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The municipality of Kochi may have to buy the electricity produced at the planned Brahmapuram WtE plant. At present, two companies are bidding for the operation of the plant under a BOT contract. However, Kochi…
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The New Indian Express reports that officials of the Kochi urban area struggle with the implementation of a WtE plant to solve the city’s waste crisis. Kitco and Suchitwa Mission, the two companies chosen to…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant in East Delhi will enter test operation next month. The plant faced several delays since 2010 when one partner left the project (see also issue 2010-19). 1,300 tonnes of waste will…
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The WtE plant in Okhla was subject to heavy public opposition in the past. Residents criticised that the plant had been emitting thick black smoke and had covered areas of the city in ash in…
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Authorities of the industrial town Noida, Uttar Pradesh, announced that they plan to set up a WtE plant in the city by 2016. Current plans provide for a 10 MW, 1,000 tpd facility. The bids…
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As only 19 per cent of India’s MSW is treated (with 170,000 tons being produced daily), a WtE task force has elaborated a report on the technical and financial feasibility of WtE technologies. Besides properly…
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According to the source, Hitachi Zosen India Private Limited, subsidiary of plant manufacturer Hitachi Zosen Inova AG, has signed an agreement with Jabalpur Municipal Corporation to build a waste incineration plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently invited an expression of interest for technologies to process and dispose of mixed solid waste, as reported by Waste Management World. The proposal aims at establishing 15 small…
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Engineering company Satarem, a joint venture between Swiss Satarem AG and Indian Shivrams Associates Corporation, have launched an integrated municipal waste management partnership on a PPP basis with municipal waste management company Bangalore Mahanagar Palike.…
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According to the source, the Foundation and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said in a white paper that if the use of waste as fuel in cement kilns reached five per cent, India’s CO2…
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According to Waste Management World, the state government in Kochi, Kerala, has chosen the “Swiss Challenge System” of tendering for its proposed 500 tons per day WtE plant in Brahmapuram. The investment volume of the…
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Preliminary civil works have begun at a WtE gasification facility in the village of Venkatamangalam, Tamil Nadu. It will process MSW from the municipalities of Tambaram and Pallavaram. Mumbai-based Essel Infraprojects and Tambaram Municipal Solid…
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According to Waste Management World, India-based waste management and environmental services company Ramky Enviro Engineers (REE), is to begin construction of a 3,100 tons per day, 40 MW WtE facility in Jawaharnagar, Andhra Pradesh, in…
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There are plans to build a WtE facility in Kuthambakkam, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This was reported by The Hindu. Representatives of companies from various countries made proposals at a meeting at the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is inviting international companies to submit proposals for three WtE facilities with a capacity of 1,000 metric tons per day each. Mumbai generates about 6,500 tons of waste per day…
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The residents welfare association (RWA) in Delhi has handed in written complaints at the city’s government and the operator of the Okhla WtE facility, criticising that the plant has been emitting thick black smoke and…
