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An INR 44 crore fund has been provided by the Union Government under Swachh Bharat Mission, for implementation of waste management projects in Kochi. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, it should be shared between…
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Following increasing pollution of the Kallai River, Kozhikode Corporation plans to implement several measures to improve the local waste management. According to The Times of India, the plan includes construction of an INR 250 crore…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has announced that the commissioning of the 17 MW WtE facility in Kapulupada, Visakhapatnam, will commence in late 2019. As reported by The Hindu, construction of the INR 130…
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The development of the WtE facility in Sindri, Dhanbad, is making progress. According to the mayor of Dhanabad, 30 acres of land necessary for the construction have been acquired already. As reported by The Telegraph,…
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According to The Times of India, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam) towards the establishment of a WtE plant. The…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued plans to set up several WtE plants in the city. According to The Times of India, one WtE facility will be completed in Manali in August, while others have…
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The Peringamala WtE project has been proposed to be relocated to a government-owned 15 to 20 acres of land in Muttathara. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, the plant will be executed as a PPP…
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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has recently extended the validity of the generic tariff set for municipal solid waste (MSW) projects in the state till 2020. According to Mercom India, a tariff of INR 7.08…
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According to the Orissa Post, the proposal by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for setting up a 11 MW WtE plant at Bhuasuni dumpsite is still waiting for approval. According to the source, the Terms of…
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The Peringamala WtE plant has been proposed to be built on a 15-acre plot belonging to the District Agro Farm. The proposed plant will cost INR 390 crores. The plan is currently being challenged by…
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According to The New Indian Express, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner, Manjunath Prasad, has recently stated that a proposal was sent to the state government for the use of land in Kannalli and…
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Energy technology company, Abellon CleanEnergy Limited, has entered a technical agreement with German AD plant manufacturer, Agraferm Group, to develop several biogas projects. The first phase will consist of setting up plants only in Gujarat…
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The Lucknow Municipal Corporation WtE plant has started generating energy from waste. According to The Times of India, the plant produced 12 MW of electricity from processing 1500 tonnes of waste at its first run.…
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Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has announced that six acres of land will be given to a consortium comprising of Brazilian firm, Lara Enviro, and Anthony Enviro Private Ltd., for the construction of Moshi garbage depot.…
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The Tiruchirappalli Corporation and Dhandapani Cements have signed a MoU to co-incinerate 3 tonnes per day as RDF in the cement kilns. According to The Times of India, inert waste which cannot be composted, will…
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In January 2018, an INR 120 crore contract to construct a 5 MW WtE plant in Achan, Kashmir, was awarded to a consortium of companies including Highland Automobiles Private Ltd., Key Stone Energy Ltd. and…
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A 7.5 MW WtE plant has been planned to be built in the Ramtekdi business district near Pune city. It is proposed to process 300 tonnes of waste daily and will be located close to…
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The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) have founded a joint venture (JV) towards the establishment of a WtE plant. According to the source, Mercom India, the WtE facility will…
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According to The Hindu, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kochi-based GJ Eco Power, the company implementing the Brahmapuram WtE plant. According to the agreement, KSEB…
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According to the source Times of India, a 1.5 MW WtE plant in Manali will be operational within the next days. Information regarding the technology employed by the plant has not been stated in the…
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According to The Deccan Herald, the construction of a 500 tpd WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala is expected to commence in three months. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stated that the site will be inspected…
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A committee appointed by the Supreme Court has approved the setup of a 10 MW WtE plant in Agra, following an expert review on the environmental impact of the plant. The WtE facility, which has…
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The development of a WtE facility at the Bhandewadi landfill site has faced several problems so far, as ecoprog reported. Operator Essel Infraprojects, which is partnering with Hitachi Zosen India Private Ltd., has now proposed…
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As reported by The Times of India, a new waste management plant is currently being built in Shivri. The facility, which has been designed to convert 1,500 tonnes of waste into 15 MWel per day,…
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The Daily Pioneer reports that Delhi Metro has announced to have started receiving 2 MWel from the 12 MW WtE plant located in Ghazipur, from June 2019. The RDF-fired plant, set up by East Delhi…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has announced its first WtE plant with a processing capacity of 300 tpd to be set up in Njeliyanparama in Kozhikode. The project cost is estimated to be…
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The Times of India reports that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has threatened to terminate the WtE project contract with Essel Infraprojects Private Ltd. and Hitachi Zosen India Private Ltd. due to the delay in…
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The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved two power purchase agreements (PPA) that had been signed between Accord Hydroair (Pikhuwa) Private Limited and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in April 2018. According…
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According to reports from the Indian Express, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the tender for the WtE facility for another month, as no bidder was found. The tendering process started over a year…
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Costs for the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE plant in Kochi, have increased from INR 295 crores to INR 375 crores due to inaccurate estimations, the Times of India reports. The facility is being developed as…
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According to the source, The Deccan Herald, an unnamed French company shall be operating the two planned 1,000 tpd WtE plants in Chikkanagamangala and Doddabidarakallu, in Bangalore. The French company shall convert mechanically segregated waste…
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As reported by the New Indian Express, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) had to decide whether it will lease 20 acres of land to construction company, GJ Eco Power Private Ltd., for the planned WtE…
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The establishment of a WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, has already faced several serious challenges, as ecoprog reported earlier. Due to the failure of stopping the tender, Bombay High Court had extended the permission to…
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The state government has asked the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation to identify suitable plots of land for the proposed WtE facility in Peringamala, The Times of India reports. Although the local governmental body has started work…
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The WtE plant being constructed at the Jawharnagar landfill in Hyderabad will commence operations in June, as confirmed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in a report of Telangana Today. The 30 MW plant will…
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The 100 MW WtE plant in Gurugam, Haryana, has not yet received an environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, the Hindustan Times reports. As ecoprog reported earlier, the plant will cost around INR 430…
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Construction of the planned 11.5 MW Bhandewadi WtE plant in Maharashtra, has been delayed once again, the Times of India reports. Essel Utilities, responsible for building the plant, has assured that construction phase will begin…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now signed a concession agreement with 3Wayste, which will have to commission the sorting plant within 6 months, and the WtE plant within 1 year. BBMP is required to…
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The company operating the Okhla WtE plant has been served with a show-cause notice to explain “why its Environmental Clearance (EC) granted in 2007 should not be kept in abeyance”, The Hindustan Times reports. After…
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As The Times of India reports, Chandigarh Smart City Company Limited has tendered the INR 40 crores mining project to clear the garbage dump in Dadumajra. In a period of 180 days, 500,000 tonnes of…
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According to the Times of India, the planned WtE project in Galand faces problems as only 18 acres of the 36 acres necessary have been acquired. As reported earlier by ecoprog, Ghaziabad Development Authorities (GDA)…
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The cities of Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Rupnagar, Moonak, and Nawanshahr, in Punjab plan to set up WtE plants, as was reported by The Economic Times. For this purpose, the government of Punjab intends to introduce…
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The 1.5 MW WtE plant in Bhariyal, Shimla, has not reached its full energy generation capacity, although it has been two years since operations have commenced. As gasification machinery has not been installed yet, around…
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Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has determined new generic tariffs for electricity produced from WtE projects at INR 6.28 per KWh. As reported by Mercom India, The new tariff will be effective from 1…
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Construction work at the WtE gasification project at the Ghazipur landfill has not commenced yet, as the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is waiting for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the competent ministry. In…
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Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has allocated a 42.5 acres in Ghonda Gujran to East Delhi Municipal Corporation for establishing an integrated waste management facility, as was reported by the Hindustan Times. The facility will include…
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According to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), an Intergrated Waste Management Facility including a WtE plant, a biomethanation plant and a C&D debris processing facility will be constructed at the Narela-Bawana landfill site. After…
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According to Construction Week Online, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has announced that its Karsada WtE pilot project in Varanasi has been able to achieve full load generation. The plant has an installed capacity…
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Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has now terminated the contract of the Mumbai-based Essel Infra Projects, assigned to handle door-to-door garbage collection and set up a WtE plant at Jhiri. According to The Telegraph, the municipal…
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According to DNA India, the WtE facility in Deonar has faced another delay. After ecoprog reported in February that the facility has extended the bidding deadline by another month, it has now been postponed until…
