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Solid waste to power AP
Giving a fillip to the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Andhra Pradesh government (as part of it Swachh AP plan) has chalked out a plan to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into energy. For this, the State government will promote MSW to energy projects by setting up such projects for an aggregate capacity of 130 MW at locations
Government plans to generate 130 MW power from urban solid waste
Hyderabad: Giving a fillip to the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Andhra Pradesh government (as part of it Swachh AP plan) has chalked out a plan to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into energy. For this, the State government will promote MSW to energy projects by setting up such projects for an aggregate capacity of 130 MW at locations identified by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development.
AP DISCOMS will select project developers for the identified locations through a Swiss Challenge (competitive bidding) process. One such plant will be set up in each district. In this direction, a team of state government officials, including Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Minister (MA and UD), Principal Secretary (MA and UD), Secretary (Energy, Infrastructure and Investment) and Secretary (Industries) visited the Timparpur Okhla Waste to Energy plant in New Delhi operated on a public-private partnership basis by Jindal Group.
This 18-MW project processes 2,000 to 2,500 tonnes of garbage per day and sells 50 per cent energy generated to BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Limited) and balance in open market. The installed capacity of MSW to Energy projects in AP is only 6 MW as against the estimated potential of 140-160 MW and are currently non-functional. A one MW plant requires around 50-60 tonnes of solid waste daily. The potential of MSW to energy projects in the state is around 140-160 MW.
The state government has linked the Swacch Andhra Mission to efficient disposal of municipal solid waste. In the State, nearly 8,000 tonnes of solid waste is generated in municipal areas daily but the disposal mechanism of this huge amount of waste is not developed and faces numerous challenges.To reap the dual benefits of converting waste into energy and by achieving objectives under the Swachh Andhra Mission, the government has embarked on a journey to make this fruitful.
Some of the technologies to convert municipal solid waste to energy are thermal conversion, thermo-chemical conversion, biochemical conversion and electro chemical conversion. Countries like China, Japan, Singapore, USA have recognised the importance of MSW to energy projects and have set up projects like Beijing Gaontun project (30 MW), Nakata Waste Management project, Keppel Tuas (22 MW), Covanta Lee County project (18 MW), respectively.
