Chennai: Chennai’s 5,000 tonnes of garbage per day has the potential to be converted to 12 crore litres of aviation fuel and 4.5 crore litres of diesel per year.
An expert told Express that through plasma gasification and vitrification process, a technology developed by NASA, the garbage could be generated into wealth.
Vinod Bose, coordinator South India for the Indian arm of US-based Solena Fuels, said his company had the proven expertise and was vying for a tie-up with the State government under public-private partnership. The cost for the project would be around `3,000 crore and many European nations are going in for this technology, he says, adding that the investment could be recovered in around eight years.He said that with this technology, segregation of garbage at source is not necessary.
05/11/13 C Shivakumar/New Indian Express
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An expert told Express that through plasma gasification and vitrification process, a technology developed by NASA, the garbage could be generated into wealth.
Vinod Bose, coordinator South India for the Indian arm of US-based Solena Fuels, said his company had the proven expertise and was vying for a tie-up with the State government under public-private partnership. The cost for the project would be around `3,000 crore and many European nations are going in for this technology, he says, adding that the investment could be recovered in around eight years.He said that with this technology, segregation of garbage at source is not necessary.
05/11/13 C Shivakumar/New Indian Express
