Powering the Mekong with rice husks

As the search for alternate sources of fuel continues in earnest, Vietnamese scientists have found great potential for a source of power in the scourge of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta rivers – water hyacinths and rice husks. Hoang Vu and Van Dat report.


Big rod of power: Nguyen Van Vu explains the working of a rice-husk-firewood machine. — VNS Photos Le Hoang Vu

Flour mill owner Le Minh Truong was struggling with the dramatic increase in coal prices.

The Can Tho City entrepreneur was beginning to wonder if his business would survive when word reached him about scientists in his own neighbourhood producing a new kind of fuel – cui trau (rice husk firewood). Read more...

(21-09-2008)

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