Chennai corporation plans more power plants using meat waste

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation is to conduct a feasibility study soon to set up more bio-methane plants across the city.
A senior civic official said currently the plant at Pulianthope generates 40 KVA of electricity that powers up 14 light bulbs in the compound. “Here, we are getting 8 to 9 tonnes of meat waste a day,” the official said.
The city’s two biomethane plants located at Perambur and Pulianthope – were designed by the scientists at Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
A five-tonne plant has a capacity to generate 500 cubic metres of methane that’s equal to a 225kg LPG cylinder. This plant has the capacity to generate 40 KVA of electricity. In addition, 500 kg of manure is extracted.