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Saturday, Jun 21, 2003
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Industry & Economy
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Non-conventional Energy Power from waste: Work to begin next month R. Balaji
CHENNAI, June 20 WORK on the waste to energy project for generating power from vegetable waste at Chennai is expected to begin in July and will commence operations in less than a year, according to sources. The Chennai-based Enkem Engineers Pvt Ltd will implement the Rs 5-crore biomethanation project that is proposed at the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex. It will commence generation within one year with the work completed in nine months and stabilisation in the next three months, sources said. When contacted, Mr P. Subramani, Managing Director, Enkem, told Business Line that the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) would fund the project. It will utilise over 30 tonnes of vegetable waste per day for biomethanation and generation of power. Envisaged as a pilot plant with potential for scaling up, it will generate 250 KW electricity, he said. The CMDA has allotted the land and will contribute over 25 per cent of the funds with the balance coming from the MNES. Enkem has sourced the technology from Entec, Austria, which will be monitored by the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) that as nodal agency had called for global bids for the project, he said. The Koyambedu market, said to be the largest such market for fruits and vegetables in Asia, generates over 100 tonnes of vegetable waste per day. The project is expected to help tackle the waste generated and contribute to enhancing the hygiene standards. A by-product of the biomethanation process would be the generation of compost that has commercial value, sources said. According to the policy note for 2003-04 of the Housing and Urban Development Department, the MNES funding is a grant and the Government has sanctioned Rs 3.75 crore and the CMDA has released Rs 63 lakh to the nodal agency. The plant will generate 17.2 lakh units per annum. According to CLRI officials, the project is a part of a UNDP programme that will demonstrate the feasibility of such facilities. Once the unit goes on stream, the institute will monitor the project from about one year and recommend to the MNES the feasibility of replicating and scaling up the project at other locations. Studies by various agencies have assessed that a huge potential is available for municipal solid waste as a source of raw material for power generation. The CLRI itself was evaluating a whole host of technologies including utilisation of sewage, tannery and slaughterhouse waste.
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