Generating energy from solid waste uphill task: Experts
Source: The Pioneer, Date: , 2015
The
move to generate energy from
solid waste may fail to meet the target as over 40 per cent of Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) in Delhi is organic which is of no use in the production of energy
from waste, according to experts. At present, the national Capital has three
waste-to-energy plants established on the sanitary land fill sites. The three
plants in Delhi are located at Okhla, Gazipur and Narela. However, only Okhla Waste to
Energy plant is functional and it generates 16 Mega Watt of electricity
from1,950 metric-tones of waste per day.