NEW DELHI: The East Coast Railway has commissioned the government's first waste-to-energy plant which will turn ewaste and plastic into light diesel oil in 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. A patented technology called "Polycrack" will be used in this waste-to-energy plant, which is first of itskind in Indian Railways and only the fourth in India. "It is the world's first patented heterogenous catalytic process which converts multiple feed stocks into hydrocarbon liquid fuels, gas, carbon and water. "Earlier, lots of non-ferrous scrap generated from the Carriage Repair Workshop had no efficient method of disposal. As a result, these elements were being disposed by landfills, which had environmentally hazardous impact," said East Coast Railway spokesperson JP Mishra. He said in this process, pre-segregation of waste is not required to reform the waste which can be directly fed into the machine to be converted into diesel. "It has high tolerance to moisture hence drying of waste … [Read more...] about Rly commissions govt’s first waste to energy plant; to turn e waste, plastic into light diesel oil
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A decade later, waste-to-energy plants remain on paper in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: The BBMP’s decadeold project of converting waste to energy (WtE), which the authorities believe can solve the garbage crisis, has remained a non-starter. Unsure of the future of the four large WtE projects taken up under the PPP model, the civic body is now in talks with the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTCL) to set up a government-owned plant. It has already acquired 40 acres of land in Kodiyala Karenahalli near Bidadi for the purpose. The four PPP projects have not materialised apparently due to opposition from villagers and a delay in obtaining licences. BBMP joint commissioner for Solid Waste Management Sarfaraz Khan confirmed that due to the inordinate delay in setting up the WtE plants by private companies, the BBMP is trying to establish a government-owned one. “We had given contracts to several private companies to set up WtE plants but except Nexus Novus, none of the companies have started work. And we are sceptical about WtE plants … [Read more...] about A decade later, waste-to-energy plants remain on paper in Bengaluru
Climate collaborative identifies 3 key factors for India
In one of its first analyses, published on their official website, ICC said that only about 7% of the total philanthropic funding in India is presently going to climate-focused projects -- something that they aim to change. According to the India Philanthropy Report 2019 by Bain and Company, private funds raised in India for the entire social sector in 2018 were about Rs 70,000 crore, out of which an estimated Rs 43,000 crore was from individual philanthropists. … [Read more...] about Climate collaborative identifies 3 key factors for India
Oil prices fall as demand concerns weigh
Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, reportedly said earlier this week that he expected the market to be oversupplied by as much as 1 million barrels per day in the first half of this year. … [Read more...] about Oil prices fall as demand concerns weigh
