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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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Plans provide for upgrading 20 biogas plants and sewage treatment plants (STPs) by Delhi Jal board (DJB), the government agency for the supply of potable water in Delhi. As further reported, upgrades should be conducted…
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A new facility converting wet waste into biogas and CNG is to be built at the Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. An unnamed company based in the UK is reportedly supposed to set…
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Five biogas projects accepting paddy straw are to be built in Punjab, according to the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). As reported, a corresponding agreement has been signed recently by PEDA and M/s EverEnviro Resource…
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Two energy projects are being proposed at the location of the Bhogpur Cooperative Sugar Mill in Bhogpur, Punjab. A 15 MW power plant not further specified is reportedly to be built, as well as a…
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The compressed biogas plant in the Sangrur district of Chandigarh, Punjab, is set to be commissioned in January 2022, according to a Times Now report. The plant should process paddy straw stubble to produce 33…
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A CBG project developed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Dhuriyapar, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to be completed soon, as stated in a report by Amar Ujala. The facility is planned to be inaugurated…
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A biogas plant is anticipated to be set up in the village of Katkai, Mahendragarh district, Haryana, according to The Tribune. The fixed dome-type biogas plant using slurry as feedstock should be able to supply…
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Ramky Enviro has inaugurated a new biogas plant at the Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste (HiMSW) site. The project is focused on conversion of landfill gas into compressed biogas as an automotive fuel. The plant converts…
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The new biogas plant currently under construction in the village of Shahanshahpur, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, should start operations by the end of October, as reported recently. About 90% of the work has so far…
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The Goa State Government has announced in its budget speech for 2021-2022 to provide financial incentives to support cattle, pig and poultry farmers in setting up biogas plants to process manure, as reported by The…
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The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), Uttarakhand, is currently planning to set up a new agricultural biogas plant in the city. The MCD is in talks with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), according…
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Adani Total Gas has reportedly signed an agreement for a 350 tpd agricultural Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plant at Barsana, located in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Main feedstock would be cattle dung, alongside further types of input,…
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The standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a case of recovery from Ecoman Enviro Solutions Pvt Limited after its ten thermal composting plants failed to function in the last ten years.…
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The Madras High Court has allowed the setting up of micro-compost centres (MCC) in parks and playgrounds across Coimbatore. The civic body had proposed to decentralize waste collection and disposal by constructing MCCs at 69…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has received offers from four private players to install new technology and restart operations of the decommissioned Sarasbaug biogas plant in Pune, Maharashtra. As further reported in late September, in…
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Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to establish waste to energy plant in Delhi to convert Municipal Solid Waste into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) for use…
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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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The bio-CNG plant in the village of Bhutal Kalan, Punjab, is due to become operational by November 2021. The plant located in Lehra Tehsil, Sangrur district, is supposed to process up to 150,000 tpy of…
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A new 18,250 tpy Bio CNG plant running on wet waste is being planned in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee is to build the plant soon, but no specific date is stated in…
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A new compressed biogas (CBG) plant is to be set up at Brahmapur, in Buxar district, Bihar, according to Live Hindustan. A company named GNIGPL is working on the project, together with India’s gas company…
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The CBG plant in Jhiri, located near Ranchi, Jharkhand State, is currently under construction and is slated for completion in November or December 2022, according to The Telegraph. In March 2021, Gas Authority of India…
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A new Bio-CNG plant is to be developed by the Bhilwara District Milk Producers Cooperative Union Ltd. in the city of Bhilwara, Rajasthan State, as reported by Patrika. The investment is supposed to be INR…
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The Pune Municipal corporation (PMC) plans to resume operations at wet waste biogas plant in Vadgaon Budruk, Pune, Maharashtra. The plant has ceased operations after a rain damage in 2019, according to The Hindustan Times.…
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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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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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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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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has revealed its earnings from composting in the last three months: Rs 1.59 lakh. The income was generated through the sale of compost generated at the Bhandewadi dumping yard. In…
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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 Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has announced strict action against bulk waste generators who fail to manage their wet waste on-site. The MCC has declared a three-month deadline for all bulk generators to start processing…
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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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The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is planning to revive the usage of aerobic bins in the city. Over the years, a total of 520 such bin units were installed at 52 locations to process biodegradable waste at…
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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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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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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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Starting today, the Pune Municipal Corporation ( PMC) will stop lifting wet trash from the premises of bulk waste generators not processing wet garbage at the source, reports The Times of India. According to the…
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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 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to clear tonnes of second-grade compost by distributing it free of cost to local farmers. The BBMP is also distributing first-grade compost to the farmers at 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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`Mo Khata’ or ‘My Compost’ generated from waste and sold at various designated outlets across Odisha’s urban areas is generating an encouraging response. As many as 110 of the 114 urban local bodies (ULBs) in…
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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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The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to focus on home composting in big residential housing societies and is planning to rope in non-government organisations (NGOs) for helping the housing societies in carrying out this…
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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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The Kalyan – Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has undertaken the work of clearing the debris off the Adharwadi dumping ground and levelling it after which the work of development of a garden will begin. KDMC…
