Lok Sabha Question No. 1975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Waste to Energy Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1975

ANSWERED ON-22/09/2020

## WASTE TO ENEGY PLANTS

1975. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  waste  to energy  plants in  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the    total    number    of    waste    to    energy    plants  operating  in  the  country,  location  and State-wise;
- (d) whether the said plants are functioning properly to meet the desired objectives; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (e)  A  total  of  216  Waste-to-Energy  plants  with  aggregate  capacity  of  370.45MWeq have been set up in the country to generate power or biogas or BioCNG from agricultural, urban, industrial and municipal solid wastes. The technologies for the recovery of Biogas/Power from these wastes are well established and with sustained supply of requisite quality feedstock and proper operation & maintenance on regular basis, these plants can run properly  and  efficiently.  The  State-wise  details  of  waste-to-energy  plants  set  up,  as  on 31.08.2020, are given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1975 for 22/09/2020 regarding 'Waste to Energy plants'

## State/UT-wise number and installed capacity of Waste-to-Energy plants set up in the country, as on 31.08.2020

|     | States           |   Installed Total Waste to Energy Production capacity (MWeq) |   Number of Waste to Energy plants |
|-----|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.  | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                        51.4  |                                 25 |
| 2.  | Bihar            |                                                         1    |                                  1 |
| 3.  | Chhattisgarh     |                                                         0.4  |                                  2 |
| 4.  | Delhi            |                                                        52    |                                  3 |
| 5.  | Goa              |                                                         0.3  |                                  1 |
| 6.  | Gujarat          |                                                        21.6  |                                 21 |
| 7.  | Haryana          |                                                         6.1  |                                  6 |
| 8.  | Himachal Pradesh |                                                         1    |                                  1 |
| 9.  | Karnataka        |                                                        14.6  |                                 11 |
| 10. | Kerala           |                                                         0.2  |                                  1 |
| 11. | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                        20.3  |                                 11 |
| 12. | Maharashtra      |                                                        44.8  |                                 30 |
| 13. | Punjab           |                                                        18.2  |                                 13 |
| 14. | Rajashtan        |                                                         3.8  |                                  3 |
| 15. | Tamil Nadu       |                                                        24.1  |                                 35 |
| 16. | Telangana        |                                                        49.9  |                                 11 |
| 17. | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                        50.2  |                                 29 |
| 18. | Uttarakhand      |                                                         9.2  |                                 10 |
| 19. | West Bengal      |                                                         1.2  |                                  2 |
|     | Grand Total      |                                                       370.45 |                                216 |