Lok Sabha Question No. 4330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Power Generation through Municipal Solid Waste
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4330

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## POWER GENERATION THROUGH MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

## 4330.  SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH :

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

- (a) the details of annual power generation through municipal solid waste in the country;
- (b) the  details  of  power  being  generated  from  non-conventional  energy  sources  in  the country; and
- (c) the estimated cost on the generation of power through the municipal solid waste and non-conventional energy sources separately?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL , NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY & MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): The power generation from two Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to Energy Plants with a cumulative installed capacity of 19.0 MW is 147.46 Million Units during the year 2015-16. Details of these plants are given at Annexure-I .
- (b): The  electricity  generated  in  the  country  from  different  non-conventional  energy sources during the year 2015-16 is 65000.76 Million Units.
- (c): The  estimated  cost  of  generation  of  power  through  the  MSW  and  other  nonconventional energy sources is given at Annexure -II.

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## Annexure - I

## Annexure - I  referred  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.4330 for answer on 11.08.2016

## List of MSW to Energy Plants currently Operational in the country

|   S.N. | Project promoters                                                                                         | Location                                     |   Capacity (MW) | Technology                                                       | Date of Commissioning        |   Electricity Generated during 2015-16 (Million Units) |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | M/s. Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Private Ltd. (TOWMCL), Jindal ITF Centre, 28 Shivaji Marg, New Delhi | OldNDMC Compost plant, New Okhla tank, Delhi |              16 | Combustion & Processing 1950 MT MSW per day                      | Commissioned in January 2012 |                                                 147.13 |
|      2 | M/s Solapur Bio-Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd., CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai                                        | Solapur, Maharashtra                         |               3 | Biomethanation and processing 75 MWof sorted organic MSW per day | Commissioned in July 2013    |                                                   0.33 |

## Annexure - II

## Annexure - II referred in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4330 for answer on 11.08.2016

Estimated Cost of Generation of Power from Municipal Solid Waste and other Non Conventional Energy Sources :

| Source                      | Estimated Cost of Electricity Generation (Rs. / kWh)   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Municipal Solid Waste       | 6.00-6.50                                              |
| Small Hydro Power           | 3.00-3.75                                              |
| Wind Power                  | 4.00-5.50                                              |
| Biomass Power/ Cogeneration | 4.50-5.50                                              |
| Solar Power                 | 4.50-5.00                                              |