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Update on GCC’s Waste to Energy project

Update on GCC’s Waste to Energy project

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) project to construct a WtE plant in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, under a PPP model is expected to be commissioned in 2 years. According to earlier sources, the plant is to process…

Waste to Energy
Bidadi WtE plant not yet operational

Bidadi WtE plant not yet operational

According to a new source, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited’s (KPCL) WtE facility in Bidadi, Karnataka, is not yet operational. According to September 2023 information, the plant was scheduled to start operations within the 2 to…

Biogas
Construction of Kochi CBG plant to start this month

Construction of Kochi CBG plant to start this month

Construction of the new CBG plant by oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at the Brahmapuram landfill in Kochi, Kerala. is scheduled to begin this month. BPCL plans to complete the plant…

Biogas
CBG plant planned in Tinsukia

CBG plant planned in Tinsukia

The Tinsukia Municipal Board (TMB) has signed an MoU with Oil India Ltd (OIL) to jointly develop a CBG plant in Tinsukia, Assam. Plans provide for the plant to process up to 50 tpd of…

Biogas
Plans for new biogas plant in Bathinda

Plans for new biogas plant in Bathinda

The Bathinda Municipal Corporation is planning to construct a biogas plant in Bathinda, Punjab, under the SATAT programme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation). The project should be executed as a public-private partnership (PPP). The plant…

Biogas
Gail to set up 3 AD plants in Chhattisgarh

Gail to set up 3 AD plants in Chhattisgarh

The Bathinda Municipal Corporation is planning to construct a biogas plant in Bathinda, Punjab, under the SATAT programme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation). The project should be executed as a public-private partnership (PPP). The plant…

Plastic
KMC plans 2 new MRFs in Bengal

KMC plans 2 new MRFs in Bengal

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is reportedly planning to set up two MRFs in Dhapa and Pathuriaghata, both in Bengal. According to the source, plans include a polystyrene recycling plant and an organic waste compactor.…

Biogas
Four biogas plants commissioned in Mira-Bhayandar

Four biogas plants commissioned in Mira-Bhayandar

The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has commissioned four out of seven biogas plants and now applied to the Maharashtra Electricity Commission for a tariff on the electricity generated. These plants, located in different parts of…

Biogas
RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

Multinational oil refining company Reliance Industries (RIL) has started a tendering process for 50 CGB plants in India, which should all be completed within the next 2 years. According to the source, 56 more tenders…

Waste to Energy
Deonar WtE project now scheduled for 2026

Deonar WtE project now scheduled for 2026

According to a new report, 10% of the Deonar WtE project that is currently under development in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have been completed, and a deadline for making the plant operational is targeted for 2026. This…

Waste to Energy
RDF plant in Shimla to increase power generation

RDF plant in Shimla to increase power generation

The Municipal Corporation Commissioner of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, has announced that the expansion of the city’s WtE plant was approved. The INR 120 million (EUR 1.3 million) project aims to make the plant self-sufficient in…

Waste to Energy
Bengaluru cancels four out of five WtE projects

Bengaluru cancels four out of five WtE projects

The state government of Bengaluru has reportedly decided to terminate four out of five WtE projects in Bengaluru. As further stated in the given source, the reason behind this decision is non-compliance with deadlines. The…

Company news
EverEnviro signs MoU with Bajaj Sugar

EverEnviro signs MoU with Bajaj Sugar

Environmental services company EverEnviro Resource Management Pvt. Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bajaj Hindustan Sugar Limited, a sugar and ethanol manufacturing company. Through this MoU, the companies aim to establish CBG…

Waste to Energy
Ludhiana proposes waste complex including WtE

Ludhiana proposes waste complex including WtE

The Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana, Punjab, has issued a new WtE proposal to the Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC). The proposal reportedly provides for a waste complex including garbage processing, bioremediation of legacy waste, as…

Biogas
RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

Multinational oil refining company Reliance Industries (RIL) has started a tendering process for 50 CGB plants in India, which should all be completed within the next 2 years. According to the source, 56 more tenders…

Construction
New C&D waste plant to open soon in Langadiyawas

New C&D waste plant to open soon in Langadiyawas

A new C&D waste recycling plant is under construction in Langadiyawas, Jaipur District, Rajasthan. According to the source, works are in their final stages and the plant is to become operational soon. The new facility…

Waste to Energy
Update on Langadiyawas WtE project and new MRF plans

Update on Langadiyawas WtE project and new MRF plans

The WtE plans in Langadiyawas, Jaipur District, Rajasthan, are moving ahead. The proposal was first announced by the City of Jaipur back in 2018. As stated in the source at hand, a 15-hectare plot of…

Biogas
Construction of Kochi AD plant to be awarded shortly

Construction of Kochi AD plant to be awarded shortly

The contract for the construction of a CBG plant in Kochi, Kerala, is to be awarded soon. Oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has announced the selection of three potential companies with experience…

Waste to Energy
New Pahadiya Waste to Energy plant officially inaugurated

New Pahadiya Waste to Energy plant officially inaugurated

The new WtE plant in Pahadiya, a village in Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh, has been officially inaugurated. According to the current news report, the 6 MW plant’s processing capacity is 350 tpd, whereas a source…

Waste to Energy
New WtE plant inaugurated in Rewa

New WtE plant inaugurated in Rewa

On 16 February 2024, a new WtE plant was inaugurated in the city of Rewa, Uttar Pradesh. The 6 MWe, 350 tpd facility was built under the Regional Integrated Solid Waste Management Scheme in Pahadiya.…

Recycling
New waste management project launched in Lucknow

New waste management project launched in Lucknow

Lucknow Swachhata Abhiyan (LSA) and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation have entered an agreement for a waste management project in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Amongst others, the project includes the establishment of an MRF. The source does…

Biogas
CBG plant planned to be set up in Parjudi

CBG plant planned to be set up in Parjudi

A new compressed biogas (CBG) plant should be established in Parjudih, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The District Magistrate (DM) has announced allocation of 20 acres of land for the plant, with a planned capacity…

Policy & others
India intends to explore partnership with Germany for biofuels

India intends to explore partnership with Germany for biofuels

The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has announced that India intends to partner with Germany in order to promote biofuel technologies. The plan includes to explore German experience in processing feedstocks such as rice straw and…

Waste to Energy
3 bids submitted for Dadumajra MSW plant project

3 bids submitted for Dadumajra MSW plant project

The MSW treatment plant project at the Dadumajra (or Dadu Majra) landfill in Chandigarh has attracted 3 bidders: Delhi MSW Solutions Limited, Enviro Control Private Limited, and Hindustan SFC Joint Venture. The bids were received…

Biogas
Adani to build biogas plant in Rajkot

Adani to build biogas plant in Rajkot

Oil and gas company Adani Group has announced to have secured an order from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation for a biogas project at the former Nakrawadi landfill in Rajkot, Gujarat. Adani should design, build, finance,…

Waste to Energy
Deonar WtE plant now expected for 2025

Deonar WtE plant now expected for 2025

The Deonar WtE project in Mumbai, Maharashtra, is now set to be commissioned in October 2025. The plant is to be constructed at the Deonar dumping ground, which is to close once the WtE plant…

Biogas
Construction start of new Kapavaram biogas plant

Construction start of new Kapavaram biogas plant

Reliance Bio Energy Limited has started construction of a biogas plant in the village of Kapavaram, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. It is planned to be completed in late 2024. The plant should produce about 7,000…

Sorting/MBT
New RDF production plant commissioned in Varanasi

New RDF production plant commissioned in Varanasi

A new waste management plant has become operational in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It processes about 600,000 tpy of agricultural residue and MSW through torrefaction, producing coal. The project is a cooperation of the National Thermal…

Biogas
Seven biogas projects to start operations this year in Punjab

Seven biogas projects to start operations this year in Punjab

According to the Punjab Minister of New and Renewable Energy Sources, seven compressed biogas (CBG) projects with a total capacity of 79 tpd should start operations by the end of this year. These projects should…

Biogas
IGL plans to establish 19 biogas compression plants

IGL plans to establish 19 biogas compression plants

Indian gas operator Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) is planning to establish 19 biogas compression plants in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two technology partners for…

Plastic
New plastic recycling plant proposed in Brahmapuram

New plastic recycling plant proposed in Brahmapuram

A new PRF is to be established in Brahmapuram, Kerala. According to the source, the investment is expected to amount to around INR 10 million (EUR 112,486). The plans follow Kochi Corporation’s plans to build…

Construction
Construction start of C&D recycling plant in Nashik

Construction start of C&D recycling plant in Nashik

The construction of the C&D waste recycling plant in Nashik, Maharashtra, has reportedly started after a delay of more than 3 years. Commissioning is scheduled for March 2024 already. The plant is worth INR 70…

Waste to Energy
New tender for Dadumajra MSW plant project

New tender for Dadumajra MSW plant project

The City of Chandigarh has issued a new short-term tender for the MSW treatment plant at the Dadumajra (or Dadu Majra) landfill. This is reportedly due to the failure of three companies to qualify for…

Waste to Energy
WtE plant to be inaugurated in Pahadiya

WtE plant to be inaugurated in Pahadiya

Construction of the WtE plant in Pahadiya, a village in Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh, has reportedly been completed and inauguration is currently scheduled for 14 February 2024. According to the source, the plant has a…

Biogas
CBG plant inaugurated in Budaun

CBG plant inaugurated in Budaun

As part of the plan to set up 100 new biogas plants in Uttar Pradesh, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Budhaun, Uttar Pradesh. The…

Waste to Energy
Contracts cancelled for Njeliyanparamba WtE plant

Contracts cancelled for Njeliyanparamba WtE plant

The Kozhikode Corporation has decided to cancel two contracts related to the stalled WtE project in Njeliyanparamba in Kozhikode district, Kerala. They include the biomining contract with Zonta Infratech as well as the contract for…

Plastic
Shree Renga Polymers to set up new plastic recycling plant in Karur

Shree Renga Polymers to set up new plastic recycling plant in Karur

Indian plastics recycler and textile manufacturer Shree Renga Polymers plans to invest INR 1 billion (EUR 11 million) into constructing a PET bottle recycling plant in Karur, Tamil Nadu. The source mentions the two distinct…

Company news
MoU concluded between Oil India Ltd. and GMC

MoU concluded between Oil India Ltd. and GMC

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Duliajan-based company Oil India ltd. and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC). The MoU includes the transformation from organic waste into CBG. The companies intend to produce clean energy…

Biogas
Jhiri CBG plant to be operational soon

Jhiri CBG plant to be operational soon

Gas company GAIL India Ltd. has announced plans to commission a new CBG facility in February 2024. The new AD facility is located in Jhiri, Ranchi, Jharkhand, and is expected to process 10 tpd of…

Biomass Energy
Nestlé plans new biomass plant in Karnataka

Nestlé plans new biomass plant in Karnataka

Food and beverage producer Nestlé has announced plans to invest in its coffee production business and install a biomass power plant in Karnataka state. The biomass plant is expected to go online in first half…

Other Recycling
Novoloop starts constructing pilot chemical recycling plant

Novoloop starts constructing pilot chemical recycling plant

US start-up Novoloop has started construction of its chemical recycling pilot plant in India. The plant is intended to demonstrate Novoloop’s so-called lifecycling technology, which reportedly is different from conventional depolymerisation and pyrolysis. According to…

Plastic
New plastic recycling facility planned in Karur

New plastic recycling facility planned in Karur

Indian plastics recycler and textile manufacturer Shree Renga Polymers plans to invest INR 1 billion (EUR 11 million) into constructing a PET bottle recycling plant in Karur, Tamil Nadu. The source mentions the two distinct…

Other Recycling
First Solar to build solar panel recycling plant in Tamil Nadu

First Solar to build solar panel recycling plant in Tamil Nadu

US-based solar module manufacturer First Solar and India-based solar energy provider Cleantech Solar have entered a PPA for a new manufacturing plant that is also to include a solar panel recycling plant. Cleantech Solar is…

Biogas
TruAlt and GAIL form new CBG joint venture

TruAlt and GAIL form new CBG joint venture

Public gas company GAIL India Limited and TruAlt Bioenergy have formed a JV called Leafinity Bioenergy Limited to set up 10 CBG plants in India. The companies invested a total of USD 72 million (EUR…

Biogas
CBG plant planned in Deeppur

CBG plant planned in Deeppur

The District of Sant Kabir Nagar is planning to set up a biogas plant in Deeppur, Uttar Pradesh. An 8.3-hectare plot has been reserved for this project after a survey conducted by the Bio Energy…

E-Waste
Hindalco purchased land for new e-waste recycling plant in Dahej

Hindalco purchased land for new e-waste recycling plant in Dahej

Aluminium producer Hindalco Industries has reportedly acquired 150 acres of land at the Payal Industrial Park in Dahej, Gujarat, for its copper and e-scrap recycling plant. According to earlier sources, the company plans to invest…

Biogas
GPS signs contracts for new CBG projects

GPS signs contracts for new CBG projects

Waste management solutions company GPS Renewables (GPS) has secured INR 200 million (EUR 2.18 million) in contracts for compressed biogas (CBG) projects across India. These projects should process 4,000 tpd of agricultural waste and energy…

Biogas
Tender launched for Tonk AD plant

Tender launched for Tonk AD plant

A tender has been launched for the construction works of an AD plant in Tonk, Rajasthan. The deadline for submissions is 5 January 2024 and the tender value is estimated to amount to INR 493…

Temp
Proposal: SPV to purchase electricity from WtE plants

Proposal: SPV to purchase electricity from WtE plants

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has proposed to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to purchase electricity from WtE plants and resell this power to interested entities. The SVP should include the Solar…

Mixed Waste
New solid waste management complex planned for Dumka

New solid waste management complex planned for Dumka

A new solid waste management complex has been approved for Dumka, Jharkhand. It is to be set up on a plot of land in Thadi village, 10 kilometres outside of Dumka. According to the source,…