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6.7.1 Potential of waste-to-energy


There is an estimated potential of about 225 MW from all sewage and about 1460 MW from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India totaling around 1700 MW of power.

There is current potential to recover 1,300 MW of power from industrial wastes, which is projected to increase to 2,000 MW by 2017.

The total installed capacity of grid interactive power from Waste to energy is 99.08 MW of grid power and about 115.07 MW of off-grid power.

MNRE is actively promoting the generation of energy from waste by providing incentives and subsidies on projects