Monday 21 November 2016

Waste to Energy Plants Operational & under various Stages of Implementation

5 Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) to Energy Plants with a cumulative installed capacity of 66.5 MW are currently operational/under trial run in the country. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. The details are as follows:

List of waste to energy plants currently operational/under trial run in the country

S. No.
State
Name of the City/ Town
Capacity (MW)


Maharashtra
Solapur
3.0

Delhi
Okhla
12.0

Delhi
Ghazipur
16.0

Delhi
Narela-Bhawana
24.0

Madhya Pradesh
Jabalpur
11.5

Total
66.5









The Minister further said that Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has received 53 proposals from 22 states with potential to generate 405.3 MW of electricity under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) which are currently under various stages of construction or tendering. The details of such tenders are:

Waste to Energy Plants under various stages of Construction or Tendering


S. No.
State
No. of Plants
Total Proposed capacity (MW)
1
Andhra Pradesh
11
85
2
Assam
1
5
3
Bihar
1
12
4
Chhattisgarh
2
10
5
Delhi
1
1.6
6
Gujarat
3
30.5
7
Haryana
3
18.5
8
Himachal Pradesh
1
1.7
9
J&K
1
6.5
10
Jharkhand
2
23
11
Karnataka
2
20
12
Kerala
1
10
13
Madhya Pradesh
5
32
14
Maharashtra
3
28.5
15
Manipur
1
1
16
Odisha
1
11.5
17
Punjab
2
16
18
Rajasthan
3
26
19
Tamil Nadu
1
8
20
Telangana
1
11
21
Uttar Pradesh
5
25
22
West Bengal
1
22.5
Total
53
405.3

“Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has not received any fresh proposal for generation of electricity from Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW)”, the Minister added.


Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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