AP Signs PPAs For Four Waste-To-Energy Plants
The agreements were signed in the presence of municipal administration and urban development minister Ponguru Narayana: Reports
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for four waste-to-energy (WtE) plants proposed in major municipal regions, marking a significant step towards scientific solid waste management and renewable energy generation.
The agreements were signed in the presence of municipal administration and urban development minister Ponguru Narayana. Addressing the gathering, the minister said the government was giving top priority to scientific processing of solid waste to protect the environment, improve urban sanitation and expand renewable energy capacity.
Under the PPAs, power generated from the WtE plants at Nellore, Kadapa and Kurnool will be purchased by APSPDCL, while electricity from the Kakinada plant will be procured by APEPDCL. The coordination was facilitated by the APPCC on behalf of the DISCOMs and the Swachh Andhra Corporation representing the State government.
Narayana said the projects would be developed and operated by Jindal and Antony Lara. Jindal is setting up a 15 MW plant at Kakinada (Rameswaram), covering 21 municipalities with a processing capacity of 957 tonnes of waste per day, and a 12 MW plant at Nellore (Donthali), covering nine municipalities with a capacity of 604 tonnes per day.
Antony Lara is establishing a 15 MW plant at Kadapa (Kolumulapalli), covering 18 municipalities with a processing capacity of 781 tonnes per day, and another 15 MW plant at Kurnool (Garveypuram), covering 13 municipalities with a capacity of 751 tonnes per day.
Together, the four plants will process about 3,093 metric tonnes of solid waste daily. At the tendering stage, additional plants proposed at Vijayawada and Tirupati are expected to process another 1,600 tonnes per day.
The minister said existing WtE plants at Guntur and Visakhapatnam are already operational, processing around 2,800 tonnes of waste daily and generating 35 MW of power. In total, eight waste-to-energy plants across the State will process about 7,493 tonnes of waste and generate 119 MW of electricity.
Municipal administration principal secretary S. Suresh Kumar said that, in line with the Chief Minister’s directions, the accumulated 85 lakh tonnes of legacy waste in the State had been completely cleared by October 2 this year.