In a bid to generate clean and affordable energy from waste, Punjab Government has decided to build a 7MW waste to energy plant, over an area of 50 acres at Simgauli in Mohali district, under the Build Own Operate (BOO) model.
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday gave the go-ahead for the project, to be completed within two years as part of GMADA-Patiala Municipal Solid Waste cluster. The project would generate power from 600 tonnes per day (TPD) waste collected from Mohali and Patiala.Chairing a meeting here, Capt Amarinder also gave approval to the Local Government Departmen for an MoU between the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Municipal Corporation Mohali, being the nodal agency, for the execution of the project.
The Chief Minister said that this project would contribute significantly to the implementation of the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) and also the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Though Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), which had always posed a major challenge to urban local bodies, could now be effectively used as a source of renewable energy.