The Hindu 23.08.2013
Garbage recycled from dump yard to generate electricity
The Corporation has enlisted the services of a
Madurai-based firm to generate electricity from recycled waste collected
from the Ramaiyanpatti garbage dump.
The company
proposes to generate 2 MW of electricity every hour, which will be sold
to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation.
AAPL
Infra Private Limited, Madurai, in partnership with Rochem Separations
Systems India Private Limited, Mumbai, won the open tender for the
project.
The Corporation will supply garbage to the company with the revenue generated to be shared on a 50:50 basis.
As
per the proposal submitted by the Madurai firm, the project, to be
executed under DFBOT (Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer) mode
by establishing the plant on 15 acres of land, will have an outlay of
Rs.72 crore and generate 2 MW power (for every 60 minutes) from 160
tonnes of garbage using Concord Blue Technology, the only commercially
proven non-polluting solution that transforms nearly any form of local
waste into a variety of renewable fuels and electricity.
The
garbage arriving at the Ramaiyanpatti dumping yard will be stored at a
particular spot and covered to eliminate the stench. The inert waste,
which will be 15 per cent of the total quantum of garbage used for power
generation, will be utilised for land-filling. The waste water from the
power generation unit will be recycled through the reverse osmosis
process. After operating the plant for 20 years, the company will hand
it back to the Corporation.
