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In a bid to cater for its 800 tpd of generated waste, the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) has announced plans to dump its garbage at the Phursungi, Pune, garbage depot. As reported by…
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The governing civic body of Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), intends to build WtE plants at its waste management centres in the districts of Bandra, Kurla and Borivli, as reported by the Hindustan…
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An old AD plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been put back into operation, as Citizen Matters reported. The plant, originally inaugurated in 2014, was shut down due to technical issues in 2014/2015. Currently, the…
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According to The Print, statutory advisory body Animal Welfare Board of India is developing a scheme, which includes, apart from new animal protection guideline, especially for cows, also a guideline for cow shelters to also…
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A BOT contract for a new WtE facility in Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, has been awarded to an entity of 2 private companies at a value of INR 2.08 billion (EUR 26 million), according to The…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has commenced preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Indirapuram, according to the Hindustan Times. The plant, which is planned to be located…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued a directive to the Delhi Government and civic bodies for submission of an action plan towards establishing a Waste-to-Energy plant and a landfill site in the city.…
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As the Hindustan Times reported, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation is currently looking into gasification technology in waste management as an alternative to incineration. According to the officials, energy generation from gasification technology doubles the…
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In an inspection visit to an ongoing construction site of a WtE plant in Naidupet village, the municipal administration minister has announced that all planned Waste-to-Energy plants in the cities of Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati…
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According to the Economic Times, Indian public utility NTPC has released a tender for the procurement of 1,000 metric tons per day of agricultural residues-based fuel for its 2,650 MW Dadri Power Plant. The facility…
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Clean energy company ReNew has announced to have signed an agreement with the government of Maharashtra for investing INR 140 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) in establishing renewable energy plants in the state. According to a…
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Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s planned Waste-to-Energy plant has gotten the approval of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), according to The Times of India. The cooperation will be purchasing 11.50 MW of power generated from the…
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In a review of urban development programmes of the central government in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Puri, said that execution of the Waste-to-Energy and Waste…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has challenged the payment of tipping fees to the Jaypee garbage plant in a filed petition, as Tribune India reported. The Municipality (MC) stated that the payment is not part of…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) along with all civic and land agencies of Delhi have met on 3 February to decide on the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, as the New Indian Express reported. An official in…
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An already signed agreement between the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation and Indian company IL&FS will see the supply of RDF from fresh dry waste for use as fuel input for the Ariyalur cement factory of Ultratech…
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Overruling objections raised by the State Paddy and Wetland Monitoring Committee against the reclamation of paddy land for the WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kochi, state of Kerala, the state government has given consent for the…
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Indian company Ramky Enviro Engineers is currently constructing a 20 MWel WtE plant in Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad, according to a report by The Hans India. It is likely to attract an investment of about INR 3.4…
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The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has proposed to embark on massive development in terms of waste management, infrastructure and health. As reported by The Times of India, part of what is being considered for better…
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According to India Today, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (NMCD) has announced to be starting off with the Bhalswa WtE project soon. Under the project, a new WtE facility with an electricity generation capacity of…
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According to civic officials, the 2018-19 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fiscal budget has an increased focus on ongoing projects. This was reported by Asian Age. One of the projects on the priority list is the…
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According to the Hindustan Times, the construction works for the Bandhwari RDF facility will begin on 15 February 2018. Even though it had been reported that construction works were already in progress, it now seems…
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In the 42nd joint meeting of India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee, the minister for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep S Puri, invited Japanese firms to invest in sectors like smart cities, renewable energy, waste-to-energy and other mega…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to commence the construction of a planned waste-to-energy (WtE) facility. This seems to be part of the planned 12 waste-to-energy projects in the…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra. According to the report by Tribune India, the…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra, as Tribune India reported. The RDF plant is…
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The Shishambara solid waste management plant near Dehradun has formally begun operation. The facility includes composting, recycling, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) production as well as sanitary landfill (SLF), as The Times of India reported. The plant…
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A new biogas plant has been commissioned in Yediyur ward, located in south Bengaluru, Karnataka. As stated by The Times of India, the plant will be processing 4.5 tpd of wet waste, producing 250 kW…
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As the Daily Pioneer reported, the solid waste-to-energy project involving Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and MSW-Essel Infrastructure (Essel Infra) has been left uncompleted. According to the Senior Manager of Essel Infra the financial constraints including…
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The government of the federal state of Himachal Pradesh is investigating plans for rehabilitating its around 32,000 stray cows for biogas production, as The Times of India reported. For doing so, the Panchayati Raj and…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to Tribune India, this would…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to The Times of…
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The local government of the Indian State of Telangana and the Clean Authority of Tokyo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for future cooperation between the two sides on WtE projects. This was reported…
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A new pilot project at the site of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru, for the treatment of MSW is planned to be installed, as The Strat Trade Times reported. The airport produces more than…
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As has been confirmed by government officials, there are currently 6 WtE projects planned for the Kashmir region, Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. This was reported by Kashmir Reader. The locations for the new…
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According to The Times of India, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received 9 proposals for the implementation of the planned WtE project at the site of the Moshi landfill. Pimpri Chinchwad is located…
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According to United News of India, the construction works for a new WtE project in Baglur village, close to Bengaluru, Indian State of Karnataka, have officially begun. The foundation stone for the project was laid…
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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which represents the local government of Ahmedabad, Indian State of Gujarat, has stated that they seek to construct a new WtE facility in Pirana. The new WtE plant should be…
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The Delhi Municipal Cooperation has tightened its law on waste management, according to a report by India Today. Part of the law termed ‘Solid Waste Management (SWM) by-laws of NCT of Delhi’ will impose a…
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In a party conference meeting, delegates have charged the Kochi state government to hasten completion of the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant project, as the New Indian Express reported. The 96,000 tpd project was proposed by the…
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The 5th International Indian Metals Recycling Conference of the Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) will take place from 17 to 19 January 2018 in Goa. The conference will focus on ferrous and nonferrous metals…
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According to Outlook India, the National Green Tribunal has directed a Noida-based association of homeowners to approach the Uttar Pradesh government and the NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) with its plea on the opposition…
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Indian independent power producer Husk Power Systems announced that it had raised USD 20 million of equity funding from Shell Technology Ventures LLC, Swedish development finance institution Swedfund International, and French utility ENGIE’s impact investment…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary Punjab, Karan Avtar Singh to effectively resolve the issue at the Ludhiana Refused Drive Fuel (RDF) production plant. This directive aims at ensuring that the…
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Bruhat Bengalaru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced that it is planning to float tenders for contractors in managing its 7 WtE plants, currently using only one-third of their total capacity. This was reported by the…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) officials have announced that KPMG has been hired as a consultant towards seeking an environmental clearance (EC) for its proposed waste-to-energy plant in Noida, Northern India. According to…
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In the course of Punjab’s government’s goal to cope with paddy straw management the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Oil Corporation to plan several AD plants. To start the project the government…
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Even though the new RDF facility in Chandigarh, located right between the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, has officially begun operations, there still seems to be no buyer for the RDF produced there. The…
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Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation’s (KSIDC) will be allocated land to build solid waste and plastic recovery and recycling facilities, as reported by The Hindu. The facilities should be located near the KSIDC centres in…
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The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has inaugurated a new AD plant, according to The Times of India. The municipal government of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, is planning to supply local streetlights with the food waste processing…
