Waste-To-Power Firm Macawber Bags Three NTPC Contracts To Supply Green Coal

Macawber Beekay Pvt., a leading player in the waste-to-energy segment will supply green coal to National Thermal Power Corp., to help them reduce carbon emissions while generating electricity, the company said on Tuesday.

Macawber Beekay bagged contracts for three NTPC Green Coal projects in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), and Hubbali (Karnataka).

Green coal is charcoal made using Municipal Solid Waste through a thermal treatment process called torrefaction, which is carried out in an oxygen-deficient environment, MBL said.

The Noida-based firm will set up three green coal manufacturing units to supply the material, having the capacity to treat 900 tonnes per day of MSW in Noida, 500 tonnes per day in Bhopal and 400 tonnes per day in Hubbali.

This is in addition to a similar project bagged from NTPC in Varanasi earlier, the company said.

It aims to complete the three projects by August 2025 in engineering, procurement and construction mode.

After completion, the total waste handling capacity of the four projects will reach 2,400 tonnes per day level and produce 800 tonnes of green coal per day for NTPC.

The usage of green coal or charcoal will help reduce carbon emissions while generating power.

"After successfull demonstration of the technology at NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. in Varanasi, the CPSU has now awarded us more waste to green coal projects. We will be setting up the largest waste-to-green coal plant in Greater Noida, with a capacity of 900 TPD," said Gautam Gupta, joint managing director, Macawber Beekay.

The Varanasi project has a 600 tonnes per day waste handling capacity and generates 200 tonnes of green coal on a daily basis.

(Text inputs from PTI.)