India: Accelerated Programme on Energy Recovery from Urban Wastes

The main objectives of the Programme are: to accelerate the promotion of setting up of projects for recovery of energy from urban wastes; to create conducive conditions with a fiscal and financial regime, to develop, demonstrate and disseminate utilisation of wastes for recovery of energy; and to harness the available potential of MSW-to-energy by the year 2017.

Date Implemented: 2005

Status: In Force; Voluntary

Funding Information: The developers of commercial projects for MSW in fast track mode will be selected on the basis of a bid for minimum amount of financial assistance (or ‘viability gap’ funding) within an overall ceiling of Rs 1.50 crore per MW. Financial assistance of Rs. 2.0 crore / MW will be provided for projects based on power generation from MSW through high rate biomethanation technology. Financial assistance will be provided to the extent of 50% of the project cost, subject to a maximum of Rs. 3.0 crore / MW for setting up demonstration projects based on gasification / pyrolysis and plasma arc technologies. 40% of the project cost subject to a maximum of Rs 2.0 crore/MW shall be provided for projects for generation of power from biogas being produced at Sewage Treatment Plants. 50% of project cost subject to upper limit of Rs. 3.0 crore / MW shall be provided for setting up projects based on biomethanation technology for power generation from cattle dung, vegetable market and slaughterhouse wastes generated in the urban areas.

References: http://mnes.nic.in/

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