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New Waste to Energy project in Dundahera

New Waste to Energy project in Dundahera

A new WtE project could be built in Dundahera, Haryana. This is according to a report by The Times of India. The project secured the approval of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation on 27 November 2021.…

News
New plans for RDF production at Panaji remediation project

New plans for RDF production at Panaji remediation project

At a legacy waste remediation project in Panaji, around 14,000 m³ of RDF have been produced so far. The RDF production was set up by the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) at the Sonsoddo waste…

Waste to Energy
New Galand WtE project to start in 2022

New Galand WtE project to start in 2022

Building works on the WtE project in Galand village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, are expected to start in 2022, reports Hindustan Times. On 24 November, according to another report, a newly built boundary wall at…

News
Punjab Invest signs MoU with PSO-RGAI

Punjab Invest signs MoU with PSO-RGAI

Invest Punjab has signed an MoU recently with the Punjab State Office-Renewable Gas Association of India (PSO-RGAI). The new agreement aims at promoting the development of biofuel compressed biogas (CBG) plants in Punjab. As reported…

Policy & others
Punjab to renegotiate FiTs

Punjab to renegotiate FiTs

The Government of Punjab has unanimously passed a bill to renegotiate FiTs under Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in place between the public utility Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) and renewable energy generators. Reportedly, the…

Biogas
Chandigarh CBG plant to be commissioned in January

Chandigarh CBG plant to be commissioned in January

The compressed biogas plant in the Sangrur district of Chandigarh, Punjab, is set to be commissioned in January 2022, according to a Times Now report. The plant should process paddy straw stubble to produce 33…

Waste to Energy
Update on WtE project in Varanasi

Update on WtE project in Varanasi

NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), a subsidiary of national energy utility NTPC, and the municipal corporation Varanasi Nagar Nigam have signed an agreement for the development of the INR 1.8 billion (EUR 21 million) WtE…

Waste to Energy
Clean Vision to install pilot WtE plant in Hyderabad

Clean Vision to install pilot WtE plant in Hyderabad

Clean Vision Corporation has purchased a pyrolysis plant, which will be installed in Hyderabad, according to a recent report. The pilot plant with a throughput of 2.5 tpd was acquired by Clean Vision’s subsidiary Clean-Seas…

Waste to Energy
Reports on WtE Dadumajra due for January 2022

Reports on WtE Dadumajra due for January 2022

The detailed project report (DPR) and an RfP report for the upgrade of a WtE plant in Dadumajra, Union territory, are now expected to be completed in January 2022, reports The Times of India. In…

Biogas
CBG plant in Dhuriapar to be inaugurated in 2022

CBG plant in Dhuriapar to be inaugurated in 2022

A CBG project developed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Dhuriyapar, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to be completed soon, as stated in a report by Amar Ujala. The facility is planned to be inaugurated…

Waste to Energy
Update on the Galand WtE project

Update on the Galand WtE project

Uttar Pradesh authorities have now made detailed information on a planned WtE facility in Galand village in Ghaziabad, available. According to a report in The Hindustan Times, the facility is planned to process up to…

Waste to Energy
WtE project in Punjab scrapped by officials

WtE project in Punjab scrapped by officials

A proposed WtE project in Samgoli, Dera Bassi, has been scrapped by the authorities of Punjab. As further reported, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) received approval by the…

New biogas plant to be set up in Katkai

A biogas plant is anticipated to be set up in the village of Katkai, Mahendragarh district, Haryana, according to The Tribune. The fixed dome-type biogas plant using slurry as feedstock should be able to supply…

Sorting/MBT
Goa’s Neura panchayat proposes new MRF

Goa’s Neura panchayat proposes new MRF

A new MRF could be coming to North Goa’s Igorjevaddo in Neura panchayat. Local residents have been opposed to the project, claiming the location is unsuitable and could cause problems in the future. The proposed…

Policy & others
Telangana to focus on MSW for recovery purposes

Telangana to focus on MSW for recovery purposes

The State of Telangana is focusing on using municipal solid waste (MSW) for recovery purposes, according to recent statements by the Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Energy). However, the official did not provide information on any…

Waste to Energy
Update on new WtE project in Jawaharnagar

Update on new WtE project in Jawaharnagar

The additional 28 MW WtE plant to be built at the Jawaharnagar landfill in Hyderabad, Telangana, should take 18 months for construction, once environmental permits are granted. This is according to a report by the…

Company news
JK Cement and PRESPL sign MoU on biomass supply

JK Cement and PRESPL sign MoU on biomass supply

Indian cement producer JK Cement has recently signed an MoU with biomass aggregation and densification entity Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL), as reported by EquityBulls. The partners agreed on a 10-year supply contract for biomass…

Policy & others
EU: No restrictions for waste paper exports to India

EU: No restrictions for waste paper exports to India

The supposed export ban for waste paper to India, as stated in a new EU regulation, is the result of an oversight (an unintentional error) made in a response by the Indian Government. This has…

Waste to Energy
WtE plant in Guntur is now ready for operations

WtE plant in Guntur is now ready for operations

The WtE plant in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, is now ready for operations, according to The New Indian Express. This was announced by officials reporting to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister during the recently held Clean…

Biogas
Shahanshahpur biogas plant to go online soon

Shahanshahpur biogas plant to go online soon

The new biogas plant currently under construction in the village of Shahanshahpur, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, should start operations by the end of October, as reported recently. About 90% of the work has so far…

Goa State announces biogas incentives

The Goa State Government has announced in its budget speech for 2021-2022 to provide financial incentives to support cattle, pig and poultry farmers in setting up biogas plants to process manure, as reported by The…

Waste to Energy
Update on DPR and RfP report for Dadumajra WtE plant

Update on DPR and RfP report for Dadumajra WtE plant

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) has provided INR 3.5 million (EUR 40,000) to IIT Ropar for conducting a detailed project report (DPR) and an RfP report for the upgrade of a WtE plant in Dadumajra,…

Biogas
Biogas plant to be set up in Dehradun

Biogas plant to be set up in Dehradun

The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), Uttarakhand, is currently planning to set up a new agricultural biogas plant in the city. The MCD is in talks with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), according…

Plastic
New MoU on chemical recycling

New MoU on chemical recycling

UK-based Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. has agreed on an MoU with Indian chemical recycling technology firm Polycycl. As further reported, the companies will form business partnerships to implement plastic-to-oil projects in India, which will be…

Waste to Energy
Mumbai start-up works on WtE solutions

Mumbai start-up works on WtE solutions

A Mumbai-based start-up is developing waste management solutions for the City of Mumbai, Maharashtra, according to a report by The Times of India. The solutions are aimed at bio and medical waste as well as…

Biogas
New CBG project in Barsana

New CBG project in Barsana

Adani Total Gas has reportedly signed an agreement for a 350 tpd agricultural Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plant at Barsana, located in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Main feedstock would be cattle dung, alongside further types of input,…

Waste to Energy
RfP deadline for WtE Bainguinim extended again

RfP deadline for WtE Bainguinim extended again

The deadline for submitting RfP documents for the Bainguinim WtE project was prolonged. According to a senior officier, this was due to requests from several bidders at the pre-bid meeting, as reported by The Times…

Waste to Energy
HZ India delivers equipment for Moshi WtE plant

HZ India delivers equipment for Moshi WtE plant

Hitachi Zosen India Private Limited (HZIPL) has been awarded a contract by Antony Lara Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd. to deliver a 700 tpd stoker type incineration line for the WtE project in Maharashtra’s Pimpri Chinchwad…

Biogas
Plans to restart operations at biogas plant in Pune

Plans to restart operations at biogas plant in Pune

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has received offers from four private players to install new technology and restart operations of the decommissioned Sarasbaug biogas plant in Pune, Maharashtra. As further reported in late September, in…

Waste to Energy
Land cleared for WtE expansion in Bandhwari

Land cleared for WtE expansion in Bandhwari

Six acres of land have been cleared for the construction of a WtE plant expansion at the Bandhwari landfill site, according to a report by Hindustan Times. The remaining four acres are due to be…

Recycling
Update on two Mysuru waste plants

Update on two Mysuru waste plants

The two MSW treatment and recycling plants in Kesare and Rayanakere, located in Mysuru (Mysore), Karnataka, have not made any further progress since late 2020, reports Star of Mysore. According to a the source, the…

Biomass Energy
Two biomass projects delayed until 2022

Two biomass projects delayed until 2022

Two paddy straw biomass projects in Punjab are facing delays and are now expected to become operational in 2022, as reported by The Times of India. This includes a 10 MW project in Fatehgarh Sahib…

Biogas
Bhutal Kalan CBG plant is to start in November

Bhutal Kalan CBG plant is to start in November

The bio-CNG plant in the village of Bhutal Kalan, Punjab, is due to become operational by November 2021. The plant located in Lehra Tehsil, Sangrur district, is supposed to process up to 150,000 tpy of…

Recycling
Hydromet to build new LiBs recycling plants

Hydromet to build new LiBs recycling plants

Gujarat-based metallurgy company Hydromet has announced plans for three new lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) recycling plants in India and overseas, as reported by PV Magazine. The combined annual capacity is expected to reach 10,000 tons. A…

Biogas
New Bio CNG facility planned in Jamshedpur

New Bio CNG facility planned in Jamshedpur

A new 18,250 tpy Bio CNG plant running on wet waste is being planned in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee is to build the plant soon, but no specific date is stated in…

Biogas
New CBG plant to be built in Brahmapur

New CBG plant to be built in Brahmapur

A new compressed biogas (CBG) plant is to be set up at Brahmapur, in Buxar district, Bihar, according to Live Hindustan. A company named GNIGPL is working on the project, together with India’s gas company…

News
New study: Chandigarh focuses on waste segregation at source

New study: Chandigarh focuses on waste segregation at source

The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has announced its plans for conducting a study on the current status of waste management across the city, with respect to waste segregation at source. The authority intends to reach…

Biogas
Jhiri biogas plant now under construction

Jhiri biogas plant now under construction

The CBG plant in Jhiri, located near Ranchi, Jharkhand State, is currently under construction and is slated for completion in November or December 2022, according to The Telegraph. In March 2021, Gas Authority of India…

Biogas
Bio-CNG plant to be set up in Bhilwara

Bio-CNG plant to be set up in Bhilwara

A new Bio-CNG plant is to be developed by the Bhilwara District Milk Producers Cooperative Union Ltd. in the city of Bhilwara, Rajasthan State, as reported by Patrika. The investment is supposed to be INR…

Construction
New C&D waste proposal in Warangal

New C&D waste proposal in Warangal

Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) plans to set up a C&D waste recycling plant in the village of Kakkiralapally, Warangal, Telangana, reports Telangana Today. The facility shall be erected at five acres owned by the…

Waste to Energy
Tender floated for Varanasi Waste to Energy project

Tender floated for Varanasi Waste to Energy project

The tender for the 600 tpd Varanasi (also known as Benares) WtE plant, Uttar Pradesh, has been floated on 10 August 2021, according to a report by Jagran. The plant is based on torrefaction technology…

Waste to Energy
Public hearing set for Waste to Energy project in Bandhwari

Public hearing set for Waste to Energy project in Bandhwari

A public hearing is to be held on the WtE project at the Bandhwari landfill site, Haryana. As the source further indicates, some people were also planning protests against the project on that day, reports…

Biogas
New technology piloted at Vadgaon AD plant

New technology piloted at Vadgaon AD plant

The Pune Municipal corporation (PMC) plans to resume operations at wet waste biogas plant in Vadgaon Budruk, Pune, Maharashtra. The plant has ceased operations after a rain damage in 2019, according to The Hindustan Times.…

Biogas
Verbio and Indian Oil sign MoU for biomethane joint venture

Verbio and Indian Oil sign MoU for biomethane joint venture

Germany’s Verbio and Mumbai-based Indian Oil Corp. have recently signed an MoU on setting up agricultural compressed biogas and biofuels projects in India. A JV is in the works to develop the plants for producing…

Biogas
Construction started at new CNG project in Guhan

Construction started at new CNG project in Guhan

Construction has begun on a CNG biogas and biofuels project in the village of Guhan, Haryana, reports Amar Ujala. Project developer is the Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA), in collaboration with Triple M-7 and RGM.…

Sorting/MBT
New waste sorting facility in Kadakampally

New waste sorting facility in Kadakampally

A new waste sorting and segregation plant is to be set up by the Clean Kerala Company (CKC) in Kadakampally village, Kerala. The plant shall process non-biodegradable waste, in particular plastic waste, as reported by…

Waste to Energy
Kapuluppada Waste to Energy plant to be inaugurated in October

Kapuluppada Waste to Energy plant to be inaugurated in October

The mayor of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has announced details on a current WtE project in Kapuluppada, Andhra Pradesh, reports The Hindu. The plant been set up over a 17-acre site and would…

Waste to Energy
New Waste to Energy plant to start in Sonipat

New Waste to Energy plant to start in Sonipat

A new Waste to Energy facility was inaugurated in Sonipat, Haryana by state Chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, as reported by The Times of India. The WtE project will cost INR 1.77 billion (EUR 20.3…

Recycling
New project in Greater Noida starting RDF production in October

New project in Greater Noida starting RDF production in October

Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is about to open a 400 tpd legacy waste remediation plant, producing RDF, at the Lakhnawali landfill site in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Trials have started recently and the…

Waste to Energy
BMC awarded environmental permit for Deonar Waste to Energy plans

BMC awarded environmental permit for Deonar Waste to Energy plans

The proposal for the Deonar WtE plant in Mumbai, Maharashtra, has been accepted by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), according to Hindustan Times. Currently, the plans are being reviewed by the state-level expert…