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Bengaluru has received multiple offers by firms to turn the city´s solid waste into electricity, The Deccan Herald reports. According to agents of the firms the heating value of Bengaluru´s garbage would be adequate to…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is apparently planning to set up a WtE facility with a treatment capacity of 400 tpd, The Indian Express reports.. As said, the new facility is supposed to be built…
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The Southern Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) announced plans to set up a new WtE facility. As said, the plant would be located adjacent to the existing Okhla WtE facility and should have a treatment capacity…
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The WtE project in Hyderabad, Telangana, has still not received any governmental support, The New Indian Express reports. The proposed plant would process 2,000 tons of garbage daily in order to reach a capacity of…
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As stated by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC), an RDF plant in Langadiawas near Jaipur will reach full capacity utilisation in this year’s September. JMC also plans to move forward on a discussed 700 tpd…
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The state government of Karnataka has proposed to set up a waste and recycling park near Madhugiri, Tumakuru District. As stated by an city official of Bengaluru, Karnataka’s state capital, the site would include a…
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After facing an undue delay already, Bhuasuni’s Municipal Solid Waste facility has to deal with another problem, the New Indian Express reports.. The plant should treat biodegradable, combustible and recyclable content of the solid waste.…
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As stated by a lawyer representing local residents, the operator of the Okhla WtE plant in New Delhi has allegedly made false claims about the existence of RDF and biogas units at its site, The…
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As revealed by the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC), company Spark has been selected to deliver AMC’s planned WtE project, the Times of India reports. Even though no exact capacity figure was given, the AMC said…
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The WtE project at the Bhandewadi dumping yard in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has been granted support of Rs 96 crore (about EUR 12.8 million) by the central and the state’s government. Rs 70 crore will be…
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Project developer Essel Infraprojects has announced to have successfully commissioned a 11.5 MW WtE plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. According to earlier sources, the plant will be operated by a PPP consisting of Essel and…
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According to project developer Ramky Group, the Narela Bawana WtE plant in North West Delhi might start operations in June, The Hindu reports. Ramky is developing the plant on behalf of the North Delhi Municipal…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has determined a feed-in tariff for the planned Kolhapur WtE plant. The project is being developed by Kolhapur Green Energy Private Limited (KGEPL), a special purpose vehicle formed by…
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After the AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) government had originally agreed to shut down or relocate the Okhla WtE plant in New Delhi because it reportedly does not adhere to emission standards, the Delhi Pollution Control…
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The government of the state of Punjab has dropped its plans to set up a 13 MW WtE facility in the village of Jamsher. The plant was supposed to serve the 27 Urban Local Bodies…
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As a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is currently being prepared, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking to hold a tender in June to find an operator for its planned Deonar WtE facility. BMC previously…
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The Bawana WtE project has apparently stalled because of a dispute between the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and project developer Ramky Group on revenue sharing. The Bawana WtE plant is planned to have a…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has announced to start construction works at its WtE project by the end of this May. KMC already awarded a construction and operations contract to company Rochem Separations Limited more…
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According to the city’s deputy mayor, a WtE plant is currently being discussed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The proposed facility would have a generation capacity of 2 MW and treat 80 tpd of waste, which…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant is still in trail operations. As stated, the facility was already completed several months ago, but the government has not yet granted an approval for operations. The plant is said to…
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A WtE project is currently being proposed in the city of Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. According to a project report by Delhi-based company IPE Global Private Limited, the plant would have a treatment capacity of 200…
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Construction of the WtE plant planned in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has still not begun. Apparently, the main reasons for the delay are conflicts about the feed-in tariff for the electricity to be produced. However, older sources…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has apparently tendered a WtE project as a part of its new waste management plan. The tender was said to be won by an unnamed multinational company, whose facility in…
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A WtE project is apparently underway in Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra. In a media report, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) was said to be executing the last steps of putting online a Waste-to-Energy plant. However, the…
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India’s National Green Tribunal has approved plans by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up a WtE plant. Even as earlier sources report on possible project delays of up to two years due to…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will receive funds of INR 3.08 billion (USD 46.1 million) by the Maharshtra state government to finance its waste management plan, which includes WtE implementation. This comes after India’s National…
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According to media reports, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has already finalised on a bidder for its WtE project: consortium Spaak Bresson Private Limited (SBPL). SBPL consists of Czech company Bresson Energy, Dubai-based MGT Group…
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The current delays of the Srinangar WtE project are apparently due to differences on a Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) between the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Power Development Department (PDD) of the state of…
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A recently released Detailed Project Report (DPR) on waste management by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) also includes a scheme for WtE implementation. According to the plans, a 11.5 MW plant is proposed to be…
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WtE plans proposed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have been approved by the civic body’s General Body. The planned facility would be located near NMMC’s Turbhe landfill and have a generation capacity of…
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In its budget for 2016-2017, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) has affirmed its commitment to the Brahmapuram WtE project. Construction was announced to start within the next 6 months, with the plant scheduled to be…
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As reported by The Times of India, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has ordered the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to purchase electricity produced by a WtE gasification plant operated by company Elephant Energy…
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The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Maharashtra, has set aside INR 1.8 billion (USD 26.2 million) in its 2016/2017 budget for the implementation of a planned WtE project. The project should be located near a…
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According to officials of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), the WtE plant currently being developed in Nakrawadi could be operational by the end of 2016. As reported by The Times of India, the project is…
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According to DNA India, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) currently plans to appoint Tata Consulting Engineers Limited for carrying out a feasibility study for the WtE project at the landfill site in Deonar, a suburb…
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According to The Hindu, the WtE project close to the Naidupeta Mandal landfill, Andhra Pradesh, is making progress. On 6 February, an MoU was signed between JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd and 9 urban local bodies,…
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As reported by The Hindu, new information is available on the Naidupeta WtE project proposed by the Guntur Municipal Corporation, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is planned to have a treatment capacity of 1,200 tpy, generating…
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The Greater Visakhaptanam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is said to sign a concessionaire agreement regarding the development of a WtE plant with company Jindal Infrastructure Transportation Fabrication (JITF). This is contrary to earlier sources, which said…
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At the recent CII Partnership Summit, held in Visakhapatnam, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has apparently signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with an unnamed private company to set up a WtE plant. As reported…
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The 700 tpd WtE project in Patna, Bihar, will be delayed. In 2014, the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO) awarded the contract for the project to company Sunil Hitech Engineers Ltd (SHE). However, it…
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According to The Hindu, the state government of New Delhi and HTF Urban Infrastructure of New Delhi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for building a WtE plant. The source does not specify the…
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According to The New Indian Express, the Brahmapuram WtE project has now also been approved by the Kochi Municipal Corporation. Furthermore, public sector undertaking KITCO was said to conduct an additional feasibility study. In December…
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According to new reports by Waste Management World, the planned WtE plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, should reach treatment and generation capacities of 1,000 tpy and 11.5 MW respectively. Earlier sources had announced a planned…
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According to The Times of India, New Delhi’s government is currently exploring the possibility to turn the currently defunct 130 MW coal-fired Rajghat power plant into a WtE facility. Delhi’s Power Secretary announced that the…
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The state cabinet of Kerala has awarded the contract for the 330 tpd Brahmapuram WtE project to company GL Nature Care Consortium, as reported by The Times of India. The facility, which will be developed…
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Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL), subsidiary of conglomerate Essel Group, has officially opened its WtE plant in Vengadamangalam, Tamil Nadu. This was reported by Business Standard. The 2.9 MWel facility was developed under a design-build-operate-transfer (DBOT)…
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The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has proposed to set up a WtE plant in order to tackle the city’s waste management problems. This was reported by The Times of India. The facility should be…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered inspections of the delayed WtE plants in Ghazipur and Bawana, in order to prevent further delays of the commissioning process. The WtE facilities in Rajghat and Badarpur will…
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The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Maharashtra, plans to develop a WtE plant in the suburb of Turbhe, as reported by The Hindu. The PPP project may be carried out under the Swachh Bharat Mission,…
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The Udupi City Municipal Council has released an invitation to tender for the preparation of a detailed project report for setting up a WtE plant at the Solid Waste Management Plant in Alevoor, a village…
