Lok Sabha Question No. 2728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Electricity from Waste
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2728

ANSWERED ON 11/12/2024

## ELECTRICITY FROM WASTE

## 2728. SMT. MANJU SHARMA

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

- (a) whether several organisations in the country have sought approval for generating electricity from waste using integrated solid waste management technology; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) to (b) Yes. The details thereof and role of the Government is given below:

Sanitation  is  a  state  subject  under  7th  schedule  of  the  constitution.  It  is  the  responsibility  of State/ULBs to plan, design, execute and operate sanitation projects including Waste to Energy  in the urban areas of the country. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs facilitates in framing broad  policies,  advisories  and  guidelines  on  municipal  solid  waste  management  systems  and provides Additional Central Assistance (ACA) under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0.

Funds  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission-Urban  (SBM-U)  are  released  on  the  basis  of  action  plans submitted by the State/UT/ULBs in the form of proposals duly approved by State Level Technical Committee (SLTC) and not project-wise. The Funds are then released by the State Governments to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/Municipalities as per the State Action Plan.

As per the details reported by the States/UTs to the Ministry on MIS portal, around 14 Waste to Electricity Plants having capacity of 17,600 TPD are functional in the Country. The details of statewise operational and under construction WtE plants, as reported by States/UTs, are at Annexure A .

Approval to Establish and Operate these plants are given by respective SPCB/PCC and CPCB under MoEF&CC.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has supported 6 MSW based Power projects under the Waste to Energy programme. These projects are also included in the list provided at Annexure A.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2728  to  be  answered  on 11.12.2024 regarding 'Electricity from Waste'

State-wise operational, under construction and planned WtE plants:

## A. Details of Operational WtE plants:

| S. No.   | State          | Name of City    | Designed Capacity (TPD)   |   Power Generation (MW) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur          | 1200                      |                    15   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam   | 1200                      |                    15   |
| 3        | Delhi          | Ghazipur        | 1300                      |                    12   |
| 4        | Delhi          | Narela-Bawana   | 2400                      |                    24   |
| 5        | Delhi          | Okhla           | 2000                      |                    21   |
| 6        | Delhi          | Tehkhand        | 2000                      |                    20   |
| 7        | Haryana        | Sonipat Cluster | 800                       |                     8   |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur        | 600                       |                    11   |
| 9        | Telangana      | Hyderabad       | 2000                      |                    20   |
| 10       | Maharashtra    | PCMC            | 700                       |                    14   |
| 11       | Gujarat        | Jamnagar        | 650                       |                     7.5 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh | Rewa            | 350                       |                     6   |
| 13       | Telangana      | Hyderabad       | 1400                      |                    14   |
| 14       | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad       | 1000                      |                    15   |
| Total    | Total          | Total           | 17,600                    |                   202   |

## B. Details of Under construction WtE plants:

| S. No.   | State       | Name of City   | MSW(TPD)   |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|-------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Gujarat     | Ahmedabad      | 1000       |              15 |
| 2        | Gujarat     | Rajkot         | 1000       |              15 |
| 3        | Gujarat     | Vadodara       | 1000       |              15 |
| 4        | Karnataka   | Bengaluru      | 600        |              12 |
| 5        | Maharashtra | Mumbai         | 600        |               5 |
| 6        | Maharashtra | Pune           | 750        |              13 |
| 7        | Telangana   | Hyderabad      | 1200       |              24 |
| Total    | Total       | Total          | 6,150      |              99 |