Delhi will get a second and bigger waste-to-energy plant at Narela, in north Delhi, in a couple of months. Built on Chinese technology, this first-of-its-kind in India unit will be able to produce 35 MW of electricity per day.
The waste management plant will be ready by August-end and trials will commence from the first week of September. It is being developed at the Narela-Bawana engineered landfill site as part of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation's (NMC) solid waste management project.
"Construction of the project is nearing completion. The trial run is likely to start by September 5. The plant will become fully operational by November end," said VP Pandey, chairman of the department of environment management & service in NMC.
The plant is being developed on the PPP model with Delhi Municipal Solid Waste Solutions ltd (DMSWSl) - the private firm that also provides door-to-door garbage collection in Civil lines and Rohini.
Power generated from the plant would be sold to TPPDl - the power distribution company in north Delhi. "Cost of power production per unit is likely to come around Rs 6.57 per unit. Moreover, the power plant will generate around 10 per cent of the total municipal waste as fly ash that can be used for making bricks," said Abhay Ranjan of DMSWSl.
Company officials also said technology being used at the plant would ensure that leachate - rain water that seeps through the landfill waste containing harmful elements - does not percolate into the ground and contaminate it.