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A generic feed-in tariff for power generated through WtE was set by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC). The tariff for electricity produced through mass burning WtE projects was set as INR 6.5 per…
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Electronic City Industrial Township Authority (Elcita) is to build a new 100-tons-per-day solid waste management plant capable of processing mixed municipal waste in India. The plant is estimated to cost approximately INR 400 million and…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to set up three construction-waste and recycling plants in the outskirts of Bengaluru. Each of the facilities will be able to handle about 750 tons per day, totaling a…
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The Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC), state of Uttarakhand, is in the process of re-tendering a proposed waste treatment plant, which is planned to include RDF production, a recycling line and a composting unit. The first…
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The Indian state of Gujarat has announced a new policy to promote WtE solutions. Under the Gujarat Waste-To-Energy Policy 2016, urban local bodies (ULBs) will be required to provide land at a token leasing rate…
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Civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued a request for proposals for the development of three construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling facilities in the outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka. Each plant should have…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has apparently tendered a WtE project as a part of its new waste management plan. The tender was said to be won by an unnamed multinational company, whose facility in…
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A WtE project is apparently underway in Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra. In a media report, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) was said to be executing the last steps of putting online a Waste-to-Energy plant. However, the…
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According to a media report by Live Mint, 24 WtE plants with a combined generation capacity of 233 MW are currently under construction in India, while five other projects with a capacity of 79 MW…
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India’s National Green Tribunal has approved plans by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up a WtE plant. Even as earlier sources report on possible project delays of up to two years due to…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will receive funds of INR 3.08 billion (USD 46.1 million) by the Maharshtra state government to finance its waste management plan, which includes WtE implementation. This comes after India’s National…
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According to media reports, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has already finalised on a bidder for its WtE project: consortium Spaak Bresson Private Limited (SBPL). SBPL consists of Czech company Bresson Energy, Dubai-based MGT Group…
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The current delays of the Srinangar WtE project are apparently due to differences on a Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) between the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Power Development Department (PDD) of the state of…
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Almost 8 years after the Shishambara solid waste recycling plant was first proposed, the project might finally be realised. Reason for the delay was a petition by an individual that had stopped implementation of the…
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At the Happening Haryana investment summit, the renewable energy sector has made business commitments worth Rs 80,000 crore in the field of solar, biomass, micro hydroelectricity and Waste-to-Energy projects. The investment proposals are higher than…
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The Milk Producers Union Limited also known as Amul Dairy has installed an automated biogas generation and bottling plant to utilise the energy from its plant’s waste in Vadodara, Gujarat. Before, the dairy farm used…
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A recently released Detailed Project Report (DPR) on waste management by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) also includes a scheme for WtE implementation. According to the plans, a 11.5 MW plant is proposed to be…
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WtE plans proposed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have been approved by the civic body’s General Body. The planned facility would be located near NMMC’s Turbhe landfill and have a generation capacity of…
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An MBT plant currently under construction in Saligao, Goa, has been announced to start trial operations on 1 April. The facility was said to have a 100 tpd capacity and to include RDF production, a…
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Company Banyan Nation, based in Hyderabad, has set up a new 300 tpd plastic automated recycling facility. The project was partly financed by USD 0.8 million of growth funds provided by investment firm KKR Global.…
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In its budget for 2016-2017, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) has affirmed its commitment to the Brahmapuram WtE project. Construction was announced to start within the next 6 months, with the plant scheduled to be…
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East Delhi’s second construction and demolition waste management facility has been commissioned. The plant is based on wet processing of construction and demolition waste and provides a capacity of approximately 500 tons per day. As…
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India’s Department of Technology and Science (DST) is going to establish a new, separate section to assess WtE technology. This was requested by the Ministry of Environment, which stated to receive many requests from the…
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As reported by The Times of India, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has ordered the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to purchase electricity produced by a WtE gasification plant operated by company Elephant Energy…
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At a recent WtE conference in New Delhi, Indian government officials have strongly emphasised the nation’s WtE potential. It was said that up to 6 GW could potentially be generated through WtE in the country.…
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As reported by The Times of India, the first construction and demolition waste recycling plant in Haryana is to be constructed about 14 kilometres from Gurgaon. The plant is planned at a site of 28…
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The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Maharashtra, has set aside INR 1.8 billion (USD 26.2 million) in its 2016/2017 budget for the implementation of a planned WtE project. The project should be located near a…
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As reported by Enerdata, the Indian Ministry of Power is expecting to attract investments of USD 1,000 billion by 2030 for the national coal and renewable energies sectors. By 2020, USD 1 billion go to…
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An RDF scheme in Ahmadebad, Gujarat, faces problems regarding the composition of local waste volumes. As stated by The Times of India, only 700 tpd of the 1,300 tpd of wet mixed waste committed to…
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According to officials of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), the WtE plant currently being developed in Nakrawadi could be operational by the end of 2016. As reported by The Times of India, the project is…
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As reported by The Times of India, the civic body of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, will call for a tender to build a construction and debris recycling plant. The plant is estimated to cost about INR…
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As reported by The Hindu, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a civic body of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area, is seeking an insurance company for its landfills and waste processing plants. Background to this is…
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According to DNA India, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) currently plans to appoint Tata Consulting Engineers Limited for carrying out a feasibility study for the WtE project at the landfill site in Deonar, a suburb…
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According to The Hindu, the WtE project close to the Naidupeta Mandal landfill, Andhra Pradesh, is making progress. On 6 February, an MoU was signed between JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd and 9 urban local bodies,…
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Periodic fires at the Deonar dumping site in Mumbai have led the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to propose a plan for the capture of methane gases generated at the 12.7-million ton landfill. As…
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According to The Economic Times, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has assigned the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that it should submit the so-called inspection report on WtE and thermal power plants located in New…
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After the National Green Tribunal suggested to the Northern Railway Station in Delhi to install an AD plant to produce biogas, the Delhi Division has taken the initiative. As reported by India Today, the biogas…
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After the National Green Tribunal suggested to the Northern Railway Station in Delhi to install an AD plant to produce biogas, the Delhi Division has taken the initiative. As was reported by India Today, the…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has inaugurated five Fixed Compactor Transfer Stations (FCTS), which are supposed to supply its Okhla WtE plant. In the FCTS, segregated waste material undergoes compression and moisture extraction, preparing…
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As reported by The Hindu, new information is available on the Naidupeta WtE project proposed by the Guntur Municipal Corporation, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is planned to have a treatment capacity of 1,200 tpy, generating…
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Erode Corporation has inaugurated a new biogas plant. According to The Hindu, the facility processes 10 m³ of digestable waste such as vegetable wastes, leaves, food and discarded meat daily and is operated by Pune-based…
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India is targeting a renewable energy share of 40 % of the country’s total energy mix by 2030. Currently, renewables account for 13%. According to livemint, various US companies, including the US Export Import Bank,…
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The Greater Visakhaptanam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is said to sign a concessionaire agreement regarding the development of a WtE plant with company Jindal Infrastructure Transportation Fabrication (JITF). This is contrary to earlier sources, which said…
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Japanese company Hitachi Zosen Corporation has expressed interest to participate in the State of Haryana’s plans on WtE implementation. However, no specific project was outlined. As reported by The Tribune, Haryana’s Chief Minister is currently…
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At the recent CII Partnership Summit, held in Visakhapatnam, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has apparently signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with an unnamed private company to set up a WtE plant. As reported…
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Indian energy company Starlight Energy Limited has received in-principle approval from Odisha’s State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) for its BtE project at Goud Sariguda in Kalahandi District. The cooperation is planning to construct…
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The 700 tpd WtE project in Patna, Bihar, will be delayed. In 2014, the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO) awarded the contract for the project to company Sunil Hitech Engineers Ltd (SHE). However, it…
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According to The Hindu, the state government of New Delhi and HTF Urban Infrastructure of New Delhi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for building a WtE plant. The source does not specify the…
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Clean Kerala Company, an Indian agency that assures hygiene management in the state of Kerala, is to take over the West Hill plastic waste recycling plant from Kozhikode Municipal Corporation. However, no contracts have been…
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According to the Power Ministry, India’s cabinet is likely to approve a new electricity tariff policy in February. As stated by The Economic Times, this will include measures to promote WtE generation, such as purchasing…
