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After signing a MoU with French company 3WAYSTE to establish a WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala, Karnataka, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) now plans to pick up the technology for similar plants in the city of…
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The Tamil Nadu authorities plan to spend more on solid waste management, as The Times of India indicates. The Vellalore landfill will profit from several investments to acquire modern technology such as unmanned vehicles to…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida), Uttar Pradesh, is likely to open a tender for 4 projects including the planned WtE plant in Sector 123. According to Nyoooz, the authorities plan to enter the…
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The Hans India reports indicate that the mayor of the Indian city of Nellore plans to develop a WtE plant in the village of Sarvepalli in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. The step comes after the district…
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As reported earlier, a partnership deal has been signed between Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and a French company for establishing a WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala, Karnataka. Recent information from the Bangalore Mirror has revealed…
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Construction of the proposed WtE plant in Brahmapurami is about to begin shortly. According to GJ Eco Power, all the mandatory clearances will be received in a couple of days and the company is planning…
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After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reduced the amount of waste that would be processed in the planned WtE plant at the Deonar dumping ground from 3,000 tpd to 600 tpd, 16 bidders have shown interest…
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Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra, has announced that new waste management projects for 48 cities should be approved before 31 March 2018. This was reported by Indian Express. These projects…
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The civic body of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, has announced that a Waste-to-Energy plant will be constructed in the city to solve its garbage disposal problem. According to The Times of India, the expression of interest (EOI) for the…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has recently signed a partnership agreement with an unnamed French company to set up a Waste-to-Energy plant. The Waste-to-Energy facility should generate 10 MW of electricity from processing 500…
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According to PV Tech, Indian renewable energy developer ReNew Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Uttar Pradesh government for developing 1.2 GW of renewable energy in the state. The MoU will…
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The district administration of Ghaziabad has permitted agencies to set up WtE plants in Galand and Mohammadpur Amad Baghpat in Modi Nagar. This was reported by the Hindustan Times. Private firm Arcadis was awarded the contract…
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In a bid to cater for its 800 tpd of generated waste, the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) has announced plans to dump its garbage at the Phursungi, Pune, garbage depot. As reported by…
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The governing civic body of Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), intends to build WtE plants at its waste management centres in the districts of Bandra, Kurla and Borivli, as reported by the Hindustan…
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A BOT contract for a new WtE facility in Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, has been awarded to an entity of 2 private companies at a value of INR 2.08 billion (EUR 26 million), according to The…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has commenced preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Indirapuram, according to the Hindustan Times. The plant, which is planned to be located…
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As the Hindustan Times reported, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation is currently looking into gasification technology in waste management as an alternative to incineration. According to the officials, energy generation from gasification technology doubles the…
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In an inspection visit to an ongoing construction site of a WtE plant in Naidupet village, the municipal administration minister has announced that all planned Waste-to-Energy plants in the cities of Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati…
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Clean energy company ReNew has announced to have signed an agreement with the government of Maharashtra for investing INR 140 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) in establishing renewable energy plants in the state. According to a…
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Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s planned Waste-to-Energy plant has gotten the approval of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), according to The Times of India. The cooperation will be purchasing 11.50 MW of power generated from the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) along with all civic and land agencies of Delhi have met on 3 February to decide on the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, as the New Indian Express reported. An official in…
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Overruling objections raised by the State Paddy and Wetland Monitoring Committee against the reclamation of paddy land for the WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kochi, state of Kerala, the state government has given consent for the…
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Indian company Ramky Enviro Engineers is currently constructing a 20 MWel WtE plant in Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad, according to a report by The Hans India. It is likely to attract an investment of about INR 3.4…
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The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has proposed to embark on massive development in terms of waste management, infrastructure and health. As reported by The Times of India, part of what is being considered for better…
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According to India Today, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (NMCD) has announced to be starting off with the Bhalswa WtE project soon. Under the project, a new WtE facility with an electricity generation capacity of…
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According to civic officials, the 2018-19 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fiscal budget has an increased focus on ongoing projects. This was reported by Asian Age. One of the projects on the priority list is the…
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According to the Hindustan Times, the construction works for the Bandhwari RDF facility will begin on 15 February 2018. Even though it had been reported that construction works were already in progress, it now seems…
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In the 42nd joint meeting of India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee, the minister for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep S Puri, invited Japanese firms to invest in sectors like smart cities, renewable energy, waste-to-energy and other mega…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to commence the construction of a planned waste-to-energy (WtE) facility. This seems to be part of the planned 12 waste-to-energy projects in the…
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As the Daily Pioneer reported, the solid waste-to-energy project involving Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and MSW-Essel Infrastructure (Essel Infra) has been left uncompleted. According to the Senior Manager of Essel Infra the financial constraints including…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to The Times of…
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As has been confirmed by government officials, there are currently 6 WtE projects planned for the Kashmir region, Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. This was reported by Kashmir Reader. The locations for the new…
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According to The Times of India, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received 9 proposals for the implementation of the planned WtE project at the site of the Moshi landfill. Pimpri Chinchwad is located…
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According to United News of India, the construction works for a new WtE project in Baglur village, close to Bengaluru, Indian State of Karnataka, have officially begun. The foundation stone for the project was laid…
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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which represents the local government of Ahmedabad, Indian State of Gujarat, has stated that they seek to construct a new WtE facility in Pirana. The new WtE plant should be…
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In a party conference meeting, delegates have charged the Kochi state government to hasten completion of the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant project, as the New Indian Express reported. The 96,000 tpd project was proposed by the…
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According to Outlook India, the National Green Tribunal has directed a Noida-based association of homeowners to approach the Uttar Pradesh government and the NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) with its plea on the opposition…
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Bruhat Bengalaru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced that it is planning to float tenders for contractors in managing its 7 WtE plants, currently using only one-third of their total capacity. This was reported by the…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) officials have announced that KPMG has been hired as a consultant towards seeking an environmental clearance (EC) for its proposed waste-to-energy plant in Noida, Northern India. According to…
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According to The Times of India, the local administration of Bengaluru, led by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), plans to carry out two new WtE projects in Mysuru and Hubballi-Dharwad. The Mysuru plant should…
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According to Outlook India, The National Green Tribunal has directed a Noida-based association of homeowners to approach the Uttar Pradesh government and the NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) with its plea on the opposition…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has announced that it has finally determined the electricity tariffs for the power that will be generated at the upcoming Bhandewadi WtE plant in Nagpur, Indian state of Maharashtra.…
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According to The Times of India, a new WtE project is planned for Ahmedabad, Indian state of Gujarat. The project will be developed with the help of an unnamed Dutch company and an Indian entrepreneur.…
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As reported by The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Bareilly Nagar Nigam to identify and acquire land for setting up municipal solid waste processing plants. The tribunal also requested the municipality…
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According to central government officials, 5 municipal solid waste (MSW) plants are currently being constructed in Raipur and Durg-Bhilai. As reported by The Pioneer, the Swachh Bharat Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban…
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During the visit of the Chief Minister, Yogi Aditya Nath, to Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a delegation of residents presented their concerns about the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant by the Noida Authority in Sector 123. As reported…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pled company JITF to continue with its door-to-door waste collection and lifting works in the city of Bathinda until 31 January 2018. The company had earlier stated to seize…
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According to the newly elected mayor of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, the plans for a new WtE project in the area are still not off the table. Due to the fact that the local landfill is currently…
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According to The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal is planning to set up a new WtE facility in Vellalore, Tamil Nadu. The new plant should have an intake capacity of around 192,000 tpy of waste.…
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The proposed Kochi Waste-to-Energy plant in Brahmapuram has been criticised by the state-level monitoring committee on the Kerala Conservation of Paddy and Wetland Act. The committee stated that the plant will cause “disastrous ecological consequences”…
