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Eai perspectives in w2 e cii conf hyde dec 2011
1. Needed: A National Waste Mission!
CII Symposium on SWM, Hyderabad,
Dec 6, 2011
Narasimhan Santhanam, EAI
2. Waste to Energy â EAI Perspectives
âą W2E Domains EAI Has Worked in
â Solid Waste to Energy
â Human Waste to Energy â Sewage & Fecal
â Biomass Waste to Energy
âą Comparison of Solid W2E with Other Alternative Energy Sources (solar, wind,
biomass, small hydro)
â Capex & OpexâŠ
â Stakeholders & Dependencies â Govt / Municipalities / Logistics / Society / PCBâŠ
â Technology â gasification, pyrolysis, composting, biomethanation, incinerationâŠ
â Society & Environment â activists, civil society, householdsâŠ
â Knowledge Gaps â Feasibility, technology, logistics, contract structures, buinsess modelsâŠ
âą Takeaways for Solid Waste to Energy
â Most projects have been non-starters
â Different reasons for failures â tech, environment/society, govt. dependencies, economics
â Profitability of projects still in doubt â incentive structure & policies, costs
â Too many uncertainties and too few benchmarks
â Whatâs Needed is a National Waste Mission, a la National Solar Mission
3. National Waste (to energy) Mission
âą Align waste to energy to Indian societyâs â not Western societyâs â
characteristics
âą Create a framework after intense consultation with all stakeholders;
let there be a national framework that serves as reference
âą Establish clear benchmarks for technologies, processes and costs
âą Establish feed in tariff mechanisms, tipping fees etc., tailored to
different waste streams & technologies
âą Adopt grassroots innovations (by NGOs, for instance) already in place
for waste management and waste to energy
âą Make waste to energy R&D a priority in premier institutes (IITs and
IISc)
4. About EAI
Aspires to be a catalyst for the Indian renewable energy and cleantech
industry
âą Dedicated focus on renewable energy and cleantech
for India â solar, wind, biomass, biofuels, waste to
energy & energy efficiency
âą Diversification, feasibility studies, market entry
strategy, business intelligence
âą Founded by professionals from IITs and IIMs
âą Based out of Chennai
âą More from www.eai.in â see also our club, forum,
mailing listâŠ
5. Waste is just value we are too stupid not to use
â Albert Einstein
National Waste Mission = National Value Mission
Narasimhan Santhanam, EAI
narsi@eai.in , www.eai.in