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The ground breaking ceremony for Ahmedabad’s second Waste to Energy (WTE) plant will be held today. Being built by JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited (JUIL), a part of the New Delhi-based OP Jindal Group, this 15MW…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is exploring technologies to be used for the upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, near Dadumajra. The MC is also open to moving the plant to a…
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Mumbai’s first Waste To Energy (WTE) plant at Deonar has received Environment Clearance (EC) from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Now, the BMC has approached Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)…
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The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids to set up an 8 MW grid-connected waste-to-energy project on Build-Own-Operate (B-O-O) basis in Kanpur. The scope of work includes setting up of WTE Plant,…
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An agreement has been signed by the the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to procure 20 tonnes of plastic waste daily from the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and use it to generate 400…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has given its green signal for the second waste-to-energy plant at Jawaharnagar. A 19.8 MW waste-to-energy plant is already operational at Jawaharnagar and this second WtE…
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The waste-to-energy plant (WTE) at Bandhwari will be operational in two years, chief minister Mr Manohar Lal Khattar has announced. Mr Khattar laid the foundation stone of the plant on December 10. With 15MW capacity,…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The second session on Day 2 of the CII’s Waste to Worth Conference focussed on ‘Sustainable Management of SCF/ RDF from MSW in Cement Kilns and WtE Plants. Moderated by Mr Ulhas Parlikar – Global Consultant –…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received environmental clearance from Maharashtra’s State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for the Deonar Waste to Energy project. The procedure to secure environmental clearance from the Central government is…
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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…
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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…
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Starting next month, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will transport refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Bandhwari landfill to the waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Sonipat. This is being done to clear space for setting up…
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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,…
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Visakhapatnam’s new Waste-to-Energy Processing Plant was formally inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on October 23. Trial runs of the plant began earlier this month, on October 2, 2021. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal…
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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…
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South Delhi’s Tehkhand Waste to Energy plant will become operational by August next year, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials. The boilers being imported from China are expected to arrive later this year,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Various segments of population including environmentalists, doctors and village residents near Bandhwari have voiced their opposition to the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Bandhwari landfill. During a public hearing held by the Haryana State…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kerala’s Brahmapuram solid waste management plant never ceases to be in the news. This time, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kochi corporation to file a status report on the solid waste treatment…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a loan interest subvention scheme in association with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide financial assistance for innovative waste to energy bio-methanation projects. As…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) is working towards the bio-remediation and reclamation of landfill area at Bandhwari. The site will be cleared at an estimated Rs 16 crore within a month. It will then…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has awarded the work of preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) and a Request for Proposal (RfP) for the upgradation of a solid waste processing plant in Dadumajra, Sector 25,…
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Chandigarh’s civic authorities have decided to upgrade the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25 (Dadumajra) to a Waste to Energy plant. The decision was taken after a year of research and visits to other…
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Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has announced the tariff for purchasing energy from the proposed 750 tpd WtE facility in Pune, Maharashtra. The revised tariff is INR 7.45 (EUR 0.085)/kWh, reports Mercom India. This, as…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) to supervise the construction of Mumbai’s first waste to energy (WtE) plant at Deonar. The consultant will be responsible for approving the…
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Work on the 5 MW Srinagar City WtE project is likely to start once a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) has been sent to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), following a green signal from the…
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Construction work at the Njeliyanparamba WtE project in Kozhikode, Kerala is expected to commence in August 2021 and shall be completed by September 2023, reports The Hindu. The project is running behind schedule, mainly due…
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The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has directed BSES Rajdhani Power (BRPL) to meet its obligations to the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management company (TOWMCL), a subsidiary of Jindal ITFL. TOWMCL had appealed to DERC that BRPL…
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The much-delayed Waste to Energy plant in Guntur will be ready for operations next month, the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister, Mr Botcha Satyanarayana has announced. The plant is being built by…
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The 1,000 tpd Kannahalli WtE project in Bengaluru, Karnataka has started its waste composting stage. Waste to Energy activities will follow shortly, according to the Bangalore Mirror. Satarem Enterprises Private Limited (SEPL) has signed an…
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The plans for the development of a WtE facility in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is still being pursued, reports The Times of India. As the source indicates, the only remaining obstacle seems to be finding a suitable…
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The Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Mr Mukesh Kumar has announced that the 15 MW Waste to Energy plant near Pirana at Gyaspur is likely to start operations by end of 2021. The WtE facility is being…
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The WtE project at Njeliyanparamba in Kozhikode, Kerala is behind schedule, mainly due to the lack of personnel and further pandemic-related obstacles. Works can start once biomining is completed, reports The Hindu. The 6 MW…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still awaiting an environmental permit for its Deonar Waste to Energy (WtE) project in Mumbai. MidDay reports that the clearance might take another four months and until then construction…
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Two consortia for developing the WtE plant at Brahmapuram in Kochi, Ernakulam district, have been shortlisted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). The source does not identify the chosen consortiums. The proposal shall now…
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The Goa government has announced that it is setting up a waste-to-energy plant in Panaji in partnership with the IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. The cabinet has granted approval to appoint IVL to execute the…
