NITK to turn its kitchen, hostel waste into energy
MANGALURU: NITK Surathkal will now convert its vegetable and food waste into energy. On Thursday, a state-of-the-art bio-waste recycling plant was launched at its campus on a pilot basis.
It is estimated that this recycling plant can process 500 kg of waste every day. The project will save Rs 2.4 lakh annually for the institution, if biogas replaces the LPG cylinder for cooking purposes. The high-quality digestate, which is completely natural and free from harmful synthetic chemicals, can be used as an organic fertiliser, as a supplement, or even as a replacement for chemical fertilisers. This biogas plant will enable NITK to generate energy by converting food and vegetable waste from the hostel blocks and canteens, through anaerobic digestion.
The pilot project costing Rs 40 lakh, has been funded by Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group, which is based in Italy. The credit for getting this project goes to NITK’s 1981 batch, where alumni have been facilitating such collaboration towards their alma mater, even after walking out of the campus about 40 years ago.
Fabrizio Di Amato, chairman of Maire Tecnimont, said the firm will also provide scholarship to 16 students of NITK Surathkal in 2021-22, for their research and work in the field of energy transition and green chemistry. The company has already sponsored two scholarships in 2020-2021.
Vincenzo de Luca ambassador of Italy to India, said this collaboration will pave the way for better bilateral relations between the two countries, with research on energy transition and green chemistry.
It is estimated that this recycling plant can process 500 kg of waste every day. The project will save Rs 2.4 lakh annually for the institution, if biogas replaces the LPG cylinder for cooking purposes. The high-quality digestate, which is completely natural and free from harmful synthetic chemicals, can be used as an organic fertiliser, as a supplement, or even as a replacement for chemical fertilisers. This biogas plant will enable NITK to generate energy by converting food and vegetable waste from the hostel blocks and canteens, through anaerobic digestion.
The pilot project costing Rs 40 lakh, has been funded by Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group, which is based in Italy. The credit for getting this project goes to NITK’s 1981 batch, where alumni have been facilitating such collaboration towards their alma mater, even after walking out of the campus about 40 years ago.
Fabrizio Di Amato, chairman of Maire Tecnimont, said the firm will also provide scholarship to 16 students of NITK Surathkal in 2021-22, for their research and work in the field of energy transition and green chemistry. The company has already sponsored two scholarships in 2020-2021.
Vincenzo de Luca ambassador of Italy to India, said this collaboration will pave the way for better bilateral relations between the two countries, with research on energy transition and green chemistry.
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