Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has taken an initiative to generate 42.5 MW of electricity per day by burning waste. China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) will implement the project by setting up a power plant.
The government will pay a total of Taka 1,535.43 crore to buy electricity from the power plant over a period of 25 years.
A procurement proposal of DNCC in this regard will be presented at the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement meeting Wednesday for approval, sources in the power department said.
According to DNCC proposal, the government has already taken up several projects to the development and expansion of renewable energy in order to ensure universal power supply and energy security.
Under the Rapid Increase in Power and Energy Supply Act, two committees were formed in 2010 to purchase electricity on an emergency basis from power generating companies for setting up power plants.
Also, the Prime Minister agreed in principle to the proposal of the Local Government Department to set up incineration plants through private entrepreneurs for final disposal of solid waste of Dhaka North and South City Corporation and generation of electricity as a by-product in this process following the method of burning waste in waste management.
In this context, an inter-ministerial working group was formed in 2019 with the aim of formulating a time bound action plan from the local government department to expedite the initiative of power generation from waste.
In this process, the working group selected China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) with the lowest tariff proposal. The tender offered by the company agreed to supply 42.50 MW of power for a period of 25 years instead of 36 MW.
The technical committee will sign a land use agreement and waste supply agreement for 26 acres of land between Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and CMEC.
Initially, 2700-3000 metric tons of waste can be supplied for the DNCC project. However, if the removal of waste from the extended area of Dhaka North City Corporation is fully started in future, the amount of this waste will increase by 5-10 percent every year, the proposal said.
A Waste Concern study found that nearly 4,500 tons of household wastes are produced daily in Dhaka but DNCC and DSCC officials claimed the amount is 500 tons less.
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