National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) has recently commissioned a commercial ‘green coal’ plant in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, to produce green coal or torrefied charcoal from waste. This plant is the first-of-its-kind attempt in India to produce green coal from agricultural residue and municipal solid waste (MSW). The project has been awarded to Macawber Beekay, a company providing turnkey solutions to power plants. Currently, the plant’s first reactor module with a capacity of 200 tonnes per day is installed and commissioned, and another two modules are…
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