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Biogas
Large biogas plant to be erected in Uttar Pradesh

Large biogas plant to be erected in Uttar Pradesh

A 600 tpd biogas plant will be established in the Barsana town of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. Adani Total Gas has entered into a public welfare partnership with Shri Mataji Gaushala, a cow shelter in…

Biogas
Biogas facility opened in Kalpetta

Biogas facility opened in Kalpetta

A biogas plant in the municipality of Kalpetta, Kerala, was inaugurated on 14 August 2022. The plant is reportedly located at a 15,000-square feet area on 9 acres of land in Vellaramkunnu. The investment has…

Waste to Energy
Coimbatore receives funding for new WtE plant

Coimbatore receives funding for new WtE plant

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC), Tamil Nadu, will receive funds amounting to INR 700 million (EUR 8.7 million) under the Federal Government’s Swachh Bharat mission’s Solid Waste Management fund. With these funds, a C&D…

Policy & others
Lok Sabha approves renewable bill

Lok Sabha approves renewable bill

The Indian Parliament Lok Sabha has passed a bill called Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill to promote the development of renewable energy and fuels, including biomass. Amongst others, it introduces penalties for industrial companies failing to…

Biogas
Ramnagar AD plant to start in December

Ramnagar AD plant to start in December

Building works for the biogas facility at Parag Dairy in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh, are expected to be completed by December 2022. As of June 2022, commissioning was scheduled for October 2022. The plant is expected…

Biogas
Bhutal Kalan CBG plant commissioned

Bhutal Kalan CBG plant commissioned

The Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant in the village of Bhutal Kalan in Sangrur district, Punjab, has now started commercial CGB production. The plant producing 33.23 tpd was commissioned in April 2022. As per earlier information,…

Plastic
New plastic recycling plant installed in Bangalore

New plastic recycling plant installed in Bangalore

Together with Yunus Social Business Fund gGmbH and its subsidiary Cofresco, German retail coffee company Melitta has set up a plastic recycling plant in Bangalore, Karnataka. The plant is part of an initiative named “Fair…

Waste to Energy
New WtE plant proposed in Patna

New WtE plant proposed in Patna

Bihar’s state urban development and housing department intends to build a WtE plant in Patna, Bihar. The facility to be erected at Ramachak Bairiya on Patna-Gaya road should host several separate units for compost, biomethanation,…

Construction
NMC’s C&D waste plant to be relocated

NMC’s C&D waste plant to be relocated

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), Maharashtra, is relocating its proposed C&D waste plant. The location will change from an existing garbage depot at the city outskirts in Pathardi to Makhmalabad. This decision was made, according…

Biogas
New biogas plant inaugurated in Varanasi

New biogas plant inaugurated in Varanasi

A biogas plant with a capacity of 200 cubic metres has been inaugurated in the Akauni village in Chandauli district, Varanasi. According to the news report, the plant was implemented in cooperation with the National…

Biogas
Biogas facility underway in Ranchi

Biogas facility underway in Ranchi

Construction of a biogas plant is currently underway in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The project is being jointly developed by gas company GAIL India Limited and the Ranchi Municipal Corporation. In two digesters, the plant should process…

Biogas
ANIL and RIL to set up 2 biogas plants each

ANIL and RIL to set up 2 biogas plants each

Utility Adani New Industries (ANIL) and conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) are planning to each develop two biogas plants. Both companies plan to invest up to INR 6 billion (EUR 74.26 million) in the new projects.…

Waste to Energy
MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

A new report provides details on a WtE plant by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in Bawana. A tender is currently running for this plant, which is supposed to be the MCD’s fifth project.…

Biogas
BBMP to set up 2 large AD plants in Bangalore

BBMP to set up 2 large AD plants in Bangalore

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced plans to set up two large-scale biogas plants running on municipal organic waste. The 500 tpd BioCNG facilities are planned at the Chikkanagamangala and Karnataka Compost Development Corporation…

Biogas
Pune to keep small-scale AD plants operational

Pune to keep small-scale AD plants operational

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will continue to operate small-scale biogas plants, despite earlier plans for a shut down. In June 2022, PMC had announced to close 25 biogas plants. As per the new announcement, however…

Biogas
Uttar Pradesh to set up biogas plants at cow centres

Uttar Pradesh to set up biogas plants at cow centres

The state government of Uttar Pradesh has announced plans to set up compressed biogas plants in PPP mode in all cow protection facilities in the state. The plans provide to build block-level cow centres, each…

Biogas
New proposals for biogas plants in Chhattisgarh

New proposals for biogas plants in Chhattisgarh

Two AD projects converting cow dung into compressed biogas (green automotive fuel) are being proposed in the state of Chhattisgarh. The plans were presented by an official of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology…

Biomass Energy
Balco co-firing biomass at thermal plant in Korba

Balco co-firing biomass at thermal plant in Korba

The company Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) has started co-firing of biomass briquettes at its thermal power plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh. Balco, a subsidiary of Indian Oil & Gas and Metals company Vedanta Resources, will…

Biogas
New plans for biogas plant in Telangana

New plans for biogas plant in Telangana

The company Dhatri Biosilicates intends to invest INR 1.6 billion (EUR 19.5 million) to set up a silica and biogas plant in the federal state of Telangana. According to the source, this was announced on…

Biogas
AD plant in Ramnagar to start in October

AD plant in Ramnagar to start in October

A 100 tpd AD plant is currently being erected at the Parag Dairy in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The plant is expected to produce 4,000 m³ of gas and about 2,000 units of electricity per day.…

Biogas
New CBG plant to be set up in Tirumala

New CBG plant to be set up in Tirumala

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited is partnering with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD on a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. The plant should be running on biodegradable solid (wet) waste. An MoU is…

Biogas
Haibowal AD plant not running at full capacity

Haibowal AD plant not running at full capacity

The Haibowal in Ludhiana, Punjab, is not working at full capacity. The plant at Hambran road is running at 100 to 125 tpd of cow dung, whereas its regular capacity is at least 225 tpd.…

Biogas
IOCL approves biogas plant in Gwalior

IOCL approves biogas plant in Gwalior

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has granted permission to a proposal to build a biogas plant in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The facility is to be erected at the Adarsh ​​Gaushala of the Municipal Corporation, Lal…

Waste to Energy
Brahmapuram WtE project still in the pipeline

Brahmapuram WtE project still in the pipeline

A new source is commenting on the WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Even after seven years, as per the source, the project has not yet been implemented. Reportedly, a Detailed Project Report (DPR)…

Biomass Energy
New biomass boiler installed in Kurukshetra

New biomass boiler installed in Kurukshetra

A new biomass boiler has been installed in 2022 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. The 75 tph, 15 MWe boiler by Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL) is using vibrating grate technology developed in Denmark. However, the source…

Biogas
New biomethane plant opened at Pakri Barwadih

New biomethane plant opened at Pakri Barwadih

A biomethane plant has been erected and opened at the NTPC Pakri Barwadih coal mining project (PBCMP), Jharkhand. The facility is located at Sikri site premises. The energy to be produced is supposed to be…

Sorting/MBT
Kargil receives MSW treatment plant

Kargil receives MSW treatment plant

Plans have emerged for an MSW management also producing energy in Kurbathang, in Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh. The facility should produce energy, as well as provide recycling and composting. As further stated in…

Biomass Energy
PPAs concluded with co-incinerator in Nagaland

PPAs concluded with co-incinerator in Nagaland

The Nagaland District Energy and Finance Ministry has signed several power purchase agreements with companies in the solar, thermal, hydro and biomass power sectors. Indian power company Fitzroy Energy & Minerals Ltd. signed a power…

Biogas
New biogas proposal in Hyderabad

New biogas proposal in Hyderabad

A 20 tpd biowaste AD plant is to be built at the Kaithalapur Transfer Station in Hyderabad, Telangana. Led by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), it entails an estimated…

Other Recycling
Amara Raja Batteries to build new battery recycling plant

Amara Raja Batteries to build new battery recycling plant

India-based battery manufacturer Amara Raja Batteries Ltd plans to incorporate a subsidiary called Amara Raja Circular Solutions. Amara Raja Batteries also plans to set up a battery recycling plant through the subsidiary, as further stated…

Waste to Energy
Company seeking contractor for expanding RDF plant

Company seeking contractor for expanding RDF plant

Delhi MSW Solutions intends to expand its RDF combustion plant at Bawana Industrial Area in Delhi. According to the report, the plant’s capacity should increase from 24 MW to 60 MW at an investment of…

Biogas
Enertech announces new investments in CBG business

Enertech announces new investments in CBG business

Ahmedabad-based Enertech Fuel Solutions intends to make investments in the compressed biogas (CBG) business. The total investment should amount to INR 6 billion (EUR 74.6 million). Reportedly, in a first phase, the company plans to…

Waste to Energy
Financing of Bidadi WtE plant faces problems

Financing of Bidadi WtE plant faces problems

The Bidadi WtE project, which is currently under construction, could by delayed as the financing of the construction is hindered. The project is being jointly developed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power…

Biogas
New biogas plant at Mandur landfill

New biogas plant at Mandur landfill

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is further developing its plans for a biogas plant at the Mandur landfill in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Back in July 2021, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sought details of…

News
Financial update on Mysuru C&D waste project

Financial update on Mysuru C&D waste project

The Mysuru City Corporation will allocate INR 50 million (EUR 618,850) for the construction of a C&D waste recycling plant. Total cost for the project is expected to amount to INR 150 million (EUR 1.86…

Biogas
IOC and Adani to set up CBG plants

IOC and Adani to set up CBG plants

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Adani Total Gas are proposing to set up compressed biogas (CBG) plants in Uttar Pradesh. The source does not comment on any specific location. As further stated in the source,…

Construction
New C&D waste recycling plans in Pathardi

New C&D waste recycling plans in Pathardi

A C&D waste recycling plant is to be constructed in Pathardi, Maharashtra. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has been planning this project for some time but just recently, an agency was finalised to set up…

Policy & others
India and Brazil team up on bioenergy

India and Brazil team up on bioenergy

India and Brazil have agreed to develop an Indian-Brazilian Alliance for Bioenergy and Biofuels to enhance the partnership between the two countries. The partnership highlights the importance of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector and…

Biogas
New CNG plant to be erected in Bhopal

New CNG plant to be erected in Bhopal

A new CNG facility based on cow dung is to be built in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The facility also known as Bhopal Gobar-dhan plant, is supposed to produce enough CNG to operate 250 city buses…

Biomass Energy
New update on biomass use at Delhi plants

New update on biomass use at Delhi plants

The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has again ordered 11 coal-based thermal power plants operators to comply with its biomass co-firing instructions. In September 2021,…

Waste to Energy
WtE project at Pune landfill still being discussed

WtE project at Pune landfill still being discussed

Following a major fire at the Moshi landfill in Pune, questions are being raised about the status of the WtE project announced nearly five years ago. In 2017, as part of the development plan Bhosari…

Recycling
New battery recycling plant in Haldia

New battery recycling plant in Haldia

Chloride Metals Limited has started commercial production at its “manufacturing plant for battery recycling” in Haldia, West Bengal. The plant situated on a 1-acre plot of land is hosting recycling technology installed together with global…

Biogas
New biogas plant under construction in Kota

New biogas plant under construction in Kota

A new biogas plant is under construction in Kota, Rajasthan. The plant is being developed under the Devnarayan scheme of the City Development Trust Kota, according to a news report. The work is being carried…

Waste to Energy
Tender for new WtE project in Kanpur

Tender for new WtE project in Kanpur

New Delhi-based Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. has announced a tender for a WtE project in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. As further reported, the tender is for the establishment of an 8 MW grid-connected power…

Recycling
New MRF inaugurated in Gurugram

New MRF inaugurated in Gurugram

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has recently inaugurated an MRF in Badshahpur, Haryana. Waste management company Ecogreen Energy will operate the facility, which can recycle multiple waste streams including plastic, glass and metal, according to…

Biomass Energy
MahaGenco to trial biobriquette use in coal plant

MahaGenco to trial biobriquette use in coal plant

Public power company Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) is planning to trial the use of biomass briquettes in its coal-fired power plant in Parli, Beed district, Maharashtra state. One of the three 250 MW…

Biogas
20 AD plants and STPs in Delhi to be upgraded

20 AD plants and STPs in Delhi to be upgraded

Plans provide for upgrading 20 biogas plants and sewage treatment plants (STPs) by Delhi Jal board (DJB), the government agency for the supply of potable water in Delhi. As further reported, upgrades should be conducted…

Biogas
UK company to build new AD plant in Ghaziabad

UK company to build new AD plant in Ghaziabad

A new facility converting wet waste into biogas and CNG is to be built at the Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. An unnamed company based in the UK is reportedly supposed to set…

Biogas
Five AD projects signed in Punjab

Five AD projects signed in Punjab

Five biogas projects accepting paddy straw are to be built in Punjab, according to the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). As reported, a corresponding agreement has been signed recently by PEDA and M/s EverEnviro Resource…

Biogas
CBG plant to be built in Bhogpur

CBG plant to be built in Bhogpur

Two energy projects are being proposed at the location of the Bhogpur Cooperative Sugar Mill in Bhogpur, Punjab. A 15 MW power plant not further specified is reportedly to be built, as well as a…