The Kerala
State Electricity Board (KSEB) signed a power purchase
agreement with Kochi-based GJ
Eco Power Pvt. Ltd. to establish Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants
across the State. GJ
Eco Power Pvt. Ltd. has been implementing the project at
the Brahmapuram
solid waste treatment plant.
The proposed plant is expected to be
commissioned within 18
months of the launch of its construction. The power
purchase agreement was signed in the presence of Electricity Minister M.M. Mani, Electricity
Department secretary B.
Ashok and KSEB chairman and managing director N.S. Pillai.
Under the agreement, the KSEB will purchase the
power generated from the 9.76
MW WtE plant at a rate of Rs.6.17 per unit for a period of 20 years from
the commercial operation date. Kerala
State Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the
tariff.
The company had been roped in by the Kochi Corporation to
implement the State’s first WtE project in the public-private partnership mode.
KSEB will be supplied with 330 tonnes per day (TPD) of
municipal solid waste by the local body. It is tasked with generating 47 million units (mu) of power.
