RE Project Competition: ASEAN Energy Awards 2013

For those who managed to get the quota for renewable energy projects under SEDA's FiT, and those who have been in the RE business for sometime now, this is the time to showcase your works.

At the same time, get some reward, if yours is/are the ones that are better managed.

Solar-Diesel generator hybrid power in Kinabatangan, Sabah Malaysia. This system was installed and commissioned in Sept 2012 by Optimal Power under KPLW project.


Competition

Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA Malaysia) as the coordinator for ASEAN Renewable Energy Sub-Sector Network (RE-SSN) is inviting owners/managers with renewable energy projects in Malaysia to participate in the ASEAN RE Project Competition 2013 organised by ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE).

This includes biomass, biogas, solar, mini hydro projects, and there will be 3 categories namely:

A - OFF GRID
B - ON GRID
C - COGENERATION

Interested Project Owners or Managers can submit the report by 29th March 2013 (Friday) to:

The AEA 2013 - RE Project Competition Secretariat

SEDA Malaysia

Galeria PjH, Aras 9, Jalan P4W,

Persiaran Perdana, Presint 4,

62100 Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Phone : +603-8870 5800 Fax : +603-8870 5900

Contact Person:

Mr Mohd Idham (idham@seda.gov.my), or

Mr Haniff Ngadi (haniff@seda.gov.my)

More details can be obtained from SEDA Malaysia website.

Previous winners

Meanwhile, 2012 ASEAN RE Awards Malaysian winners are as follows:

A. Off grid

2nd Runner-up:

SOLAR PV/DIESEL HYBRID SYSTEM FOR REMOTE SCHOOLS
In the State of Johor, Malaysia.
(There was no winner for the Off-grid category last year)


B. On grid

Winners:

4MW SUNGAI PERTING MINI HYDRO POWER STATION
At Sungai Perting, Bentong, Pahang Malaysia.

2nd Runner-up:

LANDFILL GAS EXTRACTION AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
At Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill, Malaysia


TheGreenMechanics: It pays to go green!

Broken goal during Africa Nations Cup match

Spurs striker Adebayor scored as Togo send Algeria packing in a group match of the Africa Nations Cup 2013 yesterday. That's why he was missed in the Tottenham Hotspurs - Manchester United BPL game last week as they were held to a 1-1 draw.

But that's not the talking point here. It's about the broken goal post during the Africa Nations Cup match that baffled many. Amazing!

Can you imagine watching international level football tournament and the goal frame is broken?

Image: video grab from Eurosport

Broken goal holds up Nations Cup clash

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – The African Nations Cup match between Algeria and Togo on Saturday descended into late farce when a player’s weight caused the goal frame to break.

In scenes familiar in junior football on park pitches on Sunday mornings, one of the goals started to lean over and had to be taken down and fixed, causing a 13-minute delay with the match poised at 1-0 to Togo.

The goal frame started leaning out of shape in the 86th minute after Algeria midfielder Adlene Guedioura hauled himself on to the netting in frustration after another attempt on goal came to nothing.

Play continued for a few moments until Madagascan referee Hamada Namplandraza noticed something was wrong, setting off the delay as a possee of men tried to fix it by holding the leaning post upright.

They then removed the whole goal frame as bemused players and 20,000 spectators watched on.

"The stoppage helped us to score our second goal," said Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa after Dove Wome wrapped up the match shortly after the resumption of play with a neatly taken goal.

Stadium manager Gary Parker-Nance said the staff involved were left with little option but to replace the goal frame.

"The bottom of the stantion was broken and had to be replaced. At times like that you just have to get it fixed, keep calm and do it as quickly as you can," he said.

To complete the farce, instead of playing out the last four minutes and whatever stoppage time there was, Namplandraza added an extra 16 minutes to the match.

What's for dinner: Zimbabwe's mopane worms!

I read an interesting stomach-turning diet coverage by Associated Press' Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi. The writer wrote about people consuming worms, or to be exact, caterpillars. But like what people say - one's cure is other's poison. so, let's not pass the verdict indiscriminately.

That's for today's dinner. Wikipedia photo

Pretty big guy!

Mopane worms are large edible caterpillar found in much of Africa.

A mopane worm hatches and as it grows, it sheds skin 4 times in its five larval stages, after which the mopane worm is considered most suitable for harvesting.

Otherwise it goes into pupal stage and transforms into giant moth, commonly called emperor moth due to it size.

The worms can be eaten dry, as crunchy as potato chips, or cooked and drenched in sauce to enhance the taste.


You may want to try your hands on these:

During harvest season, the compounds are covered with thousands of worms, laid out to dry in the hot sun. AP photo through mail.com


Nutritional value

Mopane worms are high in healthy nutrients and contain 3 times the amount of protein as beef. Eating worms is less taxing on the environment than consuming beef because it takes far fewer leaves to produce worms than it does feed to produce the same amount of beef.

Dried mopane worms have even been exported to other countries and can be found in African restaurants in Paris.


A useful recipe

This is a recipe that AP says "is one of the tastiest":

Ingredients (Mopane Worms for 4 persons):
500 grams dried mopane worms; three tomatoes, diced or 1 can of tomatoes; two onions, diced; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric; three fresh green chilies, finely chopped; three cloves of garlic, finely chopped; tablespoon of fresh ginger, finely chopped.

Cooking it:
Soak dried worms in water for 3-4 hours to reconstitute. Fry onions in groundnut oil on medium heat until translucent. Add turmeric, chilies, garlic and ginger. Fry for about five minutes. Add tomatoes and cook on low for about 20 minutes until spices are well blended. Add drained worms and cook until they have softened a bit but still are a little crunchy. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve with pap, called sadza in Zimbabwe.



This article was derived from AP