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New Delhi: NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, (NTPC) has invited online bids on a "two-stage" bidding basis for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Package of Waste to Energy Facility at Ramna, Varanasi.
Based on the outcome of the Green Charcoal Hackathon, the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) of Varanasi Waste to Energy (WTE) facility has been floated on 22nd June, 2021. The Bid will conclude on 27th July 2021. The Varanasi Waste to Energy (WTE) facility is expected to be commissioned by 30th September, 2022.
A Waste to Energy plant with waste segregation facility of 600 TPD fresh Municipal Solid Waste will be installed under the project. The plant will be designed in a modular fashion for assembly, testing, maintenance and replacement of individual sub-assemblies. The Waste to Energy facility will have a receiving shed/pit, a segregation facility, a sealed reactor and its auxiliaries, an emissions control system, an electrical and C&I system, civil works, a post-torrefaction/char handling facility and O&M of two years.
Shares of NTPC on Friday closed at Rs.119.40, down by 90 paise from its previous closing price of Rs. 120.30 on the National Stock Exchange.
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