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Mixed Waste
Kerala MSW management project launched

Kerala MSW management project launched

The large-scale MSW management project in Kerala has now been launched. According to the source, total investments are suppposed to reach INR 24 billion (EUR 265.7 million). The project includes waste management and disposal facilities…

Waste to Energy
JBIC to provide loan for Bidadi Waste to Enery plant

JBIC to provide loan for Bidadi Waste to Enery plant

State-owned company Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on a JPY 1.85 billion (EUR 11.6 million) loan. The loan is to be used to finance…

Waste to Energy
New white paper on India’s Waste to Energy potential

New white paper on India’s Waste to Energy potential

As stated in a recent white paper, India can use its current waste volumes to produce 65 GW of electricity per year – and this can grow to 165 GW by 2030 and 436 GW…

Company news
Maruti Suzuki plans new biogas plants for factories

Maruti Suzuki plans new biogas plants for factories

Automobile company Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has announced plans to set up biogas plants at all its factories, including sites in Manesar, Gurgaon, Gujarat, and Kharkoda. As stated in the report, in Gujarat, the…

Policy & others
Update on development of India’s NBP

Update on development of India’s NBP

An update has been shared on the progress of Indian biogas plants that were developed under the National Bioenergy Programme (NBP). To date, six bio-CNG plants and another 11,143 small AD plants have been commissioned…

Biogas
New AD plant erected in Hyderabad

New AD plant erected in Hyderabad

A biogas plant has been built in Hyderabad, Telangana. The small-scale AD plant should process food waste from the Bowenpally market in Secunderabad. The plant should use a technology developed by the Indian Institute of…

Waste to Energy
New Bandhwari WtE plant to start in December 2024

New Bandhwari WtE plant to start in December 2024

According to the source, the WtE plant by EcoGreen Energy in Bandhwari, Gurugram, is facing further delays. The plant is now expected to be operational by December 2024. Construction at the plant begun in December…

Plastic
Starlinger delivers 2 new recycling plants to India

Starlinger delivers 2 new recycling plants to India

Austria company Starlinger Group is to supply two PET bottle recycling lines to Indian plastics manufacturer Srichakra Polyplast. The recycling lines are to be delivered in early 2024. Srichakra Polyplast has already been operating a…

Waste to Energy
Bidadi WtE plant to be operational in October

Bidadi WtE plant to be operational in October

The WtE plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, is now scheduled to start operations in October 2023. According to the source, civil works have been completed and the equipment is currently being assembled. The 11.5 MW plant…

Policy & others
Karnataka to implement strict e-waste policy

Karnataka to implement strict e-waste policy

To ensure that electronic waste is managed in an organized way, the Karnataka state government is working on a strict separate policy. The new policy is supposed to be implemented as soon as possible, as…

Waste to Energy
New Waste to Energy facility to be inaugurated in Pune

New Waste to Energy facility to be inaugurated in Pune

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) can now purchase electricity through open access from a Waste to Energy in Pune by Antony Lara Renewable Energy (ALREPL), without paying surcharges. The permit has been granted by the…

Biogas
Plans for the new Kochi CBG plant approved

Plans for the new Kochi CBG plant approved

The State Cabinet has approved the proposal by oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to develop a CBG plant at the Brahmapuram landfill in Kochi, Kerala. Initially, the plant should process 150…

Mixed Waste
New solid waste recycling plant commissioned in Kesare

New solid waste recycling plant commissioned in Kesare

The recycling plant in Kesare, Karnataka, has been commissioned. It processes solid and wet waste. According to the source, the plant will initially process 50 tons of waste per day. The capacity is planned to…

Waste to Energy
Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

A 14.5 MW RDF incineration plant is about to open soon in Dundigal, Telangana. The facility has been set up at the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation’s treatment, storage and disposal facility. As SWI understands,…

Plastic
New plastic recycling facility to start in Indore

New plastic recycling facility to start in Indore

India-based Shakti Plastic Industries is launching a bottle-to-bottle HDPE/PP recycling plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The plant is supposed to provide sorting, cleaning, shredding, and melting of plastic waste which is to be converted into…

Biogas
Barsana AD plant under construction

Barsana AD plant under construction

The AD project in Barsana, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, by Adani Total Gas is currently in the construction phase. The CBG plant should treat an unspecified amount of agricultural waste to produce 42,000 nm³ daily. According…

Biogas
New Ramnagar AD plant fully operational

New Ramnagar AD plant fully operational

The Parag Dairy AD plant in Ramnagar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is operating at full capacity. The plant, developed by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), should treat 100 tpd of cow dung and produce 4,000…

Biogas
Lasanpur AD plant to be operational in 2023

Lasanpur AD plant to be operational in 2023

Indian company Gruner Renewable Energy is constructing a new AD plant in Lasanpur, Samudrapur, Maharashtra. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and should treat 50 tpd of napier grass,…

Company news
Adani and Reliance to build 10 CBG plants across India

Adani and Reliance to build 10 CBG plants across India

Indian gas company Adani Total Gas and multinational conglomerate company Reliance industry have reached an agreement for the construction of 10 CBG plants across India. The companies intend to build five plants within the following…

Waste to Energy
Update on new Kodungaiyur waste processing project

Update on new Kodungaiyur waste processing project

A new source provides more detailed information on the waste processing plants at the Kodungaiyur dump yard, planned by the Greater Chennai Corporation, according to The Hindu. The site is to include an MRF to…

Policy & others
MNRE defines target of 15,205 new biogas plants

MNRE defines target of 15,205 new biogas plants

The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published a strategic plan including the construction of 15,205 small-scale biogas plants. This target is defined within phase II of the National Bioenergy Program. The…

Waste to Energy
New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

According to a new source, the five new RDF plants planned by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Telangana, are all to be operational by the end of 2024. Currently, there is only one plant…

Construction
Three new C&D processing plants to be set up in Telangana

Three new C&D processing plants to be set up in Telangana

According to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister of Telangana, three new C&D waste processing plants are planned to be set up in the state. They are to be located in Nalgonda, Sangareddy, and…

Agricultural
Goyla, Nagnli, and Ghogha plants enter test phase

Goyla, Nagnli, and Ghogha plants enter test phase

In the municipality of Delhi, three AD plants are operational for a testing phase. The plants are located in Goyla, Gogha, and Nangli and should have a processing capacities of 200 tpd of livestock manure…

E-Waste
E-waste recycling plant in Bhopal to start soon

E-waste recycling plant in Bhopal to start soon

Delhi-based e-waste recycler Prometheus Recycling is about to put its e-waste recycling plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, into operation. The recycling plant is said to recycle up to 30,000 metric tonnes of e-waste per year.…

Construction
Indore plans C&D waste recycling plant

Indore plans C&D waste recycling plant

The Indore City Government has announced the set up of a Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The facility is planned to process 200 tpd of waste. The planned construction was…

Waste to Energy
Update on new Amritsar WtE project

Update on new Amritsar WtE project

The WtE project at the Bhagtanwala landfill in Amritsar, Punjab, is reportedly threatened by a property dispute and the omission of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to issue a non-objection certificate (NOC) to…

Company news
Mahanagar Gas to enter CBG market

Mahanagar Gas to enter CBG market

India-based natural gas distribution company Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) plans to expand its business activities to compressed biogas (CBG). Also, the company reportedly wants to invest in the electric vehicle market and in liquified natural…

Waste to Energy
Njeliyanparamba WtE project: biomining still not completed

Njeliyanparamba WtE project: biomining still not completed

On 30 April 2023, the grace period of 30 days for the completion of biomining and capping activities at the Njeliyanparamba WtE project in Kozhikode, Kerala, has reportedly ended. The deadline was issued by Kozhikode…

Waste to Energy
Jawaharnagar WtE facility to be expanded

Jawaharnagar WtE facility to be expanded

The Hyderabad State Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development has announced plans for an expansion of the Waste to Energy plant in Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad. The plant’s capacity is reportedly expected to increase from currently…

Biogas
5,000 new CBG plants planned across India

5,000 new CBG plants planned across India

The Indian government intends to shift national fuel consumption to renewable fuels and CBG. To achieve this goal, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative.…

Sorting/MBT
Astra Regreen plans to build new MRF at landfill

Astra Regreen plans to build new MRF at landfill

San Diego, California-based WtE project developer Astra Energy has recently formed a joint venture with Astra Regreen India (ARI) for equipment sale and plant installations. ARI should hold the rights for sales, marketing, and distribution…

Biogas
New details on Shahanshahpur AD plant

New details on Shahanshahpur AD plant

An update has been published on the AD plant in Shahanshahpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, which has been in operation since 2021. The plant’s processing rate was reportedly increased from 55 tpd of cow manure to…

Waste to Energy
New solid waste to hydrogen project in Pune

New solid waste to hydrogen project in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has planned to set up a hydrogen extraction plant for solid waste. The facility to be set up in Hadapsar Industrial Area is expected to produce 10 tpd of hydrogen from…

Biogas
Approval for 42 new urban AD plants

Approval for 42 new urban AD plants

The Indian Ministry of Finance announced plans to build 500 new AD plants across the country, of which 75 are to be build in urban areas. Most of the urban plants should be build in…

Other Recycling
Cerebra partners with Hyundai on solar module recycling

Cerebra partners with Hyundai on solar module recycling

India-based Cerebra Integrated Technologies Limited has signed a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Hyundai Corporation recently for PV Solar module recycling in India. With this agreement, Hyundai is expected to contribute its expertise in solar…

Company news
Indian Oil Corporation’s 2050 RES plan

Indian Oil Corporation’s 2050 RES plan

State-run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has announced its strategic investment plan for the year 2050. As further stated in the report, the company wants to invest INR 5,000 billion (EUR 56.06 billion) in RES.…

Waste to Energy
Update on Daighar Waste to Energy project

Update on Daighar Waste to Energy project

The Waste to Energy project in Daighar, Thane City, Maharashtra, is expected to begin its first phase of operations in two to three months. The second phase is also expected to start in the coming…

Biogas
GAIL to build new AD plant at Sarai village landfill

GAIL to build new AD plant at Sarai village landfill

Gas company GAIL India Limited and the Municipality of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, have plans to develop an AD plant at the site of a landfill in Sarai village. Plans for the plant provide to treat 120…

Biogas
Jamsher biogas project faces further delays

Jamsher biogas project faces further delays

The construction of the AD plant at the Jamsher Dairy Complex is facing further delays, as the approval from Chandigarh local authority is still pending, according to the source. Initially, approval was expected for June…

Construction
New deadline for C&D waste recycling plant in Nashik

New deadline for C&D waste recycling plant in Nashik

The proposed C&D waste recycling plant in Nashik, Maharashtra, is now scheduled to become operational within 6 months. A corresponding deadline was set by the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). The NMC also identified a site…

Biogas
New biogas project in Assam

New biogas project in Assam

A new compressed biogas plant is to be built in Sonapur, Assam. The plant should process, among others, MSW and cattle manure and produce 5 tpd of compressed biogas. The construction should be carried out…

Waste to Energy
Chandigarh accepted recommendations for MSW plant

Chandigarh accepted recommendations for MSW plant

The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has accepted recommendations to convert dry waste into RDF and wet waste into biomethane and compressed natural gas at its proposed 600 tpd integrated waste management facility. Tender to be…

Biomass Energy
Punjab: Proposal for 100 MWel of biomass plants

Punjab: Proposal for 100 MWel of biomass plants

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy of the State of Punjab has proposed plans to develop 100 MWel of biomass power projects. According to the report, the Ministry is seeking Viability Gap Funding of…

Waste to Energy
Meeting to be held on Brahmapuram WtE project

Meeting to be held on Brahmapuram WtE project

The WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam district, Kerala, is still under discussion. According to the source, the Kochi Corporation has announced that an all-party meeting on this long-standing project will be held soon. According to…

Waste to Energy
Delhi submits status report on WtE and waste management to the NGT

Delhi submits status report on WtE and waste management to the NGT

Delhi government has recently submitted a status report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the report, Delhi generated 11,332 tpd of MSW on an average. As further stated, there are currently four WtE…

Biogas
Plans for new biogas plant in Chattisgarh

Plans for new biogas plant in Chattisgarh

The Gobar Dhan Yojana Committee has reached an agreement about the construction of an AD plant in Ranveerpur, Chhattisgarh. The plant will process 1.59 tpd of manure from local farms. The production capacity will amount…

Waste to Energy
Narela-Bawana Waste to Energy plant to increase capacity

Narela-Bawana Waste to Energy plant to increase capacity

Public consultations have been launched for the planned capacity increase at the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi. Plans provide to increase the plant’s capacity from 24 MW to 60 MW. At 24 MW, the plant…

Biomass Energy
New biomass power plant proposed in Raipur

New biomass power plant proposed in Raipur

The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board has approved plans by iron manufacturer Vandana Global Limited to develop a biomass power plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The plant should be fuelled with rice husk and have a capacity…

Waste to Energy
Plans for new waste-to-hydrogen pilot facility in Pune

Plans for new waste-to-hydrogen pilot facility in Pune

The company GreenBillions (TGBL) will partner with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to set up a demonstration plant for the conversion of biomass and MSW into hydrogen. The plant will be operated by TGBL’s wholly-owned subsidiary…