Lok Sabha Question No. 1619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Generation of Power from Municipal Solid Waste
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1619

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## GENERATION OF POWER FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

1619. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER: SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a): the  percentage  of  the  total  power  generated  in  the  country  from  the  Municipal  Solid  Waste (MSW);
- (b): the number of Waste-to-Energy Plants which are currently generating power from MSW;
- (c): whether the Government has set up new projects at some places in the country for generation of power from municipal solid wastes / garbage or assisted the State Governments for this proposal and if so, the details along with the estimated cost, generation capacity thereof, State-wise;
- (d): whether the Government proposes to set up more such plants to increase capacity of existing plants and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (e): whether the  Government gives any incentives to  promote  waste  generation  from  MSW  by  the private players and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f): whether the Government has also taken any steps to increase the capacity of production of power from biomass in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b): The  present  installed  capacity  of  power  generation  from  the  Municipal  Solid  Waste (MSW) is 65.75 MW which is about 0.02% of total power generation capacity in the country. The statewise details of six Municipal Solid Waste to Energy plants set up are given in Annexure-I.
- (c): Under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 48 MSW based  plants  with  cumulative  installed  capacity  of  412.5  MW  are  under  various  stages  construction. Details of these projects are given in Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e): The Swachh Bharat Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs provides incentive  up  to  35%  of  project  costs  for  Solid  Waste  Management  projects  including  waste  to  energy plants. The projects under PPP mode are encouraged, to invite private capital in urban infrastructure as well as to bring in private sector efficiency in delivery of urban services and operation and maintenance.
- (f): The Ministry has set a target of installing 10 GW power capacity from biomass by 2022. So far about  8.2  GW  biomass  power  projects  have  already  been  set  up  in  the  country.  State-wise  details  of Biomass Power / Cogeneration plants set up in the country as on 31.11.2017 are given in Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1619 for 28/12/2017 regarding 'Generation of Power from Municipal Solid Wastes'

## 'State-wise details of Waste to Energy plants set up from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), as on 15.12.2017'

|   S. No. | State / UTs      | Plant Commissioned/Under trial                                                |   Installed Capacity (MW) |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Delhi            | M/s Ramky Group at Narela-Bawana, New Delhi                                   |                     24    |
|        2 | Delhi            | M/s Jindal Urban Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. at Okhla, New Delhi                  |                     16    |
|        3 | Delhi            | M/s IL&FS Environment Infrastructure and Services Ltd. at Ghazipur, New Delhi |                     12    |
|        4 | Madhya Pradesh   | M/s Essel Infra at Jabalpur                                                   |                      9    |
|        5 | Maharashtra      | M/s Solapur Bio-energy Systems Pvt. Ltd at Solapur                            |                      3    |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh | M/s Elephant Energy Private Limited at Shimla                                 |                      1.75 |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1619 for 28/12/2017 regarding 'Generation of Power from Municipal Solid Wastes'

## 'State/UT-wise details of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) plants under construction supported under 'Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM)'

| S.No.   | State            | City                                                             | Total (MW)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | Guntur                                                           | 15           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh   | Tirupati                                                         | 6            |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh   | Vizinagaram                                                      | 4            |
| 4       | Andhra Pradesh   | Tadapalligudam                                                   | 5            |
| 5       | Andhra Pradesh   | Machalipatnam                                                    | 4            |
| 6       | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadappa                                                          | 5            |
| 7       | Andhra Pradesh   | Anantapur                                                        | 4            |
| 8       | Andhra Pradesh   | Nellore                                                          | 4            |
| 9       | Andhra Pradesh   | Karnul                                                           | 1            |
| 10      | Andhra Pradesh   | Vishakapatnam                                                    | 5            |
| 11      | Bihar            | Patna                                                            | 10           |
| 12      | Chhattisgarh     | Durg-Bhilai                                                      | 5            |
| 13      | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur                                                           | 5            |
| 14      | Goa              | Pernem                                                           | 5            |
| 15      | Gujarat          | Surat                                                            | 13.5         |
| 16      | Haryana          | Karnal                                                           | 3.5          |
| 17      | Haryana          | Sonepat                                                          | 5            |
| 18      | Haryana          | Bandhmadi                                                        | 10           |
| 19      | Haryana          | Faridabad                                                        | 10           |
| 20      | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla                                                           | 1.7          |
| 21      | J&K              | Srinagar                                                         | 6.5          |
| 22      | Jharkhand        | Ranchi                                                           | 11           |
| 23      | Jharkhand        | Dhanbad                                                          | 12           |
| 24      | Karnataka        | Bengaluru (7 plants)                                             | 20           |
| 25      | Kerala           | Kochi                                                            | 10           |
| 26      | MP               | Bhopal                                                           | 20           |
| 27      | MP               | Rewa                                                             | 6            |
| 28      | MP               | Indore                                                           | 20           |
| 29      | MP               | Gwalior                                                          | 10           |
| 30      | Maharashtra      | Nagpur                                                           | 11.5         |
| 31      | Manipur          | Imphal                                                           | 2            |
| 32      | New Delhi        | Kidwai Nagar                                                     | 1.6          |
| 33      | Odisha           | Bhubaneswar & Cuttack, Odisha                                    | 11.5         |
| 34      | Punjab           | Amritsar                                                         | 11.5         |
| 35      | Rajasthan        | Jaipur                                                           | 15           |
| 36      | Rajasthan        | Kota                                                             | 7            |
| 37      | Rajasthan        | Jodhpur                                                          | 3            |
| 38      | Tamil Nadu       | Pallavapuram&TambaramVenkatamangalam Project                     | 4            |
| 39      | Telangana        | Cluster of 18 ULBs ( M/ S Shalivahana MSWMGreen Enenrgy Ltd)     | 12           |
| 40      | Telangana        | Cluster of 16 ULBs (M/s Hemasri Power Projects Ltd.)             | 12.6         |
| 41      | Telangana        | Greater Hyderabad Muncipal Corporation (RDF Power Projects Ltd.) | 11           |
| 42      | Telangana        | Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (SELCO)                  | 6.6          |
| 43 44   | UP UP            | Kanpur Agra                                                      | 15 10        |

| S.No.   | State       | City                                                                                                    |   Total (MW) |
|---------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 45      | UP          | Rampur                                                                                                  |          8   |
| 46      | UP          | Meerut                                                                                                  |         10   |
| 47      | Uttarakhand | Roorkee (Cluster of 18 ULBs)                                                                            |         11   |
| 48      | Punjab      | Amritsar Cluster (include Amritsar, Jandiala, Patti, Tarantaran, Raja Sansi, Majitha, Rayya, Khemkaran) |         12   |
|         |             | Total                                                                                                   |        412.5 |

## Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1619 for 28/12/2017 regarding 'Generation of Power from Municipal Solid Wastes'

## State-wise details of Biomass Power / Cogeneration plants set up in the country as on 30.11.2017

| S. No.   | States / UTs   | Biomass Power / Cogeneration   |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------|
|          |                | (Megawatt)                     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 378.20                         |
| 2        | Bihar          | 113.00                         |
| 3        | Chhatisgarh    | 228.00                         |
| 4        | Gujarat        | 65.30                          |
| 5        | Haryana        | 96.40                          |
| 6        | Karnataka      | 1452.00                        |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh | 93.00                          |
| 8        | Maharashtra    | 2065.00                        |
| 9        | Odisha         | 50.40                          |
| 10       | Punjab         | 179.00                         |
| 11       | Rajasthan      | 119.30                         |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu     | 878.00                         |
| 13       | Telangana      | 158.10                         |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh  | 1933.00                        |
| 15       | Uttarakhand    | 73.00                          |
| 16       | West Bengal    | 300.00                         |
|          | Total          | 8181.70                        |