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According to The Times of India, the local administration of Bengaluru, led by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), plans to carry out two new WtE projects in Mysuru and Hubballi-Dharwad. The Mysuru plant should…
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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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Plans provide for a new biomethane facility to be built at a garbage transfer station in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. According to the source, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has decided to build the plant. The investment…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has announced that it has finally determined the electricity tariffs for the power that will be generated at the upcoming Bhandewadi WtE plant in Nagpur, Indian state of Maharashtra.…
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According to The Times of India, a new WtE project is planned for Ahmedabad, Indian state of Gujarat. The project will be developed with the help of an unnamed Dutch company and an Indian entrepreneur.…
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As reported by The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Bareilly Nagar Nigam to identify and acquire land for setting up municipal solid waste processing plants. The tribunal also requested the municipality…
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As reported by The Pioneer, the Indian state of Chhattisgarh has announced to have achieved a generation of 228 MW of biomass power. This supports the aim of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable…
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According to The United News of India, the local government of Punjab aims to support biogas projects in Moga by subsidising costs. Therefore, a new AD plant owner in the rural areas should get a…
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According to central government officials, 5 municipal solid waste (MSW) plants are currently being constructed in Raipur and Durg-Bhilai. As reported by The Pioneer, the Swachh Bharat Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is looking for a new firm to take over the RDF production facility currently operated by the Jaypee Group. Originally, company Mars Group was announced to be Jaypee’s successor, but…
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According to The Greater Kashmir, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to convert waste into RDF for use in cement plants in order to ensure proper management of wastes. Non-biodegradables, which is estimated to…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has approached Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) for the management of waste generated in Manesar by its agency, Ecogreen Energy Private Limited. The project terms…
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During the visit of the Chief Minister, Yogi Aditya Nath, to Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a delegation of residents presented their concerns about the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant by the Noida Authority in Sector 123. As reported…
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As reported by The Times of India, the municipal government of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has announced a new AD plant at the local Nandi Park, a cattle shed for about 450 to 500 bulls and…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pled company JITF to continue with its door-to-door waste collection and lifting works in the city of Bathinda until 31 January 2018. The company had earlier stated to seize…
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According to the newly elected mayor of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, the plans for a new WtE project in the area are still not off the table. Due to the fact that the local landfill is currently…
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According to The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal is planning to set up a new WtE facility in Vellalore, Tamil Nadu. The new plant should have an intake capacity of around 192,000 tpy of waste.…
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The proposed Kochi Waste-to-Energy plant in Brahmapuram has been criticised by the state-level monitoring committee on the Kerala Conservation of Paddy and Wetland Act. The committee stated that the plant will cause “disastrous ecological consequences”…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has reportedly signed a formal contract with consortium Spaak Bresson Private Limited (SBPL), its partner for the Agra WtE project. As said, the proposed plant will have a treatment capacity…
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According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the WtE project planned for the village of Tekhand will have an envisioned intake capacity of 384,000tpy of waste. When operational, the facility will be able to produce…
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Jindal Infrastructure Limited (JITF) Company plans to set up an 8 MW solid waste treatment plant in Bathinda, Punjab. The company operates an RDF plant, which processes waste from the city along with 18 other…
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As reported earlier, Mahindra MSTC Recycling, a joint venture between steel services company Mahindra Intertrade and state-controlled MSTC Ltd, was planning to open a vehicle recycling plant. According to the joint venture, a collecting and…
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According to The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant-Governor to set up a meeting to determine an alternative site for a landfill site and also locate…
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A 20 MW Waste-to-Energy facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, will be receiving 2 semi-automated WtE cranes and 1 electrical overhead travelling (EOT) crane in June 2018. The cranes, which were manufactured by Finland-based company Konecranes, will…
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As reported by The Times of India, Spark Bresson Private Limited has applied to Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) (pollution control) authority for approval of a 10 MWel Waste-to-Energy facility in Agar City. The company wants…
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According to the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCoGM), Maharashtra, the corporation is currently reviewing the Deonar WtE project due to a lack of bidders for the initial tender. He believes the…
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According to India’s North Corporation, the tender process for the WtE project in Bhalswa, Delhi, has officially been launched. The existing landfill in Bhalswa has been overflowing recently. An inspection of the respective landfill site…
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The government of the state of Himachal Pradesh has decided to establish 6 solid waste management plants through public-private partnership (PPP). The plants, which will cost Rs 50 crore (EUR 6.6 million) each, will be…
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In a visit by the Municipal Commissioner to the Chandigarh garbage processing plant, it was discovered that RDF produced from garbage in the plant is just lying fallow. The visit was aimed to assess the…
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This week, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been discussing solid waste management and the use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) as fuel in cement and brick plants of Kashmir. As reported by The Greater Kashmir,…
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As of 31 December 2017, Indian independent renewable energy producer Orient Green Power Company Ltd has disinvested in 8 biomass subsidiaries to Janati Bio Power, subsidiary of Indian holding company SVL, which in turn is…
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Update on an ongoing biogas project on Tajpur Road in Buddha Nallah, Punjab. The plant has not yet been constructed, despite the fact that the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) has already completed the…
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According to The Tribune, in a presentation to the Governor of Punjab, the representatives of ICL Waste Tech Limited proposed a cost-free waste management pilot project. This project will involve the conversion of solid waste…
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According to the state’s chief minister, construction works at the planned WtE projects in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh seem to proceed at the moment. Reportedly, a total of 12 different WtE projects are…
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German manufacturer Martin GmbH and French company CNIM have founded a new joint venture called CNIM Martin Pvt. Ltd., which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Both firms seek to strengthen their partnership in order…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has announced plans for a new AD plant for producing biogas and organic fertilisers. The site should be built at Dhapa, which is Kolkata’s dumping ground. As further reported by…
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Contradictory to earlier information, the Vengadamangalam WtE plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, seems to have been operational ever since 2013. The WtE facility is being operated by Essel Group and accepts mixed solid waste from…
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According to government statistics, India was able to generate 31.3 terawatt hours of renewable energy between July and September 2017. This makes it the highest ever share with 9.4% of the total 334.6 terawatt hours.…
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Under the current plastic waste management rules, plastic bottle producers will need to set up recycling plans for the recycling of PET bottles in order to continue producing. According to The Hindustan Times, the Maharashtra…
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As reported by The HANS INDIA, Telangana’s Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban development has requested Japanese delegates visiting the country to carry out a feasibility study of establishing an incineration plant in the state.…
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India’s National Green Tribunal has directed the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida authority) to build a WtE plant within the next 6 months, to be located in Sector 123 Okhla, New Delhi. As further…
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Owners of regional biomass plants in India have finally agreed on purchasing refuse-derived fuel from a solid waste management plant in Bathinda, Punjab. As reported by The Tribune, the Indian government agency National Green Tribunal…
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Pune-based company Sampurn Agri Ventures has finished the construction of a new paddy straw processing AD plant in Fazilka, Punjab. According to The Times of India, the facility is expected to produce around 3,000 MWh…
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The proposed WtE project in the city of Jaipur, whose tender had been finalised 1.5 years ago, has still not been realised, according to DNA. The plant is going to be carried out on a…
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Building works on the proposed WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, have still not started. As stated by The New Indian Express, councillors have blocked any progress on the project. According to information from August 2017,…
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Update on the controversial plans for building a WtE plant at a landfill site in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. As reported by Telegraph India, citizens opposing the plant were asked by India’s National Green Tribunal in New…
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According to Nyoooz, the state government of Maharashtra has finally allocated the land for the Bhandewadi WtE project. The companies behind the project, Essel Infrastructure and Hitachi Zosen Inova, have officially received the land. The…
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The city corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala plans to supply SRF to the local cement industry. According to CemFuels Global, two companies in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu are interested in…
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In a hearing at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi, the officials of 7 biomass and power plants have complained about the quality of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared at the solid waste management…
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According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the urban body has so far received two bids for the Mulund WtE project in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and no bids for the Deonar WtE project. The deadline for the…
