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The WtE project in the city of Indore is object of petition. According to The Times of India, the project is accused of missing approvals from the state and local authority level as well as…
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According to The Asian Age, India’s government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated last week that they expect to save around USD 6.3 billion in energy costs in the future due to the successful…
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Some new details on the proposed WtE project at the Moshi landfill site, near Pimpri Chinchwad, have surfaced this week: The envisioned WtE plant is expected to generate 11MW of power and will be built…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has released its budget plans for 2017-2018. According to The Times of India, the plans include investments into health infrastructure and targets to improve the waste management system. According to…
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As reported by Equity Bulls, India-based energy company Thermax has reportedly acquired 100 % of the share capital of Polish firm Barite Investments Sp. z.o.o.. As a direct consequence, Barite will become a subsidiary of…
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A planned RDF-deal between the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and cement factories in Kalabugari has been abandoned due to too heavy transportation cost. The BBMP has come to the decision to bury the 20,000tpy…
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In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has presented a blueprint to manage the problem of municipal solid waste in order to make the city cleaner. According to The Times…
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As reported by The Hindu, the Union Minister of Railways announced plans to build further WtE plants at railway stations, based on the current project at the New Delhi railway station, that shall go operational…
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The two WtE projects in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura in the city region of Bengaluru, Karnataka, seem to be failing to attract bidders. The invitation for tenders had started in February, both plants…
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According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the implementation of the planned WtE plant in the district Deonar is likely to take 3 years. MC’S plan is to treat around…
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According to The Times of India, two firms have supposedly signed contracts with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to process municipal waste and produce energy from it. The said companies are Abellon Clean Energy and…
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New information has been revealed on the progress of the planned WtE plant at Astoli, near Noida, Uttar Pradesh region. On Moday, March 20th, 2017, Noida’s authorities started initiating a tender process for the selection…
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A new 5 t/d biogas plant is due to start operations in Rajkot, Gujarat, on 23rd March. Building works are completed and testing period has already been finalized. The facility had been developed by Rajkot…
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In a rather vague statement, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has announced that they have taken first steps towards the creation of 6 new WtE plants for the region. According to The Hindu, the…
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Among other environmental measures, the Indian government has announced to aim at further promoting WtE and RDF solutions. Under the newly revised Indian Electricity Act from 2006 (2003), it now became mandatory for the electricity…
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Additional information has been published on the proposal for a Waste-to-Energy project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, that was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation sent a proposal to Partner Kerala Mission, Kerala’s State…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, as Mid Day reported. BMC is likely to shut down its Mulund dumping ground in July this year and…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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According to The Hindu, the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi has been officially inaugurated. With a capacity of 24 MW, the facility is the country’s largest WtE plant now. After many delays and an intervention…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the inspection was directed by the National Green Tribunal in…
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As reported by The Times of India, the private company Jyoti Envirotech has been replaced as waste management body for the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation came to this decision after…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. This was reported by The Times of India. The inspection was directed by the National Green…
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A conference on green power challenges and innovation will be held by the NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) on June 8 and 9. According to the source, the subjects of the conference will be…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reduced the proposed gap of 300-500 metres between incineration power plants and residential areas to 30-100 metres, much less than what is defined by the Swachh Bharat Mission.…
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As part of the development plan Bhosari Vision 2020, a new WtE project at the landfill in Moshi, Pune Metropolitan Region was mentioned. The announcement lacked specific details but the plans are said to have…
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According to The Times of India, after several delays, the new WtE plant at Shimla will start its trial run of operation on March 20th 2017. Afterwards, the commercial operation is scheduled to begin on…
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The method of plastic pyrolysis as an energy source is gaining more and more recognition in India, as reported by Financial Express. As it offers an alternative to combustion and biogas plants, the new technology…
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After having been rescheduled multiple times already, the launch of the WtE plant in Narela-Bawana, New Delhi, is supposedly going to take place next month. According to The Times of India, the inauguration is set…
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The state government of Andhra Pradesh has officially agreed to the construction of 11 new WtE plants in 11 different locations within the state, as reported by The New Indian Express. All of these sites…
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Plans for building a new slaughterhouse in Kunnukuzhy, Kerala, are proceeding. This was reported by The Hindu. The new site should include a meat processing unit, an effluent treatment plant as well as a biogas…
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Due to the increasing problem of waste management in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has announced that he directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to expedite the construction of a WtE plant as a…
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Two WtE facilities are planned in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura within the city region of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Karnataka, according to the Deccan Herald. The plants should each treat 160,000 tons of waste…
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The state government of Jharkhand has plans to build a central biomedical waste plant in Lohardaga. It would be serving nearly 200 private institutions such as hospitals or nursing homes from Ranchi and the five…
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The Indian government announced plans to auction 23 coal mines in fiscal year 2018. Out of those 23 coal mines, 4 are reserved for commercial mining. This was reported by the Business Standard. The exact…
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According to The Times of India, New Delhi’s National Green Tribunal has formally overruled a residents’ plea for relocation of the Okhla WtE plant. A fine of around USD 2.5 million was imposed on M/S…
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The Pune Catonment Board (PCB) has determined a contractor for the WtE project in Hadapsar, as reported by The Times of India. The PCB has decided to award a BOT contract to an unnamed Thai…
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The planned WtE facility at the New Delhi railway station is set to go operational in June 2017. This was reported by the Hindustan Times. The capacity will amount to 4,800 tpy and the plant…
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As a reaction of landfill sites filled beyond their capacity, the Central Pollution Control Coard (CPCB) has presented new draft rules aiming to use solid and industrial waste as fuel in the cement industry. According…
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State officials have given their consent for the construction of a INR 75 million WtE project in the town of Jamnagar, Gujarat. This was reported by The Times of India. The facility should process up…
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News updates on the construction of a new WtE plant in Astoli, a part of the city of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, indicate that the construction of the site should be finished by 2018, even though…
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After the waste treatment plant in Bandhwari, Haryana, has been inactive due to a fire in 2013, the plan to build a WtE facility at the site seems to move forward. According to Hindustan Times,…
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As reported in issue 04-2017, the small-scale biogas plant in Domlur has been shut down because Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body for civic and infrastructural assets of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area,…
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A WtE project is currently being discussed in the city of Kozhikode, as The Hindu reported. The plans were presented in a detailed project report by Health Inspector Krishna Kumar, envisaging a waste capacity of…
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A small-scale biogas plant in Domlur, eastern Bangalore city, has been shut down. According to operator Ashoka Biogreen Pvt. Ltd., the plant was closed because Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body for civic…
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The plans for a WtE project in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, are about to be accomplished. The civic bodies Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority and the New Town Kolkata Development Authority have agreed to cooperate…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held the final hearing in the lawsuit against the Okhla WtE facility. However, it has reserved a final verdict so far, according to The Hindu. Local residents have claimed…
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The lieutenant governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has asked the Delhi’s municipal corporations to produce new time schedules for their proposed WtE projects. WtE plants developed on behalf of the North Delhi…
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The state of Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister has reportedly met with representatives of German WtE manufacturer Baumgarte, as reported by the New Indian Express. It is not clear whether this was related to any specific…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has voted to construct a new biogas facility in the Najafgarh area in New Delhi. The plant should treat 150 tons of cattle waste and kitchen refuse per day, according…
