Technology for cheap source of power developed
POZORRUBIO INVENTOR
IF the plan of a Pozorrubio town inventor and his group will see the light in the near future, the whole world will be a beneficiary of cheap electric power that is sourced from pure organic wastes.
The Pozorrubio scientist-inventor, Engr. Jaime P. Imbat, 54, of Barangay Cablong, presented his “baby” to Gov. Amado Espino Jr., Monday morning.
He said his invention makes use of organic wastes such as yard clippings, forest residue, dead trees, all agri and animal wastes, almost everything is capable of replacing the power source—coal.
Imbat’s technology emits neutral CO2 and therefore more environment-friendly than the conventional coal-fired plants using expensive coal to produce energy. It can be used to replace coal that is still being sourced out abroad citing the 1,200-megawatt capacity Sual coal-fired power plant in Pangasinan which is solely dependent on imported coal.
The technology not only seeks to produce sufficient fuel for the industries and the homes but is also the quickest way to the rid of the mountains of garbage piling up all over the world.
Imbat estimated the organic wastes all over the world at 130 billion metric tons yearly which stay rotten if not burned, whereas the world demand to energize all world industries powered by coal is 30 billion metric tons annually.
If fully maximized, this is the best alternative for coal, thus can be tapped to energizes all world industries powered by the present coal-fired thermal plants, resulting in cleaner air.
He said that for a city like Dagupan with some 250,000 inhabitants, it needs at least four Mobile-type Min-Thermal Pants, all costing P14 million, to enable its people to buy cheaper electricity to light their homes and offices.
The source of power for these mini-thermal plants is inexhaustible, Imbat said, pointing to the garbage being generated daily by the people of Dagupan which is now piling up almost everywhere, especially at the city’s dumpsite in Bonuan, near the seashore.
He said that his company intends to first make the technology available to Filipinos to help make the country attain self-sufficiency in energy before selling this overseas. (Jun Velasco)
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