Generation of Electricity from Municipal Solid Wastes

21 Dec 2017 17:58 IST

Updated On 22 Dec 2017 18:08 IST

Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed that only one Waste to Energy project from South Delhi Municipal Corporation was received and approved for funding under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Shri Singh added that at present, six waste-to-energy plants using Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), with a cumulative installed capacity of 65.75 MW are in operation in the country. The State-wise details of MSW based power projects, set up as on 30.11.2017, are given below:

S.No.	State / UTs	Plant Commissioned/Under trial	Installed Capacity (MW)
1.	Delhi	M/s Ramky Group at Narela-Bawana, New Delhi	24.0
2.	Delhi	M/s Jindal Urban Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. at Okhla, New Delhi	16.0
3.	Delhi	M/s IL&FS Environment Infrastructure and Services Ltd. at Ghazipur, New Delhi	12.0
4.	Madhya Pradesh	M/s Essel Infra at Jabalpur	9.0
5.	Maharashtra	M/s Solapur Bio-energy Systems Pvt. Ltd at Solapur	3.0
6.	Himachal Pradesh	M/s Elephant Energy Private Limited at Shimla	1.75

Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh Generation of Electricity

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