Waste to Energy Plants
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO: 516
ANSWERED ON: 22.07.2021
Waste to Energy Plants
Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod
Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya
(a) whether the Government has set up waste to energy plants in Gujarat;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the total number of waste to energy plants operating in Gujarat, district-wise;
(d) whether the said plants are functioning to meet the desired objectives of their installation; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER
(SHRI R.K. SINGH)
(a) to (e) A total of 22 Waste-to-Energy plants with aggregate capacity of 22.58 MWeq have been set up by private developers in Gujarat to generate power/biogas/BioCNG from agricultural, urban and industrial waste. 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. The district-wise number of Waste to Energy plants installed in the State of Gujarat, as on 30.06.2021 are given in Annexure.