Originally published January 8 2006
Carbon capture and storage a possible energy solution being debated at Montreal climate conference
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
At the climate change conference in Montreal, scientists are discussing the possibility of capturing carbon and storing it underground, possibly in oil wells, but the United Nations intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) released a report emphasizing the great expense of such a practice, and the impracticality of assuming nations will voluntarily assume such costs.
BEGINNING May 2006, the abode of the 16th century saint, Sant Dyaneshwar, will be the source of energy which is clean, eco-friendly and inexhaustible.
For, Alandi will play host to a demo power plant that will generate 5 MW electricity using solar energy and wind power employing technology which will make the plant function continuously without consuming any fossil fuel.
With an investment of Rs 45 crore, the plant will be installed in a 3 acre-area by MSC Power India using technology invented by Mok Siong Cheak of China in 2002 (see box).
Called the Perpetual Pyramid Power Plant (P4) after its pyramid shape, it has four side frames of multi-layered glass panels.
Many cement companies --- including India Cements and Birla White --- and Pune's own Serum Institute, have finalised deals with us,'' he claimed.
Apart from providing clean energy, the plant is also cost effective.
For a 200 MW power plant, the cost per megawatt of a P4 plant will work out to Rs 20 lakh, while for a coal plant it would be Rs 33 lakh.
Invented by Mok Siong Cheak of China in 2002, the system found its inspiration in the traditional pyramid shaped houses of Sudan, which allows free flow of air in its interiors.
In the process, 10,000 tonnes of water stored in an underground insulated water tank also gets heated to 95 degrees which actually heats up the cold air sucked from the outside.
For prolonged under-exposure to sun rays, a revolutionary technology which uses brown gas, produced through disassociation of water, is used to maintain the temperature of the tank.
The power plant can be retro-fitted with a system which can de-saline sea water using the heat inside the pyramid.
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