China to build India’s first waste-to-energy plant

Move will prevent landfill sites from overflowing.

China will help build a first of its kind waste-to-energy plant in Narela-Bawana in northwest Delhi operated by North Municipal Corporation.

Ramky Group, an Indian civil, environmental and waste management company, is investing in the plant and claims that new technology will keep the landfill from overflowing.

Ramky said it will incinerate the waste collected from homes and use it to make electricity. Using the regular process, the resulting residue measures up to 25% of the waste, but its technology will reduce residue to 5% to 10%.

Ramky said the plant, located in a 100 acre area, is the first of its kind in India. The plant will be completed on August 31 and will start energy production by November.

It will initially generate 13 MW of electricity from 1,300 TPD of garbage, but its capacity will be enhanced to 35 MW of electricity from 4,000 TPD of waste. Only 10% of the garbage will be used for composting and rest will be converted to energy.