Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for development of integrated waste-to-energy facilities at NDMC’s landfill site at Ranikhera in Narela, New Delhi. The MoU was signed in the presence of Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas; Anil Baijal, Lt. Governor of Delhi; Jai Prakash, Mayor, North Delhi Municipal Corporation; Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas; Gyanesh Bharti, Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation; and SM Vaidya, chairman, Indian Oil.
As part of the MoU, Indian Oil shall facilitate NDMC for identification of a concessionaire for setting up of an integrated waste to energy plant at Ranikhera in Narela. The plant would process municipal solid waste (MSW) and organic waste of NDMC for producing compressed biogas (CBG), recycling plastics, refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for producing plastic or syngas and its downstream products. plastics recycling, etc.
Pradhan said that commissioning of this landmark project will also help in generating energy in various forms and in reducing dependence on crude imports as well as in achieving other national objectives. “Petroleum and Natural gas Ministry is committed to establishing more such plants in Delhi for a sustainable future. The signing of this MoU is in line with the vision of carving a greener and energy-efficient future for India and also towards achieving self-reliance in energy by adopting innovative green solutions.”
Pradhan said that such CBG plants in the capital will not only solve the problem of solid waste in the national capital but also help in reducing pollution and oil dependence. He called for putting up more such plants to take care of solid waste in other areas of Delhi, including in New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment. He assured 100% offtake of gas produced from such plants by oil PSUs. He said that the government will enable connecting the gas produced from such plants with the PNG, CNG pipelines. He said we should find an end-to-end solution in a time-bound and transparent manner so that 14000 to 15000 tonnes of solid waste produced in the city every day is disposed of safely and healthily. He also assured that PSUs will provide technological help, wherever required. The Minister called for expediting the process so that the results can be seen in the next couple of years.
The integrated plant will process approx. 2500 million tonnes of municipal solid waste collected by NDMC, recycle plastics and produce compressed bio-gas #CBG, ethanol, syngas and other value-added downstream products.