BMC’s 1st waste-to-energy plant starts ops at Haji Ali today
MUMBAI: The BMC will on Friday commission its first mini waste-to-energy plant at Haji Ali, which will convert two metric tonnes of wet waste into 300 units of electricity per day. The power generated at the Rs 95-lakh plant will be used for street-lighting of the area and lighting a local garden.
“The two metric tonnes per day capacity waste-to-energy bio-methanation plant has been installed on an abandoned space behind the municipal chowky and toilet block at Haji Ali. It will generate 300 units of electricity which will be used for streetlights and lighting at Keshavrao Khade Marg garden,” assistant municipal commissioner of D ward Prashant Gaikwad said.
