High price and humidity of garbage hindered projects

Four institutes offered to produce electricity from garbage, but due to high production costs and the difficulty of production with wet garbage these projects could not be implemented

The projects initiated to generate electricity from garbage were unsuccessful due to the high cost of production and the difficulty in producing electricity from garbage with the high humidity of the garbage available, the Chairman of the CEB Engineers’ Association Athula Wanniarachchi said.the CEB had agreed to purchase a unit of electricity produced from garbage for Rs. 23.10 against the price of Rs.35 set by producers, he said.

He said that four institutes offered to produce electricity from garbage, but due to high production costs and the difficulty of production with wet garbage these projects could not be implemented.

The difficulty in obtaining the necessary licenses for the projects also affected the implementation of these projects, he said.