Promotion of waste to energy plant

Ministry of Power shall fix tariff or charges for the power generated from the Waste to Energy plants based on solid waste and ensurecompulsory purchase of power generated from such Waste to Energy plants by DISCOMs

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources shall facilitate infrastructure creation for Waste to Energy plants and provide appropriate subsidy or incentives for such Waste to Energy plants.

All industrial units using fuel and located within 100 km from an solid waste based RDF plant shall make arrangements within six months from the date of notification of these rules to replace at least 5 % of their fuel requirement by RDF so produced.

Non recyclable waste having calorific value of 1500 K/cal/ kg or more shall not be disposed of on landfills and shall only be utilized for generating energy either or through refuse derived fuel or by giving away as feed stock for preparing refuse derived fuel.

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