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The depleting sources of fossil fuels, sharp increase in power tariffs to industrialists due to heavy subsidies to Agriculture, very high T&D losses, decrease in reliability of power required, leads one to think of the alternative soco-economic, efficient, environment friendly and reliable sources of energies. The Power crises in Maharashtra is increasing day by day with a peak demand shortfall of 2000 MW. Maharashtra is having a total installed capacity of 15085 MW (Including Central sector share) of centralized power plants and 623 MW of decentralized non-conventional power plants. Still there is a large potential in the non-conventional energy sources sector which can be tapped, out of which biomass is one of the major sources of energy. Maharashtra is having agricultural / agro -industrial surplus biomass with a potential of about 781 MW distributed through the state. This distributed potential can be harnessed to meet increasing power demand and to improve the techno-economic scenario. Power from Urban and industrial Waste
Power from Municipal Solid Waste: Recent technological advances have proven that waste-to-energy projects are commercially viable. The national potential of power from waste has been assessed to be 1700 MW which is likely to be increased to 2500 MW by the end of tenth five-year plan. In Maharashtra, the potential is estimated to be more than 100 MW. |
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Techno-economic viability and conducive government policies have created interest in private investors. As a result, 52.88 MW proposals in four cities in Maharashtra are under active consideration through private sector participation using municipal solid waste as raw material. Industrial Waste (Biogas) based power projects of aggregate capacity 6.12 MW are working successfully in Maharashtra. Frequently Asked Questions
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