Norwegian delegation in Colombo
The Sri Lanka Norway Business Matchmaking Programme (BMMP) of the
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce hosted a delegation from the wind, biomass
and landfill gas energy, aquaculture, oil spill restoration and
Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research.
A seminar was held to introduce the delegation to the local business
community and to discuss their technologies. Over 30 local companies
attended the seminar.
Etech Miljo, a company specializing in generation of power from gases
extracted from landfills plans to work with the Urban Development
Authority to utilize the existing landfills for this purpose.
The extraction of Methane a hazardous gas from the landfill prevents
pollution of atmosphere and also facilitates faster decomposition of
garbage.
Bioforsk, a research Institute specializing in multifunctional
agriculture, plant sciences and environmental sciences visited CIC
cattle farms and plans to work with them to produce bio-gas from cattle
and poultry feces and also in fields related to plant sciences.
Hobas AS has already carried out a pilot project for producing Sea
Bass in the Negombo area and they are confident that the same can be
replicated in many regions in Sri Lanka. According to world statistics
the production from aquaculture is expected to overtake the catch from
wild fishing industry in a few years time.
Resolve AS who has developed a method for restoration of the oil
spills using bio-degradation which can work both in aerobic and
anaerobic conditions met with the officials of the Central Environmental
Authority, Marine Environment Protection Authority and an environmental
services company to promote their services in Sri Lanka.
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