Sustainability solutions provider TheGreenBillions (TGBL) will be setting up India's first solid waste-to-hydrogen (WTH) plant at Hadapsar Industrial Estate in Pune at an investment of Rs 430 crore. The company has inked a 30-year-long agreement with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the project.
While the first 10-tonne reactor will be installed by November 2023, the entire plant is planned to be ready by November 2024. Future plans include infusing an additional Rs 82 crore towards storage facility and logistics support.
PSU firm Broadcast Engineering Consultants India (BECIL) has been roped in for providing project management consultancy. Variate Pune Waste to Energy, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TGBL will execute the project.
The plant will treat 350 tonne of solid garbage daily to produce 10 tonne of hydrogen from waste. It will utilise plasma gasification technology, for which TGBL will be collaborating with the Bhabha Atomic Research Institute and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru for support.
Under the agreement, the PMC will pay Rs 347 per tonne to TGBL as tipping fee to treat the waste.
