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17/02/23 12:22 PM IST

Country's first waste-to-hydrogen plant to be set up in Pune

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  • The country's first solid waste-to-hydrogen plant will be set up in Pune at a cost of over Rs 430 crore.
About the plant
  • The plant will be set up by sustainability solutions provider The Green Billions Ltd (TGBL), who has entered into a 30-year-long agreement with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
  • It will treat 350 tonnes of solid garbage every day by next year.
  • The company will invest Rs 350 crore in setting up the plant and an additional Rs 82 crore will be spent to construct the storage facility and logistics support.
  • The first 10 tonne reactor will be installed by November 2023 and the target to complete the entire plant is November 2024.
  • The plant will use “Plasma Gasification Technology” to convert waste into hydrogen fuel.
  • The process of converting organic materials into hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide is called plasma gasification.
  • This is done at 700 degrees Celsius. Combustion is the major process that occurs during gasification.
Source- Business Standard

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