Category: Biomass Energy

Biomass Energy
NTPC to start co-firing biomass at Dadri plant

NTPC to start co-firing biomass at Dadri plant

According to the Economic Times, Indian public utility NTPC has released a tender for the procurement of 1,000 metric tons per day of agricultural residues-based fuel for its 2,650 MW Dadri Power Plant. The facility…

Biomass Energy
Husk Power Systems raises fund from Shell

Husk Power Systems raises fund from Shell

Indian independent power producer Husk Power Systems announced that it had raised USD 20 million of equity funding from Shell Technology Ventures LLC, Swedish development finance institution Swedfund International, and French utility ENGIE’s impact investment…

Biomass Energy
228 MW of biomass power generated in Chhattisgarh

228 MW of biomass power generated in Chhattisgarh

As reported by The Pioneer, the Indian state of Chhattisgarh has announced to have achieved a generation of 228 MW of biomass power. This supports the aim of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable…

Orient Green Power disinvests in 8 biomass subsidiaries

As of 31 December 2017, Indian independent renewable energy producer Orient Green Power Company Ltd has disinvested in 8 biomass subsidiaries to Janati Bio Power, subsidiary of Indian holding company SVL, which in turn is…

Biomass Energy
Biomass plants to purchase RDF

Biomass plants to purchase RDF

Owners of regional biomass plants in India have finally agreed on purchasing refuse-derived fuel from a solid waste management plant in Bathinda, Punjab. As reported by The Tribune, the Indian government agency National Green Tribunal…

Chilakapalem biomass plant shut down

The biomass power plant in Chilakapalem, India, operated by Varam Power Projects, was shut down because the government stopped purchasing energy from the plant. According to the government, the reason for that decision is an…

Biomass Energy
OGPL to sell biomass business

OGPL to sell biomass business

Indian renewable-energy producer OGPL sells most of its biomass business to its promoter company SVL Ltd. The price of OGPL’s biomass business amounts to EUR 37 million with a total capacity of 68 MW, excluding…

Biomass Energy
Orient Green Power releases FY 2017 results

Orient Green Power releases FY 2017 results

Indian renewable energy producer Orient Green Power has released its 2017 fiscal year results. Revenues from operations for FY 2017 amounted to RS 461 crore (RS 410 crore for FY 2016), which is a 13%…

Biogas
Power-Gen India & Central Asia in New Delhi

Power-Gen India & Central Asia in New Delhi

The Power-Gen India & Central Asia exhibition and conference will take place at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi from 17 to 19 May. Power-Gen India & Central Asia strives to bring industry…

Biomass Energy
Power-Gen India & Central Asia in New Delhi

Power-Gen India & Central Asia in New Delhi

The Power-Gen India & Central Asia conference will take place at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi from 17 to 19 May. Power-Gen India & Central Asia strives to bring industry professionals from…

Biomass Energy
Government to auction coal mines

Government to auction coal mines

The Indian government announced plans to auction 23 coal mines in fiscal year 2018. Out of those 23 coal mines, 4 are reserved for commercial mining. This was reported by the Business Standard. The exact…

Orient Green with profits in Q2/2016

Indian energy company Orient Green has achieved a profit after tax (PAT) of RS 829 crore (EUR 114 million, exchange rate as of 8 December 2016) in its second quarter after a 3-year streak of…

Biomass Energy
Government defines ambitious renewable energy capacity goals

Government defines ambitious renewable energy capacity goals

According to Bioenergy Insight, the Indian government has set the goal to generate 16,725 MW of renewable energy in the fiscal year 2016/17, which goes from April to March. Biomass is expected to provide 500…

Punjab has 2 GW biomass energy potential

According to state secretary for industries, commerce and renewable energy, Anirudh Tewar, India’s state of Punjab has a biomass energy generation potential of 2 GW, of which yet only 150 MW are developed, and they…

Orient Green continues plan to sell its units

After selling 2 biomass power units in India, Indian Orient Green continues to try to sell its biomass units. The initial portfolio of 106 MW of biomass, which is distributed among 12 biomass units in…

Orient Green Power to sell Maharashtra biomass plant

Orient Green Power Co Ltd, an Indian renewable energy producer, intends to sell its 20 MW biomass plant for INR 810 million (EUR 10.7 million) to Sindicatum Captive Power, a Singapore-based renewable energy company. According…

Great potential for small biomass projects in Punjab

The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Punjab has claimed that the potential for small-scale biomass power plants in Punjab is not fully exploited. To overcome the national energy crisis, it is essential to…

Erode biogas plant inaugurated

Erode Corporation has inaugurated a new biogas plant. According to The Hindu, the facility processes 10 m³ of digestable waste such as vegetable wastes, leaves, food and discarded meat daily and is operated by Pune-based…

BtE facility to be built in Kalahandi District

Indian energy company Starlight Energy Limited has received in-principle approval from Odisha’s State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) for its BtE project at Goud Sariguda in Kalahandi District. The cooperation is planning to construct…

Construction start at Chhatta 2 CHP plant

Construction works have begun at a biomass plant in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The CHP facility Chhatta 2 will have a capacity of 18 MW and is an extension for the already operating 16 MW facility…