Business Line 25.03.2013
Biogas plant at Secretariat
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has commissioned a biogas plant on the
Government Secretariat campus. Bio Flame-Biogas and Energy Pvt Ltd
installed the plant, which can process up to 100 kg of biowaste an hour
and produce eight to 10 kg equivalent of fuel. D.S. Sreekantan Nair,
under-secretary, housekeeping department, said that waste drawn mainly
from the in-house canteen will be processed by the plant. The fuel
generated will be used for cooking and the slurry directed into the
garden as manure. An incinerator is likely to come up in the vicinity. A
suitable site to house the Rs.18-lakh project has already been
identified near the bio-gas plant. The work is expected to be completed
by April this year.
