Archive · 7 Nov 2025
Bengaluru Powers 25,000 Homes with 200 Tonnes of Waste Daily
Imagine Bengaluru has a lot of trash every day.
Instead of just burying it in big piles called landfills, they are now taking about 200 trucks full of dry trash, like plastics, and sending it to a special plant.
This plant is like a giant oven that burns the trash in a safe way to make heat.
This heat then makes electricity, like the kind that powers your lights and TV.
This electricity is enough to power about 25,000 homes!
The plant is also using the leftovers from burning the trash, called ash, to build roads.
This is a smart way to get rid of trash and make power at the same time, helping keep Bengaluru cleaner and greener.
Bengaluru's Bidadi Waste-to-Energy plant converts 200 tonnes of daily segregated dry waste into electricity.
The plant generates approximately 11.5 megawatts of power daily, sufficient for 25,000 homes.
The facility, established by KPCL, operates on a DFCO&T model with an investment of Rs 314.7 crore.
Since June 2024, the plant has processed over 168,000 tonnes of waste and produced 54.3 million units of electricity.
Future expansion could include three more plants if source segregation is effectively implemented across the city.
- Who
- Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) and Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL)
- What
- Transforming 200 tonnes of daily dry waste into approximately 11.5 megawatts of electricity, powering 25,000 homes.
- When
- Since its operational launch in June 2024
- Where
- Bidadi Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Ramanagara district, Bengaluru
- Why
- To manage city waste, generate clean energy, and reduce reliance on landfills.
- Plant Location
- Bidadi, Ramanagara district
- Daily Waste Processed
- 200 tonnes of segregated dry waste
- Electricity Generated Daily
- 11.5 megawatts
- Households Powered
- Approximately 25,000
- Plant Operator Model
- Design, Finance, Construct, Operate and Transfer (DFCO&T)
- Total Investment
- Rs 314.7 crore
- Operational Since
- June 2024