Power Generation and Distribution

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation proposes an expansion of waste to energy power plant from 19.8 MW to 48 MW at Village Jawaharnagar, dist. Medchal, Telangana. The project will come up as a part of an expansion of Integrated municipal solid waste management project at an estimated cost of Rs. 7,200 million. The current status of the project could not be ascertained. According to MoEF sources, Ramky Infrastructure is the environmental consultant. Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste (HiMSW), a subsidiary of Ramky Enviro Engineers (REEL) has entered into a Concession Agreement with GHMC for development of the project. There will be two blocks of waste to energy plants - each comprising of 2 units of 600 TPD MSW combustors with 24 MW aggregate power generations. The proposed project is a municipal solid waste based waste to energy power plant which is a part of the integrated municipal solid waste management project, which obtained EC for processing of 5500 TPD of municipal solid waste. The proposed project is sized for a capacity of 2,400 TPD MSW with 4 boilers of 600 TPD capacity and 2 units turbo generators, each of 24 MW to be implemented in phased manner. The waste based power plant is designed to combust 2,400 TPD of MSW with the gross calorific value (GCV) 2,024 kcal/kg. The land has been handed over to the company for a period of 25 years on BOT basis by GHMC. The total area allocated for MSW based waste to energy power plant is 31.5 acres out of total area of 351.12 acres. The project will be started after getting all the necessary approvals from the regulatory authorities viz., MoEFCC, TSPCB, etc. [Info as of: Jun. `17]

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