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Germany’s Verbio and Mumbai-based Indian Oil Corp. have recently signed an MoU on setting up agricultural compressed biogas and biofuels projects in India. A JV is in the works to develop the plants for producing…
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Construction has begun on a CNG biogas and biofuels project in the village of Guhan, Haryana, reports Amar Ujala. Project developer is the Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA), in collaboration with Triple M-7 and RGM.…
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The Odisha State Government, via the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), has recently granted permission for a total of seven industrial projects, reports Business Standard. One of these projects is a 100 kilolitres…
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Haryana Power Purchase Center (HPPC)’s demand for a review of the tariff for the 1.2 MW poultry litter biogas plant in Morkhi, Jind District, Haryana, was rejected by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). As…
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The Government of India is currently in preparations for setting up a new biogas plant at the Parag Dairy in Ramnagar, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. Jagran reports that when operational, the plant shall produce 500…
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Varanasi will have a new Waste to Energy (WtE) plant based on torrefaction technology, with a capacity of 600 tpd waste. The plant is expected to be commissioned in Ramna area by September next year. India’s…
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A Memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL). Under the agreement, GAIL will process around 300 tonnes per day (tpd) of…
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Telangana is planning to set up biogas and biomanure plants in Karimnagar and Warangal soon. Each of the plants will reportedly process 10 tonnes of vegetables, fruit, and flower waste and will cost approximately Rs…
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Ranchi Municipal Corporation is all set to sign an MoU with Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) for the construction of two biomethanation units. The MoU is reportedly being signed for a period of 22…
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Mailhem Group and Nashik Waste Management will be jointly involved in executing India’s second-largest project on converting municipal solid waste to compressed biogas for the Bhopal Municipal Corporation. The project has received a Rs 10…
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Multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 2.5 million (about Rs 18 crore) technical assistance (TA) to support advanced biofuel development in India. ADB Finance Specialist for South Asia Jongmi Son said the…
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The Mumbai civic authorities plan to set up a biomethanation plant in South Mumbai’s D ward with the support of corporate funding and resident associations. According to the proposal, the plant will process two metric…
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Delhi has a new biogas plant at the Ghazipur landfill site. The plant holds a capacity to treat 15 tonnes of waste in a day producing 1500 units of energy daily. The plant will manage…
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has laid the foundation stone for one of Asia’s largest biomethanation plants at the Devguradia disposal site. To be built at a cost of ₹150cr under PPP mode,…
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It’s official. Uttar Pradesh leads states in setting up plants to produce compressed bio-gas (CBG), followed by Maharashtra and Haryana, according to the petroleum ministry. Of the 515 letters of intent (LoI) issued to entrepreneurs…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has built a bio-gas generation plant in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with Mahindra & Mahindra in Thukivakam. At the plant, waste is being converted to methane-rich biogas and…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to convert its first biogas plant at Deeptisrinagar transfer station, Chandanagar circle, into an electric power generating plant. Tenders have been floated to enable the plant to…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has entered into an agreement with the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) to install a 5-tonne biogas waste to energy plant at the municipality’s Waste…
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Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has proposed a project that will generate biogas and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) from cow dung. In a bid to make the city’s Gaushalas (cow shelters) self-dependant, the Municipal Corporation has sent the…
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Hindustan Unilever Limited recently laid the foundation stone for the first community biogas plant in Hari Ashray Colony, Haridwar. This project is being piloted to encourage sustainable waste management in the community. With implementing NGO…
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As was reported by The Hindu, the groundbreaking ceremony for a paddy straw biogas project in Karnal, Haryana, was held on 18 October. The plant should be completed by 2022 and will produce compressed biogas…
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The Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, has announced that USD 118 billion (INR 8,315,49 crore) will be invested in the oil and gas sector by 2024. That includes USD 60…
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A biogas and composting plant is planned to be built on a 1-acre site in Mohishgote, near New Town, Kolkata. As was reported by The Telegraph, the plant will process vegetable and fruit waste collected…
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California-based fuel cell producer Bloom Energy and EnergyPower have announced a joint project producing electricity from biogas in the Shirala district, Maharashtra. Energy Power will deploy a new AD plant to process both agricultural and…
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The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC), Punjab, is proceeding with plans to build a biogas plant in the city. The plans were approved several years ago, but have not been pursued any further. The LMC now…
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According to The Hindustan Times, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC), Punjab, is proceeding with plans to build a biogas plant in the city. The plans were approved several years ago, but have not been pursued…
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s (IOCL) R&D unit has inaugurated a biogas demonstration biogas plant in Faridabad, Haryana. According to PSU Connect, the plant processes 5 tpd of organic waste to produce compressed biogas, which will…
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As part of the implication of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, the South Dheli Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is intending to build two 200 tpd biogas plants. As reported by The Times of India, they…
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As reported by The Daily Pioneer, a new biogas plant running on solid waste and manure has been proposed in the city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Municipal Corporation of Haridwar and Indian Oil Corporation Limited…
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As reported by mercomindia, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has planned various investments in renewable energy, including AD. Apart from heavily increasing engagements in solar, wind and biomass, IOCL is also introducing a strong focus…
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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., in cooperation with the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Green Roots Solutions (GRS), will construct an integrated waste management facility in Kalyan, Maharashtra. According to indiacsr, the facility will include a…
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A biogas plant will be built at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University in Hisar, Haryana. The plant will be supplied with agricultural materials such as manure, wheat, cotton and dried leaves, from nearby farms,…
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According to The Times of India, Waste Processing and Management Private Ltd (NSWPMPL), a joint venture of Essel Infraprojects Ltd and Japan-based, HZI India Private Ltd. The state’s Swachh Bharat Mission department has now requested…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has announced to start a call for tenders in the next week for the construction and maintenance of three biogas plants at Pallikaranai, Sholinganallur and a former asphalt complex in Anna…
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The City Corporation of Chennai has proposed a 50 tpd biogas plant in a central location in the city to process waste from the Hotels Association. The biogas produced will be liquefied and bottled as…
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According to The Tribune, a quarter of the new dairy AD project by the Municipal Corporation of Patiala, Punjab, has been completed. As reported in December 2018, the MC was seeking approval from the state…
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Authorities have approved 100 acres of land in Bhandara, Maharashtra, to build a facility to produce biogas and ethanol from paddy straw. According to The Times of India, ownership of the land was transferred from…
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According to MENAFN, several officials of South Delhi civic body have inaugurated the second AD plant at Dwarka Sector 14, Delhi. Yasasu EMS Pvt. Ltd. (now a subsidiary of Blue Planet Group) has developed the…
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Chander Mohan Guptam, the Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), has recently inaugurated a biogas unit and cow PRK unit at the stray cattle pound Dogra Hall Jammu. The source Greater Jammu does not provide…
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An Indian Government official has recently stated that the development of biogas and biogas upgrading units to substitute LPG should be brought into focus, which is expected to affect urban areas in particular. India’s energy…
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Although the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) has already allocated land for the biogas project at Tajpur Road in Buddha Nallah, Punjab, it has not yet been built, as it is still unclear if…
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Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to set up 9 decentralised Waste Managements Plants, to process 5 tonnes of organic waste each, daily. One other plant is already operational in Punjabi Bagh. The technology…
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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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Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has amended regulations for tariff determination of renewable energy projects, including biogas, which were initially passed in 2015. According to Mercom India, the new regulations will come into force once…
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Palanpur-based Banas Dairy is planning to build four biogas plants at its site in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, to generate 2,000 cm³ of biogas. According to The Times of India, the total cost for the project…
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Foundation works have been completed at the construction site of a biomethanation plant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. According to The Times of India, the project located near the RS Puram farmers market is expected to…
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Engineering and manufacturing company, Thyssenkrupp Industries India Pvt. Limited, has signed a 10 year licensing agreement with Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S for its biomass boiler technology, a water-cooled vibrating grate, for application in India…
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Following a decision by the President, the Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development (RETD) programme will be continued into 2020. As reported by Mercom India, the programme is managed by the Ministry of New and…
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The Kerala State Commission for Minorities has directed the authorities in Kanjirapally, Kerala, to restore a biogas plant at the town hall, to manage the serious waste management problem in the region. As reported by…
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The IIT-Delhi Alumni Association (IITDAA) has adopted 25 village clusters located in the Mitraon area Village Adoption Program Under Swachchta Initiative (VAPUSI), according to The Times of India. IITDAA is planning to undertake several infrastructural…
