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Finnish technology provider Valmet Oyj has announced the delivery of a recovery boiler upgrade to Kuantum Papers Limited in Punjab, India. The project has an estimated duration of 1 year, with installation scheduled for February…
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Indian state-owned power utility NTPC is testing co-firing of biomass and coal at the Tanda thermal plant in Uttar Pradesh and at the Dadri plant. According to NTPC, larger use of biomass is possible with…
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Food and beverage producer Nestlé has announced plans to invest in its coffee production business and install a biomass power plant in Karnataka state. The biomass plant is expected to go online in first half…
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The thermal power plant located in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been converted to co-firing biomass. The plant, called NLC Tamilnadu Power Ltd, is a joint venture of NLC India Ltd and TANGEDCO and started co-firing…
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The Indian Ministry of Power has defined price benchmarks for biomass pellet prices. The price regulation is planned for one year, starting on 8 November 2023. In the Northern Region, pellet prices amount to INR…
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Power producer Hutah Industries is moving forward with plans to build a biomass power plant in the AK Industrial Village in Ganeshnagar, Nagaland. The plant should generate 10 MWel of electricity in a moving grate…
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The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy of the State of Punjab has proposed plans to develop 100 MWel of biomass power projects. According to the report, the Ministry is seeking Viability Gap Funding of…
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The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board has approved plans by iron manufacturer Vandana Global Limited to develop a biomass power plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The plant should be fuelled with rice husk and have a capacity…
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The company M/s Shikhar Commodities has acquired an 8 MW biomass power plant located in the federal state of Chhattisgarh from M/s Vandana Vidyut Limited. The source does not provide the plant’s exact location. According…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India has announced plans to subsidise the production of wood pellets. According to the news report, a fund of INR 500 million (EUR 6.23 million) has been set…
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Reportedly, there are currently two biomass power projects based on paddy straw in Kurukshetra and Kaithal, Haryana. The projects are owned by Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). According to Hindustan Times, the plants both…
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The company Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) has started co-firing of biomass briquettes at its thermal power plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh. Balco, a subsidiary of Indian Oil & Gas and Metals company Vedanta Resources, will…
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A new biomass boiler has been installed in 2022 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. The 75 tph, 15 MWe boiler by Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL) is using vibrating grate technology developed in Denmark. However, the source…
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The Nagaland District Energy and Finance Ministry has signed several power purchase agreements with companies in the solar, thermal, hydro and biomass power sectors. Indian power company Fitzroy Energy & Minerals Ltd. signed a power…
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has again ordered 11 coal-based thermal power plants operators to comply with its biomass co-firing instructions. In September 2021,…
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Public power company Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) is planning to trial the use of biomass briquettes in its coal-fired power plant in Parli, Beed district, Maharashtra state. One of the three 250 MW…
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Two paddy straw biomass projects in Punjab are facing delays and are now expected to become operational in 2022, as reported by The Times of India. This includes a 10 MW project in Fatehgarh Sahib…
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Japan-based trading and investment company Mitsui & Co has announced its intention to invest INR 300 million (EUR 3.4 million) in Mumbai-based Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL), according to a news from The…
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IL&FS Energy Development Co. Ltd. (IEDCL) plans to sell its currently non-operational 13 MW biomass power plant in Shendra MIDC, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Economic Times reports that IEDCL’s subsidiary, Shendra Green Energy Ltd (SGEL) has…
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The Goa government is setting up a biomass-based renewable energy project to reduce open dumping and burning of agricultural waste. The Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) and Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Ltd (PRESPL) will…
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The Ministry of Power of India has announced its plans to set up a national mission to address the issue of air pollution due to farm stubble-burning and reduce the carbon footprint of thermal power…
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Noida is planning to open a biomethanation plant with the support of Indian Oil at the Sector 145 dumping ground to treat around 1.8 lakh tonnes of legacy waste. Bio-remediation of the legacy waste is already…
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The West Bengal state government is coming up with bio-mining facilities at Dhapa to reduce the piling of waste at the landfill site. The Millennium Post reported that State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued the draft version for its tariff determination regulation order for renewable projects, including biomass power projects. The Regulation will apply to projects that are commissioned in the…
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The 18 MWel plant in Jaitu, Faridkot, Punjab, is ready to generate electricity from paddy straw in this year’s season. According to The Tribune, the plant was built to keep local farmers from burning the…
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Shell India, subsidiary of Netherlands-based oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, has invested INR 54,3127 crore (USD 7.7 million) in Indian biomass company Punjab Renewable Energy. According to Bioenergy Insight, Punjab Renewable Energy collects,…
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According to Mercom India, the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has released a tender for a 54 MW solar-biomass hybrid project, consisting of a 6 MW biomass plant and four 12 MW solar projects, which…
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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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Finnish technology company, Valmet has reported that it is going to deliver a recovery boiler and ash leaching plant to ITC’s Bhadrachalam pulp mill, to replace three existing boilers. Start-up is expected for late 2021.…
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Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has approved a power purchase agreement (PPA) between Haryana Power Purchase Center (HPPC) and RSL Distilleries Pvt Ltd. (RSL). According to Mercom India, HPPC will purchase 3 MW from RSL’s…
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NTPC Limited has started co-firing biomass at its 2,650 MW coal-fired Dadri power plant in Greater Noida, as the Times of India reported. In one unit of the plant, the company co-fires a share of…
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According to Mercom India, the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has published a draft of terms and conditions for biogas and biomass energy tariffs, which includes specific terms for several types of equity. The tariffs…
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Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved a reverse auction for the procurement of 50 MW of biomass capacity held by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), Mercom India reports. Successful bidders will…
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Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended its support scheme for industrial biomass CHP plants. One new clause states that capacity addition projects will not be eligible for the support scheme, according…
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Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has initiated the revival of a 10 MW biomass power plant in Jalkheri, Punjab, which has been idle for 11 years, on renovate, operate and transfer (ROT) basis, according…
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According to The Times of India, the Board of Directors of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) have approved the project proposal for setting up a 60-65 MW paddy-straw-fired biomass plant in Bathinda, Punjab. The…
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Indian agro-energy company, Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL), is building a 18 MW rice straw-fired plant in Jaitu, Faridkot District, Punjab, as Hindustan Times reported. It will commence operations in March 2019 and will use…
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Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved plans of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited’s (MSEDCL) to procure 200 MW of bagasse-fired CHP projects through competitive bidding. As reported by Mercom India, the ceiling price…
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According to The Economic Times, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plans to begin co-firing biomass such as scrap lumber, forest debris, crop residues, manure, at all of its coal-based thermal power plants. NTPC will…
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Torrefied pellets (biocoal) plant in Mehma Sarja village of Bathinda district is facing a 4-month delay because of delay in receiving machinery shipments Europe, as The Times of India reported. The plant is being built…
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Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. has announced plans to develop a new 60 MW biomass plant in Punjab, following the closure of two thermal plants in Bathinda and Ropar with a combined capacity of 880…
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A proposed rice mill project, including a 6 MW biomass plant and a grain-based distillery, close to Sargiguda, Kalahandi district, Odisha, is not moving forward. In November 2016, the foundation stone for the complex was…
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According to data collected by the Indian Ministry of Power, the country’s federal states do not buy enough renewable energy (RE) to achieve the goal of an RE capacity of 175 GW by 2022. The…
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According to Energy Infra Post, the installed biomass capacity in India grew from 4.95 GW in March 2016 to 8.4 GW at the end of 2017, so the country is likely to reach its target…
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The Punjab Energy Development Authority (PEDA) has announced that the state will no longer buy power generated from biomass, because it is too costly, as reported by The Hindustan Times. The Indian Union Ministry of…
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The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced a programme to support biomass CHP plants at sugar mills and other industrial sites. It will provide Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for newly installed boilers…
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Indian public utility NTPC has received three bids for its tender for supplying 1,000 tpd of fuel based on agricultural residues, as the Economic Times reported. The three companies offered to supply 250 tpd each,…
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Finnish biorefining company Chempolis, Indian oil refinery Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL) and Finnish semi-public utility Fortum have formed a joint venture for developing a biorefinery in Assam, as Biomass Magazine reported. The facility will use…
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According to Ecowatch, in 2017, India has for the first time added more energy capacity from renewables than from fossil fuels. With 11,788 MW, the increase of renewable energy was more than twice the growth…
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The Indian state of Haryana has revealed its goal to achieve 150 MW of biomass-based energy by 2022, as stated in the Haryana Bioenergy Policy 2018. The local government wants to support the production of…
