The city is all set to get its second and the biggest waste-to-energy plant at Narela in north Delhi. Built on Chinese technology, the waste management plant will be able to produce 24 MW of electricity. The plant will be ready by August end and trials of the plant will commence from the first week of September. The waste-to-energy plant is coming up at Narela-Bawana engineered landfill site as part of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management project.
According to the officials, the plant will generate 24 MW of electricity daily for which approximately 1,200 tonnes of municipal waste will be consumed. The corporation also took special care to check the ground water and air pollution. Officials said the plant would serve the dual purpose of adding the power generation capacity of the city, as well as containing the need of sanitary landfill sites (SLF) in the city.
As per the project, only 10 per cent of the total waste will be dumped at the SLF after generating power and thus increasing life of the landfill sites. The officials said the 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 contaminates it.
“Construction of the project is nearing completion. The trial run of the project is likely to start by September 5. The plant will become fully operational by November end,” said V.P. Pandey, chairman of department of environment management and service in North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The plant is being developed on PPP model with Delhi Municipal Solid Waste Solutions Limited — the private firm that also provides door-to-door garbage collection service in Civil Lines and Rohini zones of North Corporation.