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Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved the proposal of AG Dauters to establish a WtE plant at Ramachak Bairiya on Patna-Gaya road. According to The Times of India, the plant will utilise plasma gasification technology…
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Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) will meet on 13 September 2018 for issuing work order to A.G. Dauters Waste Processing Pvt Ltd. AG Dauters plans to set up a WtE plant with the capacity to convert…
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The Standing Committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal for a new WtE project. The proposal comprises the construction of a 15 MW WtE plant, which is projected to be able…
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According to the mayor of Dhanbad, the city will be embarking on a comprehensive waste management project worth INR 2.7 billion (EUR 33 million). As reported by The Telegraph, the project will be executed in…
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Chennai City Authorities have passed a council resolution that approves two WtE plants at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi landfills. The Perungudi WtE site is said to have a power production capacity of 26 MWel, while…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) intends to develop a 5 MW WtE gasification plant in Kozhikode, Kerala, for which it will provide the land. The corporation first proposed the project in 2017, but…
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Construction works at the proposed 10 MW WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, have been further delayed, because the state’s Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), which has to issue the environmental permit for the project, has…
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According to The Daily Pioneer, the East Dheli Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed an agreement with Dheli-based waste processing company AG Dauters for the construction of a WtE gasification plant that will be fuelled with…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to shut down the Mulund landfill site in order to begin the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project at Deonar. According to civic officials, the recovery of the Mulund landfill should…
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The WtE facility in Achan, Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir, which should have been constructed within 18 months from 12 December 2017 onwards, has not made any progress, as was reported by The Greater Kashmir.…
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Bangalore-based realty company Sumadhura Group has formed a partnership with Indian WtE company GPS Renewables to install a WtE plant in Bangalore, Karnataka, at one of its construction projects, reports India Education Diary. The plant…
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As announced by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, construction work at the Bhalswa waste-to-energy plant will commence by the end of August. This will mark the city´s fourth WtE plant after Ghazipur, Narela-Bawana and Okhla.…
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According to the source, the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) has signed a memorandum of understanding with an unnamed French company for the realisation of the Mavallipura WtE plant. The MoU is aimed at setting…
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According to United News of India, the governments of India and Oman are discussing the construction of a WtE plant in India. However the proposed capacities of the project disclosed in the source remain unrealistic.…
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Essel Infraprojects has announced the commencement of construction at Nagpur waste-to-energy plant in Maharashtra. This has been reported by United News of India. For this puropse, the company has set up a subsidiary, Nagpur Solid…
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For the implementation of its “Urban Solid Waste Management Initiative (USWMI)” the government of Kerala has earmarked INR 20 million (EUR 250,000) for waste management projects, as reported by The Times of India. The government…
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The WtE plant in Jawahar Nagar, which should be operational at the end of the year, is going to create higher costs than previously thought, as reported by The Hindu. Main reason for that should…
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According to The Times of India, the Solid Waste Management Project in Gurugam, Haryana, which should have a capacity of 100 MWel and will cost around INR 4.3 billion (EUR 55 million) is facing problems.…
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As ecoprog reported last week, the Noida 123 Sector WtE project has been brought to a halt, due to the Chief Minister’s intervention. He ordered the plant to be relocated to a site outside of…
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Delhi-based private company AG Dauters Waste Processing Pvt Ltd proposed to start 20 WtE projects, similar to the one in Patna, in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana by 2019. However the…
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According to the Telegraph India, a Delhi-based private company has shown interest in establishing a waste-to-energy plant in the city of Patna. The company named AG Dauters Waste Processing Pvt Ltd proposed to convert 700…
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The Times of India has reported that construction works for the Ghaziabad WtE plant are likely to begin soon, as the land acquisition process was completed recently. Indian company Accord Hydro was awarded the contract…
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According to India Today, construction works for the controversial New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) WtE project in Sector 123 have been stopped by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. As a consequence of strong public…
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According to The Times of India, after a delay of over two years, the tariff per unit of energy generated by the planned WtE plant in Brahmapuram has been determined. The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory…
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According to a report by The Economic Times, Essel Infra has won three tenders for the construction and operation of WtE projects in Kadapa, Anantpur and TP Gudem in South East India. According to Essel…
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Mumbai-based company Variate Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. is interested in constructing a WtE plant in Belgavi, Karnataka, as reported by the Economic Times. By cooperating with Korean firm POSH, it wants to generate power out of…
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The state government of Karnataka has decided to choose another location for the Gorur, Magadi taluk Waste-to-Energy plant. According to the report by the New Indian Express, the plant is likely to be moved to…
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According to Telegraph India, the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced that the municipality terminated the contract with the agency, which had been assigned to establish a Waste-to-Energy plant in Patna, Bihar. According to Patna’s…
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According to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the state government is planning to establish Waste-to-Energy units in all the six municipal solid waste processing plants in the state. He emphasised on the use of WtE…
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According to The Daily Star, one of the two landfills serving Dhaka city, the Matuail landfill, is expected to reach its full capacity in a few years. The site is used by the Dhaka South…
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According to the Business Standard, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanfara Palike (BBMP) and French-based company 3Wayste have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a WtE plant in Chikkanagamangla. According to the MoU, BBMP will deliver…
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In March 2018, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has begun to cap the landfill in Jawaharnagar, which stores 14 million tons of garbage, as reported by Telangana Today. At the site, around 2,000 tpd…
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The city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, has announced plans for a new WtE plant in Langdiyawas, according to the Economic Times. Currently, the city converts its MSW into compost, and the remaining amounts into RDF. According…
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According to The Times of India, the controversial New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) WtE project in Sector 123, Uttar Pradesh, has entered the construction phase. Works began by constructing a landfill, which will be…
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According to The Times of India, the Hyderabad authorities are expecting to be able to generate 100 MW of electricity through 4 pending WtE projects coming up at Jawaharnagar, Old City, LB Nagar and Bibinagar.…
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The Vengadamangalam WtE plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is in the process of terminating operations. Due to the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016, which call for segregation and the decentralised processing of waste, the…
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Plans proceed for building a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now carry out a geological survey for a landfill, as the Indian Express reported. The company…
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According to the Deccan Chronicle, preparatory works have now started at the 300 tpd Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi, Kerala. Reportedly, the Kerala state government has accelerated the process of granting final clearances for the…
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Locals of five nearby villages have decided to address the Punjab and Haryana high court in their protest against the under construction WtE plant in Bandhwari, according to The Times of India. Their concerns about…
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According to The Times of India, the announced RDF plant, which should be constructed at the Vellalore landfill, is planned to have a treatment capacity of 600 tpd. Furthermore, Switzerland-based NGO International Council for Local…
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Indian company Ecogreen Energy has won the tender for the contract of Haryana’s first Integrated Solid Waste Management Project until 2039. According to The Statesman, the project should include the segregation, transport and conversion of…
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According to Ecowatch, in 2017, India has for the first time added more energy capacity from renewables than from fossil fuels. With 11,788 MW, the increase of renewable energy was more than twice the growth…
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In 2017, India has for the first time added more energy capacity from renewables than from fossil fuels, as was reported by EcoWatch. With 11,788 MW, the increase of renewable energy was more than twice…
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Due to a high level of objection and a rap from the judiciary, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) now has to make alternate arrangements for shifting its solid waste management plant from the village…
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The Waste-to-Energy project currently under construction in Kasba Bawda is planned to begin operations by 15 May. According to The Times of India, the project is now in the last phase of completion. It has…
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The general body meeting of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PPMC) has approved the establishment of the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant at the Moshi garbage depot, as The Times of India reported. The Moshi garbage depot will…
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According to The Times of India, state-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has announced venturing into funding Waste-to-Energy (WtE) projects. The announcement of PFC showcased after lending Rs 2.9 billion (EUR 36 million) to the Bawana…
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Further details have emerged for the tender for the Bhalswa WtE plant, which was floated earlier. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced that the plant is proposed to generate 15 MWel per day. According to…
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According to the Chief Minister of Kerala, the ongoing construction of the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy plant will be completed within 18 months. He further mentioned that the government has plans to construct Waste-to-Energy plants in 8…
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According to The Times of India, the WtE plant planned at the Moshi landfill will likely enter the construction phase in May 2018. Brazilian firm Lara Enviro and Indian Agency Anthony Enviro Private Ltd. will…
