमध्ये करबि ७० प्रतिशत जैविक ठोस फोहोर हुने गर्छ, जुन ब्याक्टेरयिाद्वारा कुहिएर आदर््र वा भिजेको रूपमा हुन्छ।

Wealth from Waste

Wind Power Companies Downsizing

Moventas, a major producer of turbines for wind power stations, is cutting staff. The company plans to reduce personnel because of the impact of slow market recovery from the global financial crisis.

At present Moventas employs around 600 people at its plant in Jyväskylä. Its plans call for slashing 150 work/years at the facility. Just two weeks ago, another wind power company, Winwind, dismissed 23 employees in Oulu.

Moventas will keep R&D operations and production of key components in Jyväskylä. However, some assembly and testing will be shifted closer to its major customers in North America and Asia.

The company is one of the world's leading producers of gears for use in wind turbines. Its volume of business last year was around 237 million euros. Worldwide, Moventas employs some 1200 people in eight countries.

Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project in Nepal

Dam site at Lamabagar

Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Limited (UTKHPL) is a subsidiary company of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for survey, design, construction, operation and management of 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (UTKHEP) including selling of generated power to the grid operator by utilizing national financial and technical resources. The Company has also aimed to develop other hydropower projects in the country. The Company is registered in Company Registrar Office in March 2007 (2063/11/25 B.S.). Before start of the day-to-day operation of the Company, Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project was managed by NEA.

Solar boat launch sets Mediterranean conservation campaign

A catamaran powered exclusively by the sun cast off from Spain’s southeastern coast, starting a journey that is completely free of fossil fuels.

The tired and tested catamaran, the 46ft WWF Solar, which set off on July 14, is part of WWF Spain’s new ‘Embárcate’ (Get on Board) campaign to promote the use of the renewable energies and the conservation of marine ecosystems.