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New AD plant under construction in Firozabad

New AD plant under construction in Firozabad

Construction works have started on a new AD plant in Shankarpur Ghat, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Plans to develop a new biogas facility were proposed at the Global Investors Summit, after which a plot of land…

Biogas
Reliance partners with DBS Bank for CNG initiative

Reliance partners with DBS Bank for CNG initiative

Reliance Industries (RI) is collaborating with DBS Bank India to set up a financing programme for farmers to manage crop residues that should be used to produce CNG. The initiative intends to stimulate and finance…

Biogas
Plans for new biogas plant in Maheshwari Khurd

Plans for new biogas plant in Maheshwari Khurd

A new biogas plant by oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) should be set up at the dumping ground complex at Maheshwari Khurd, Uttar Pradesh. The plant should process 130 tpd of…

Plastic
New PRF in Haridwar to be commissioned

New PRF in Haridwar to be commissioned

As of 2 December 2023, the new PRF in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, is scheduled to start operations in 2 weeks. According to the source, the government has provided an INR 2.95 million (EUR 33,000) investment for…

E-Waste
Lohum to start its new battery recycling plant

Lohum to start its new battery recycling plant

India-based battery recycler Lohum Cleantech plans to build an EV battery recycling plant in the United Arab Emirates. A joint venturee has been formed with the UAE Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure and the BEEAH…

Biomass Energy
Tamil Nadu power plant started co-firing biomass

Tamil Nadu power plant started co-firing biomass

The thermal power plant located in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been converted to co-firing biomass. The plant, called NLC Tamilnadu Power Ltd, is a joint venture of NLC India Ltd and TANGEDCO and started co-firing…

Biogas
India introduces new biogas blending scheme

India introduces new biogas blending scheme

The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has announced the introduction of a blending scheme for biogas. Under this, compressed biogas (CBG) should be mixed with natural gas, starting at 1% in April 2025…

Waste to Energy
No progress on Galand WtE project

No progress on Galand WtE project

According to a recent source, the WtE project in Galand village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has not progressed so far. According to information from May 2023, at that time, a boundary was to be erected…

Biogas
PEDA and GAIL to set up 10 new CBG plants

PEDA and GAIL to set up 10 new CBG plants

The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and public gas company GAIL India Limited have signed an agreement to develop 10 new CBG plants in Punjab. According to the agreement, the plants should, in total, process…

Biogas
Plans for 4 new biomethane plants in Bhubaneswar

Plans for 4 new biomethane plants in Bhubaneswar

Plans by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to set up four biomethane plans in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha State, have been approved by the Empowerment Committee of Infrastructure. In total, the plants should process…

Biogas
Reliance Industries plans new CBG investments in West Bengal

Reliance Industries plans new CBG investments in West Bengal

Indian private sector corporation Reliance Industries Limited plans to invest INR 200 billion (EUR 2.2 billion) to expand its energy business, among other things, in the eastern state of West Bengal. According to the report,…

Waste to Energy
New details on Dadumajra MSW project

New details on Dadumajra MSW project

The project to set up an MSW treatment plant at the Dadumajra (or Dadu Majra) landfill is still in the RfP process, according to a recent report. The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) published an RfP…

Biomass Energy
India determines pellet price benchmark

India determines pellet price benchmark

The Indian Ministry of Power has defined price benchmarks for biomass pellet prices. The price regulation is planned for one year, starting on 8 November 2023. In the Northern Region, pellet prices amount to INR…

Waste to Energy
New plasma gasifier discussed in Margao

New plasma gasifier discussed in Margao

The Margao Municipality, Goa, is reportedly considering setting up a plasma gasification plant at the Sonsodo landfill for regional waste management. According to the Municipality, there will now be studies conducted as to whether the…

Biogas
New biogas plant proposed in Coimbatore

New biogas plant proposed in Coimbatore

The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation has plans to establish a new biogas plant in the Vellalore dump yard in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The proposed plant should have a capacity of 100 tpd to generate biogas that…

Plastic
MCD considers new plastics-to-RDF plant

MCD considers new plastics-to-RDF plant

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is considering setting up a plastics-to-RDF plant in Delhi. The facility should have a capacity to process 1,000 tpd of waste, based on a zero residue torrefaction process. As…

Biogas
New Barabanki CNG plant operational

New Barabanki CNG plant operational

A new biogas plant has started operations in Chandauli, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The new AD plant was set up under the UP Global Investors Summit for an investment of INR 1.5 billion (EUR 16.83 million).…

Plastic
New collaboration announced for chemical recycling

New collaboration announced for chemical recycling

Indian chemical recycling technology company Polycycl and India-based environmental company Re Sustainability have announced a collaboration to set up a network of chemical recycling facilities in India. Under the collaboration, low-grade plastics, such as flexible…

Waste to Energy
Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving forward with its WtE project in Narela-Bawana. To implement the project, the MCD has concluded an agreement with the Power Grid Corporation of India concerning the relocation…

Biogas
10 CBG plants to be set up in Punjab

10 CBG plants to be set up in Punjab

The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to set up 10 compressed biogas (CBG) projects in Punjab. The plants are expected to produce a…

Biogas
3 new biogas plants to start near Chennai in 2024

3 new biogas plants to start near Chennai in 2024

Three new biogas plants should be operational by Februrary 2024 near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The plants are supposed to be set up at the direction of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in Manali, Shollinganallur, and Koyambedu.…

Biogas
New CBG plant in Dhuriapar on trial run

New CBG plant in Dhuriapar on trial run

The CBG plant in Dhuriapar, Uttar Pradesh, has started the trial run phase. The plant, developed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, is to process 230 tpd of straw and mud, but crop residue and cow…

Biogas
12 biogas projects approved in Uttar Pradesh

12 biogas projects approved in Uttar Pradesh

The state-level committee of Uttar Pradesh has approved 12 proposed biogas and biodiesel production facilities. The approved facilities should process agricultural waste and produce 93 tpd of CBG and 44 kilo litres of biodiesel daily.…

IBA receives new biogas investment commitments

The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has announced to have received investment commitments for biogas plants worth a total of INR 27.5 billion (EUR 312.98 million) during the event Renewable Energy India Expo 2023. According to…

Plastic
Dalmia Polypro receives loan for new plastic recycling plant

Dalmia Polypro receives loan for new plastic recycling plant

India-based plastics manufacturer Dalmia Polypro Industries has received a commitment for a USD 30 million (EUR) External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The loan is for the financing…

Biogas
New AD plant to be built in Ujjain

New AD plant to be built in Ujjain

The Ujjain Municipal Corporation has published plans to develop a new AD plant for CNG production in Madhya Pradesh. Three companies plan to join forces with the Cyaorporation for the realisation of this project. Currently,…

Waste to Energy
Moshi WtE plant started commercial production

Moshi WtE plant started commercial production

India-based Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd has started commercial power sale from the Moshi WtE plant in Pune, Maharashtra, which was opened in August 2023. This is according to a recent news report. The plant…

E-Waste
Battery recycling plant in Palghar to be extended

Battery recycling plant in Palghar to be extended

RecycleKaro is planning to expand its LIB recycling plant in Palghar, Maharashtra. As per the source, the plant currently processes 2,500 tpy of LIBs and 7,500 tpy of electronic waste. As further indicated, current plans…

Waste to Energy
Bengaluru plans to relocate all waste processing plants

Bengaluru plans to relocate all waste processing plants

The Government of Bengaluru, Karnataka, has announced plans to relocate all waste processing plants to uninhabited areas outside the city. According to the announcement, the plan is to set up so-called “Integrated Solid Waste Management…

Construction
New C&D waste recycling plant inaugurated in Jahangirpuri

New C&D waste recycling plant inaugurated in Jahangirpuri

The Chief Minister of Delhi has inaugurated a C&D waste recycling facility in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. The plant is expected to process 2,000 tpd on an area of 7 acres. Waste collected from across Delhi is…

Biogas
New biogas tender launched in Nuapada

New biogas tender launched in Nuapada

The Office of the Zilla Parishad (District Office) of Nuapada, Odisha, has launched a call for tender for the construction of a biogas plant. The Office addresses enterprises that own a population of at least…

Biogas
Update on new AD project in Mumbai

Update on new AD project in Mumbai

More information has been shared on the AD project in Mumbai, which was proposed by Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The MoU has been signed by the partners. The future facility…

Biogas
Large CBG project to be developed in Gurugram

Large CBG project to be developed in Gurugram

In Gurugram, Haryana, a new CBG plant is to be developed. The CBG facility should generate biogas by processing 600 to 700 tpd of wet waste produced in the city. The plant is expected to…

Company news
Indian Oil forms new JVs for biogas development

Indian Oil forms new JVs for biogas development

Indian Oil Corporation has recently decided to form joint ventures with EverEnviro Resource Management Pvt Ltd and GPS Renewables Pvt Ltd, in which each party will have a 50% stake. Approvals from the NITI Aayog…

Biogas
New biogas project to be built in Matanhail

New biogas project to be built in Matanhail

A new pilot project is proposed to be developed in Matanhail, Jhajjar district, Haryana. This is according to a recent news report. The proposed plant should treat 10 tpd of organic waste, such as dung,…

Waste to Energy
Natural gas plant may replace Njeliyanparamba WtE project

Natural gas plant may replace Njeliyanparamba WtE project

As per a new source, the WtE project at Njeliyanparamba in Kozhikode district, Kerala, may be replaced by a natural gas plant. The natural gas facility may be implemented as a pilot project. Reportedly, GAIL…

Biogas
Plans for new CBG project in Hoshiarpur

Plans for new CBG project in Hoshiarpur

The Government of the state of Punjab is planning to develop a CBG plant in Baroti village, Hoshiarpur district. Plans provide for the plant to process 49,350 tpy of agricultural residues to produce 20 tpd…

Biogas
Adani Total Gas received new order for CBG plant

Adani Total Gas received new order for CBG plant

Indian gas company Adani Total Gas Ltd has announced plans to design, construct, finance and operate a compressed biogas plants in PPP mode in Pirana or Gyaspur, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The order was submitted by…

Plastic
Indorama to invest in 3 new PET recycling plants

Indorama to invest in 3 new PET recycling plants

Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. is reportedly investing USD 150 million (EUR 139.91 million) in three PET recycling plants in India. The plants are scheduled to be commissioned in 2026. According to the source, they…

News
New RDF production line started in Yerraguntla

New RDF production line started in Yerraguntla

Zuari Cement, a subsidiary of Germany-based multinational cement producer Heidelberg Materials, has commissioned a new RDF production line at its cement plant in Yerraguntla, Andhra Pradesh. According to the report, the line will process 20…

Medical
Patalganga medical waste plant should start in 2 years

Patalganga medical waste plant should start in 2 years

The Bombay High Court has now requested that the biomedical waste (BMW) plant in Patalganga, Maharashtra, should be completed within 2 years. As of August 2023, the High Court asked the state and civic authorities…

Biogas
Suzuki agrees on 4 new AD projects in Banaskantha

Suzuki agrees on 4 new AD projects in Banaskantha

Automobile company Suzuki Motor Corporation has signed an agreement for the development of four biogas production plants in Gujarat. The agreement was concluded between Suzuki R&D Center India Private Limited, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB),…

Waste to Energy
Bidadi WtE plant to open soon

Bidadi WtE plant to open soon

The proposed WtE plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, is expected to be operational within the next 2 to 3 months. This is according to a recent statement made by India’s Minister of Power. The 11.5 MW…

Biogas
Bengaluru to get four new AD plants

Bengaluru to get four new AD plants

Four new small-scale AD projects are to be installed in Bengaluru, Karnataka, within the next 4 to 5 months. Each AD plant should treat wet waste, animal, and horticultural waste. Tenders for the projects have…

Waste to Energy
Chennai approves WtE project under PPP

Chennai approves WtE project under PPP

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Tamil Nadu, has approved a project to build a WtE plant under a PPP model. The plant is to process wet waste and RDF generated in processing plants in Kodungaiyur…

E-Waste
New battery recycling proposal in Jamnagar

New battery recycling proposal in Jamnagar

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will reportedly set up a battery recycling and production facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The plant should be operating by 2026. The source does not mention the future size or…

Temp
Reliance has new plans for 100 CBG plants

Reliance has new plans for 100 CBG plants

Oil refining company Reliance Industries Ltd has announced to develop 100 CBG plants within the next 5 years. In total, these plants should process 5.5 million tpy of agricultural waste and other organic waste. The…

Construction
New C&D waste recycling plant in Pathuriaghata lacks input

New C&D waste recycling plant in Pathuriaghata lacks input

Kolkata Municipal Corporation has directed the Public Works Department to send waste from buildings demolished by the Municipality to the Pathuriaghata C&D waste recycling plant in Kolkata, West Bengal. The facility was commissioned in April…

Biomass Energy
New Biomass to Energy plant coming to Ganeshnagar

New Biomass to Energy plant coming to Ganeshnagar

Power producer Hutah Industries is moving forward with plans to build a biomass power plant in the AK Industrial Village in Ganeshnagar, Nagaland. The plant should generate 10 MWel of electricity in a moving grate…

Temp
Hindalco to build new copper and e-waste recycling plant in India

Hindalco to build new copper and e-waste recycling plant in India

According to a news report, Hindalco Industries plans to invest INR 20 billion (EUR 0.22 billion) in the establishment of a copper and e-waste recycling plant in India. In the first quarter of FY23, the…