India’s Telangana state aims to set up five waste-to-energy plants
In India, The Indian Express reported that the government of Telangana state has decided to set up five waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in addition to the one currently operational in Hyderabad’s legacy dumpyard Jawaharnagar in a bid to be able to generate as much as 101 MW of power by December next year.
At present, the existing WTE plant is able to generate 24 MW of power, processing about 1,500 metric tons of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel).
The Municipal Administration department has set plans and targets for WTE plants at Dindigul (15 MW), to be ready by July 2023, and Jawaharnagar Phase 2 (24 MW), Pyaranagar (15 MW), Yacharam (12 MW) and Bibinagar (11 MW), all four to be ready by December 2024. With these new facilities, about 5,100 metric tons of RDF will be utilized for WTE every day, according to the report.
Category: Fuels
