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Plasma Gasification Promises the World, Fails Everywhere—Pune Was No Exception

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The idea was seductive: turn Pune’s mountains of garbage into clean hydrogen fuel. The city’s waste problem would be solved, and India would get a head start in the global hydrogen economy. That was the pitch when Pune Municipal Corporation and The Green Billions Limited announced India’s first waste-to-hydrogen project … [continued]

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India-EU Hydrogen Partnership Flagship Project Collapsing Due to Ruinous Economics

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The EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership included a plan to develop a waste-to-hydrogen facility in Pune, led by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and The Green Billions Limited (TGBL). The ₹450 crore ($54M) project was intended to process 3.8 million metric tons of waste using Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and … [continued]

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New Study: Carbon Capture Is A Waste Of Money, & Counterproductive

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It’s an easy argument to understand and to make: yes, we need more clean energy, but we also need to take carbon dioxide out of the air with carbon capture technology. The problem is that you can have much more impact for every dollar spent on the former than with … [continued]

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