KPCL to set up new WtE plant in Bengaluru

The Karnataka Power Corporations Limited (KPCL) will set up an 11.5 MW waste to energy (WTE) plant at the cost of Rs 260 crore in Bidadi in the next two years.

The KPCL clarified that the plant will have indigenous products and equipment. The letter of award for construction of the WTE plant has been awarded to Noida-based ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd, along with its consortium partner Hitachi Zosen India Pvt Ltd. 

According to a note released by the KPCL, the plant would need 600 tonnes of segregated waste on a daily basis to produce power, reports The Business Standard.