 "Mahindra Group to use food waste for CNG production")
Mahindra Group, one of India’s leading auto manufacturers, on January 2, 2015 inaugurated a bio-CNG plant at Mahindra World City (MWC) in Chennai that will use food waste to make renewable fuel.
The bio-CNG plant is a joint CSR initiative between Mahindra Research Valley (MRV) and Mahindra World City Developers Limited (MWCDL). Spread over an area of 1,000 sq m, the bio-CNG plant will convert 8 tonnes of food and kitchen waste generated daily at MWC, into 1000 m3 of raw biogas. Further, the raw bio gas can be enriched to yield 400 kg/day of purified CNG grade fuel which is equivalent to a 200 kW power plant.
As a byproduct four tonnes of organic fertiliser will be produced per day. The green energy (bio CNG) can be used to replace CNG as automotive fuel and LPG for cooking purposes as well as to power street lights at MWC.
The bio-CNG plant is a joint CSR initiative between Mahindra Research Valley (MRV) and Mahindra World City Developers Limited (MWCDL). Spread over an area of 1,000 sq m, the bio-CNG plant will convert 8 tonnes of food and kitchen waste generated daily at MWC, into 1000 m3 of raw biogas. Further, the raw bio gas can be enriched to yield 400 kg/day of purified CNG grade fuel which is equivalent to a 200 kW power plant.
As a byproduct four tonnes of organic fertiliser will be produced per day. The green energy (bio CNG) can be used to replace CNG as automotive fuel and LPG for cooking purposes as well as to power street lights at MWC.
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