Mumbai calls for e-waste tenders

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is all set to invite tenders for the e-waste processing plant within the metropolitan region, reports Indian Express.

The authority has shortlisted five sites for the processing unit at either Taloja or Vasai.

To be set up on a public-private partnership model, the plant will have comprehensive facilities to collect, transport and recover precious metals from e-waste and for safe treatment. The MMRDA is in the process of preparing the bid documents.

Pennsylvania taxpayers are supplying a development authority with $16.8 million to go towards investment in green energy technologies, states The Bulletin.

The Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority redirects taxpayer money from the state's general fund budget to give resources to private industries and entrepreneurs, with a specific focus on subsidising the development of green energy technologies.

Founded in 1983 and funded as a line item in the Department of Community and Economic Development budget, taxpayers have supplied more than $200 million since 2005 to support research and development of new technologies and to cover business incubation costs.

Nearly a year since Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas confirmed the controversial closure of its blade facility on the Isle of Wight, some of its former workers have created their own firm manufacturing recyclable blades for micro-turbines, reveals Business Green.

SureBlades is headed by one of Vestas' sacked employees, Sean McDonagh, and his business partner, Keith Hounsell, who installs turbines across the south of England.

The start-up has secured an order with Irish turbine manufacturer C&F Green Energy to make 1 000 recyclable blades for C&F's direct drive 15kW machine. The first blade is expected to come off the line in late September this year.