South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation and NTPC limited to develop waste to energy facilities at Okhla landfill site. In this project, 50 tonnes of waste per day (TPD) ‘Refused Derived Fuel’ (RDF) waste will be processed daily to convert waste into electricity. Such innovative undertaking will definitely reduce accumulation of municipal solid waste at landfill sites and will pave the way for remediation of legacy waste.
The plant will process 50 tonnes per day of RDF feedstock and is expected to be set up within 14 months, a senior SDMC official said, adding that it will produce about one MW of electricity which will be sold to SDMC.
