The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finalised a contractor for Phase-I of waste-to-energy plant coming up at Deonar, Mumbai in Maharashtra. In Phase-I, 600 tonne of waste will be converted into energy at a cost of around Rs 670 crore.
This waste that will be processed is the fresh waste coming to the dumping ground on a daily basis. The accumulated waste, also called legacy waste, will be tackled in the upcoming phases after its composition is studied. Eventually, all the waste that has been dumped at Deonar already will be processed and the fresh waste generated daily will also be processed there.
BMC had initially planned 3,000 tonne waste-to-energy plant at Deonar but when it did not get any response, it decided to break it down to a 600 tonne and two 1,200 tonne plants in three phases. The contractor will use incineration to create around 25 MW of electricity per day.