Lok Sabha Question No. 1136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Establishment of Waste-to-Energy Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1136

TO BE ANSWERED ON-08.02.2018

## ESTABLISHMENT OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS

## 1136. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

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

- (a) whether  any  waste-to-energy  plants  have  been  established  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  plants  have  been  established  under  the  aegis  of  the  Government  or  a  public sector undertaking or under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model;
- (c) whether there are any plans underway to establish more such plants and if so, the details including timelines, thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has instituted a system to periodically review the performance of such units and if so, the details thereof;  and
- (e) whether  the  performance  of  the  existing  plants  has  been  audited  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for setting up of waste to energy plants utilizing agricultural waste, urban waste, industrial waste and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to generate power. In addition, the Swachh Bharat Mission under Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  also  provides  central assistance  of  35%  of  the  total  project  cost  as  per  the  guidelines  for  Solid  Waste  Processing including  waste  to  energy  projects.  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE) supported  180  waste-to-energy  plants  based  on  Municipal  Solid  Waste  (MSW),  Urban, Industrial  and  agricultural  waste  /  residues  for  generation  of  power,  biogas  and  bioCNG  to meet  thermal  and  electrical  energy  needs  of  industries  and  for  production  of  BioCNG  for transportation  as  well  as  cooking  fuel  etc.  These  plants  have  been  established  involving industries  and  private  sector  following  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  model.  State-wise details  of  waste-to-energy  plants  with  installed  capacity  and  number  of  plants  set  up,  as  on 31.01.2018, are given in Annexure.
- (d) & (e): The State Nodal Agencies closely monitor the performance of waste to energy plants. The Ministry also carries out third party evaluation of the waste to energy programme.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No 1136 for 08/01/2018 regarding 'Establishment of Waste-to-Energy Plants'

## State-wise details of waste-to-energy plants set up with installed capacity and number of plants, as on 31.01.2018

| SI. No.   | Name of State / Union Territories   | MSW based Power Plants   | Agricultural, Urban &Industrial Effluent/Waste based Waste to Energy plants   | Agricultural, Urban &Industrial Effluent/Waste based Waste to Energy plants   | Agricultural, Urban &Industrial Effluent/Waste based Waste to Energy plants   | Agricultural, Urban &Industrial Effluent/Waste based Waste to Energy plants   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                                     |                          | Grid Power                                                                    | Off-grid Power                                                                | Biogas                                                                        | BioCNG                                                                        |
|           |                                     | MW (No. of plants)       | MW (No. of plants)                                                            | MW (No. of plants)                                                            | m 3 /day (No. of plants)                                                      | Kg/day (No. of plants)                                                        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                      | -                        | 23.16 (4)                                                                     | 17.66 (12)                                                                    | 74,640 (6)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 2         | Bihar                               | -                        | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | 12,000 (1)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh                        | -                        | -                                                                             | 0.33 (1)                                                                      | -                                                                             | -                                                                             |
| 4         | Delhi                               | 52.00 (3)                | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | -                                                                             |
| 5         | Gujarat                             | -                        | -                                                                             | 11.28 (10)                                                                    | 24,840( 4)                                                                    | 12,538 (2)                                                                    |
| 6         | Haryana                             | -                        | -                                                                             | 4.0 (2)                                                                       | -                                                                             | 2,050 (2)                                                                     |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh                    | 1.75 (1)                 | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | 12,000 (1)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 8         | Karnataka                           | -                        | 1.00 (1)                                                                      | 4.8 (3)                                                                       | 58,080 (3)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 9         | Kerala                              | -                        | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | 2,760 (1)                                                                     | -                                                                             |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh                      | 9.00 (1)                 | 3.9 (2)                                                                       | -                                                                             | 5,640 (3)                                                                     | 1,200 (1)                                                                     |
| 11        | Maharashtra                         | 3.00 (1)                 | 9.59 (3)                                                                      | 14.63 (10)                                                                    | 73,080 (8)                                                                    | 19,533 (3)                                                                    |
| 12        | Punjab                              | -                        | 9.25 (2)                                                                      | 4.17 (3)                                                                      | 33,720 (5)                                                                    | 1,847 (1)                                                                     |
| 13        | Rajasthan                           | -                        | -                                                                             | 3.0 (1)                                                                       | -                                                                             | 4,000 (2)                                                                     |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu                          | -                        | 6.4 (3)                                                                       | 4.05 (3)                                                                      | 1,42,920 (27)                                                                 | -                                                                             |
| 15        | Telangana                           | -                        | 18.5 (3)                                                                      | 1.0 (1)                                                                       | 30,000 (4)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh                       | -                        | -                                                                             | 44.63 (22)                                                                    | 46,200 (4)                                                                    | -                                                                             |
| 17        | Uttarakhand                         | -                        | -                                                                             | 1.89(2)                                                                       | 67,200(5)                                                                     | 5,460(1)                                                                      |
| 18        | West Bengal                         | -                        | -                                                                             | -                                                                             | 14,040(2)                                                                     | -                                                                             |
|           | Total                               | 65.75 (6)                | 71.8 (18)                                                                     | 111.44 (70)                                                                   | 5,97,120 (74)                                                                 | 46,628 (12)                                                                   |