VIDEO: Waste to Energy Taking off in Nepal with CIF Investment

Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has published a video looking at how it investments in waste to energy projects are helping Nepal manage its waste while generating base load power for the grid. Last year the Nepalese government's Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) launched a Waste to Energy Bazaar to promote the recovery of energy from waste to municipalities, NGOs, enterprises, industries and communities. The project will received $8 million from the ‘Scaling up Renewable Energy’ programme run by the CIF, itself a $7.6 billion international financing mechanism to support low-carbon development and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. Highlights from the video can be seen in WMW’s Weekly Newscast below. Read More Waste to Energy and Biogas Promoted in Nepal The Nepalese government's Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) has launched a Waste to Energy Bazaar to promote the recovery of energy from wastes to municipalities, NGOs, enterprises, industries and communities. The X-tremophiles: Supercharging Organic Waste Digestion Disposing of waste is becoming a major expense for businesses. In many countries landfilling is increasingly expensive due to taxation, while gate fees at energy recovery facilties can be costly. However, a newly commercialised technology that exploits the 'super powers' of extremophile organisms offers the potential to cut that to £2 per tonne. And it hasn't gone unnoticed. Cuban Waste to Energy Currently in Cuba legislation for the proper and efficient management and treatment of MSW is scarce and incomplete. However, over recent years some rules and guides have been issued with the aim of improving the management of MSW. But what role should waste to energy play in the mix, and which technologies are best suited to the Cuban situation? By: Oscar Jiménez Cabeza, Alfredo Curbelo Alonso, Yoel Suárez Lastre, Jorge L. Aba Medina, Ariel Rodríguez Rosales. The Pyroformer: Reforming Low Value Biowaste Treatment When it comes to commercialising new technologies for processing wastes and recovering valuable materials and energy, competing with well-established technologies can often prove an insurmountable obstacle. Aston University's European Bioenergy Research Institute hopes to negate this by complementing existing technologies with its new intermediate pyrolysis reactor.