DMRC IS INDIA'S FIRST METRO PROJECT TO RECEIVE POWER FROM WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT

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Moving a step closer towards becoming an environmentally friendly network, the Delhi Metro has now become the first ever Metro project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started receiving 2 MW power from a 12-MW capacity plant in Ghazipur. "This will be the first-ever attempt by any metro project in the country to procure and utilize energy from waste-to-energy plants and thus contribute towards 'Swachh Bharat Mission'and also help in creating awareness about the importance of waste management," says the statement issued by the DMRC. The power generated from the plant is at present being utilized at the Vinod Nagar Receiving Substation (RSS) of DMRC for meeting the operation requirements of Pink Line metro (connecting Majlis Park and Shiv Vihar). Senior Metro officials said that the DMRC will take approximately 17.5 million units per annum from this plant. They, however, clarified that the energy off-take will depend upon the actual generation of the plant. The waste-to-energy plant set up by East Delhi Waste Processing Company Limited (EDWPCL) is based on a public private partnership (PPP) involving the Delhi government, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and EDWPCL."The state-of-the-art facility can process over 1500 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste and generate 12 MW of green power. The plant is India's first Euro norms compliant waste-to-energy facility,"the Metro said. The waste-to-energy plant will mitigate over 8 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) over the life of the project, thus combating global warming, the DMRC said. At present, DMRC is getting more than 100 MW of solar power, out of which 77 MW is being generated from Madhya Pradesh's Ultra Mega Solar Plant and the remaining 28 MW is being drawn from rooftop solar plants.