3 MW Anaerobic Digestion Biogas Plant Expected at Indian Compost Facility

German anaerobic digestion technology is likely to be installed at an Indian composting facility for the production of biogas for use in energy generation, according to a recent report by The Times of India. The report explained that a delegation of 25 people visited the Nashik Municipal Corporation's (NMC) compost plant in Vilholi, including officials from the department of economic affairs (ministry of finance), German Government's nodal agency, Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit's (GIZ), state government and selected public sector representatives. The delegates are also reported to have met municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare and superintending engineer, R. K. Pawar before visiting the plant. The NMC was said to having decided to manage the compost facility through public private partnership, with GIZ providing funds for the biogas project. According to The Times of India, Sarah Habersack, consultant for sustainable urban habitat team and the project of national sanitation policy, GIZ, said the waste to energy project would be developed as a pilot plant in close proximity to the composting plant. "At present, the project is in the tendering process. Common treatment of bio-degradable waste from hotels and septage (black sewage) will be done to have optimum energy production,” she is reported to have said. “Hamburg Water Cycle (Germany) will be the technology adopted for the purpose. First, a feasibility test was conducted and it was found that the best generation of energy would be in the ratio of 1:1.5, including one part of bio-degradable waste and one-and-a-half part of black sewage," The Times of India quoted Habersack as having said. It is anticipated that the pilot project would produce around 2000 to 2500 cubic metres of biogas per hour and generate some 3 MW of power. Read More VIDEO Dong uses Enzyes to Process Mixed MSW for Biogas Production & Material Recycling A new technology that uses enzymes to treat mixed MSW and recover the organic fraction for biogas production, has been unveiled by Dong Energy. Government Funding for Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Project at Welsh University The Welsh government has awarded a £889,000 grant to a university to deliver a Knowledge Transfer Centre in Advanced Anaerobic Processes and Biogas Systems. Biodiesel & Food Waste Composting as Super Bowl XLVIII is Greenest Ever Food waste from last night’s Super Bowl is already being composted, while waste cooking oil is being used to produce Biodiesel. UK Quality Protocol for Biogas from Anaerobic Digestions and Landfill Sites Welcomed The UK Environment Agency has developed a Quality Protocol for Biomethane which sets out end of waste criteria for its production and use arising from the degradation of organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion.