Chinese know-how for garbage-to-power project

Ramky Enviro Engineers, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s private partner in undertaking the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project at Jawaharnagar, will be soon taking up construction of the four-stage garbage-to-power plant to utilise 2,400 tonnes of garbage generating 48 MW power daily. The power plant with technological support from one of China’s largest garbage-to-power firm Sanfeng-Covanta in Chongqing province, will take up to two years from the commencement of works to become operational once all government approvals are obtained, said GHMC Commissioner M.T. Briefing presspersons about his recent trip to China where he visited the plant along with the PPP partner representatives, independent engineer - Environment, Protection & Training Institute ’s director general A.K. Euro norms Mr. Krishna Babu said emissions from the incinerators will be Euro pollution standards compliant with little of sign of any smoke or particulate matter as was seen in the Chinese plant.