(a) whether the Government have drawn a plan to generate electricity from sugar mills waste and garbage in urban areas of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof ; and
(c) the number of co-operative sugar mills which have applied for generation of electricity in U.P. so far by such method?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (SHRI M. KANNAPPAN)
(a)&(b): Under the programmes for surplus power generation through bagasse co-generation in sugar mills and energy recovery from urban and industrial wastes, a capacity of about 325 MW has already been installed in the country.
For the Tenth Plan (2002-07), targets of 400 MW for surplus power generation from bagasse cogeneration and 80 MW power generations from urban and industrial wastes, have been set.
(c): Nil.