4K Earth Science Private Limited has been contracted by ‘Delhi MSW Solutions  Limited’ to undertake verification of the project activity “Waste to Energy Plant 24 MW by Processing of Municipal Solid Waste at Narela-Bawana, New Delhi in India.” in India. The verification was performed based on rules and requirements defined by GCC for the project activity.

This project is established by DMSL (Delhi MSW Solutions Limited)  in the Narela Village near Narela Bawana road, Delhi to take care of the generated MSW in the surrounding area for which a 24 MW integrated MSW and permission for that has been given by Delhi Municipal Corporation. The MSW from surrounding area is converted to electricity and is exported to Indian grid after the plant auxiliary power needs are met.

Two boilers of 600 TPD capacity is used and also has 24 MW installed capacity.The waste is used in boiler for steam generation which is then used for power generation. The power generated is synchronized to the required voltage using substations. The project has consent to operate from the Delhi Pollution Control committee and also was awarded the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Approval Letter from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry on - 8^th May 2012.

The ER are generated by avoiding SWDS and reducing CO₂ emission from electricity generation by fossil fuel power plants connected to Indian grid. Annual power generated is 122,412 MWh as per the DPR and 112,732 tCO_2e for corresponding energy generation. The net emission reductions from the project activity are 220,945 tCO₂ per annum and 2,209,445 for entire 10 years fixed crediting period.

In the baseline scenario the equivalent amount of electricity delivered to the grid by the project activity would have otherwise been generated by the operation of grid connected power plants and by the addition of new generation sources into the grid. The main emission source in the baseline scenario is the power plants connected to the grid and main greenhouse gas involved is CO₂. The Location details of each project locations are mentioned in section A of this report.  The location details has been verified during the onsite visit and geo coordinates verified through google earth/Maps and found to be correct

The project uses Andritz cylindrical Generator, 2 nos of SLC600 Sanfeng Covanta incinerator, 2 nos of LC600-56-4.3/400/130 Jiangliang Waste Boiler,etc  other field equipments in all the project premises. The technical details has been verified during onsite visit and found in order.

The project owner declared in the PSF the lifetime of the project activity is 16.5 Years as guaranteed by the suppliers of PV panels of the project activity and same has been verified in the technical data sheet provided by the project owner and found acceptable. However, the Project owner have fixed crediting period 10 years which is accordance GCC project manual version 03.1 paragraph 51.

The project activity described as Type A2 (Sub-Type 1) and applied  ACM0022: Alternative Waste Treatment Processes-Version 3.0/8/ falls into the Large-Scale category as per CDM methodology

4K Earth Science Private Limited has verified and hereby certifies that the GCC Project Activity “Waste to Energy Plant 24 MW by Processing of Municipal Solid Waste at Narela-Bawana, New Delhi in India.”:

·        has correctly described the Project Activity in the Project Submission Form (version 1.1, dated 10/11/2023) including the applicability of the approved methodology ACM0022, version 3.0 and meets the methodology applicability conditions, is additional and is expected to achieve the forecasted real measurable and additional GHG emission reductions, complies with the monitoring methodology, has appropriately conducted local and global stakeholder consultation processes and has calculated emission reduction estimates correctly and conservatively;

·        is likely to generate GHG emission reductions amounting to the estimated 2,209,445 tCO_2eq over the fixed crediting period of ten years, as indicated in the PSF, which are additional to the reductions that are likely to occur in absence of the Project Activity and complies with all applicable GCC rules, including ISO 14064-2 and ISO 14064-3, and therefore requests the GCC Program to register the Project Activity  

·        is not likely to cause any net-harm to the environment and/or society and complies with the Environmental and Social Safeguards Standard, and therefore requests the GCC Program to register the Project Activity, which is likely to achieve the requirements of the Environmental No-net-harm Label (E+) and the Social No-net-harm Label (S+); and

·        is likely to contribute to the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comply with the Project Sustainability Standard, and contribute to achieving a total of 9 SDGs, which is likely to achieve the Diamond   SDG certification label (SDG+).

·        The Project Activity complies with all the applicable requirement of the GCC Program and ICAO’s requirements on CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units, as per Clarification No 1., v1.3 paragraph 23-25, and the ACCs expected to be issued during the crediting period is likely to be CORSIA eligible and can be used by International Airlines for offsetting their emissions during all phases of CORSIA and therefore requests GCC Steering Committee to append CORSIA Certification label (C+) to this project

·        is likely to contribute to CORSIA Eligible Emission Units and has CORSIA Label (C+) certification valid till 31 December 2020. A written attestation from the Host country on double counting is not required until 31 December 2020 and the project was found meeting the applicable requirements prescribed by ICAO.