Question : Waste to Energy Plants

(a) whether the Government has received any proposal or launched any scheme for setting up of waste-to-energy plants in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;

(b) the details of such projects likely to be set up across the country, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra ;

(c) whether such waste-to-energy plants have already been set up or functioning in the country and if so, the number and details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether these plants are working properly and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the aims and objectives of setting up of these plants have been achieved or the desired targets met and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing the scheme “Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes/ Residues” for promotion of setting up of waste-to-energy plants to recover energy in the form of Biogas or BioCNG or Power from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Waste / Residues for meeting certain niche energy demands of urban, industrial and commercial sectors in the country. The scheme provides Central Financial Assistance in the form of back-ended subsidy to Developers towards setting of such projects.
So far 186 waste-to-energy projects for generation Biogas/BioCNG/Power based on urban, industrial, agricultural waste and Municipal Solid Waste have been established in the country including the state of Maharashtra.

The State/UT-wise details of installed and likely to be set up waste-to-energy plants in the country, as on 30.06.2019, are given in Annexure-I.

(d) & (e) The main objective for setting up waste-to-energy plants is to utilize agricultural, industrial & urban including municipal solid waste to recover energy in the form of Power/Biogas/BioCNG. In order to recover energy from waste/effluent generated from industries distillery, paper and pulp, solvent extraction, rice mills, textiles, pharmaceutical industries etc and urban/rural areas, 186 projects with cumulative capacity of 317.03 MWeq have been set up so.

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 run properly and efficiently.
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