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According to the source, The Deccan Herald, an unnamed French company shall be operating the two planned 1,000 tpd WtE plants in Chikkanagamangala and Doddabidarakallu, in Bangalore. The French company shall convert mechanically segregated waste…
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As reported by the New Indian Express, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) had to decide whether it will lease 20 acres of land to construction company, GJ Eco Power Private Ltd., for the planned WtE…
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The establishment of a WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, has already faced several serious challenges, as ecoprog reported earlier. Due to the failure of stopping the tender, Bombay High Court had extended the permission to…
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The state government has asked the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation to identify suitable plots of land for the proposed WtE facility in Peringamala, The Times of India reports. Although the local governmental body has started work…
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According to local media reports, the announced RDF plant, which should be constructed at the Vellalore landfill, is planned to have a treatment capacity of 600 tpd. Furthermore, Switzerland-based NGO International Council for Local Environmental…
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The Business Standard reports that Oriental Green Power Company Ltd. (OGPCL) plans to sell its shares of biomass subsidiary, Sanjog Sugars and Eco-Power Pvt. Ltd. (SSEPPL), to Soorya Eco Power Pvt Ltd (SEPPL). OGPCL holds…
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Uflex Ltd., a packaging firm, has announced the investment of INR 5 crores in a pyrolysis plant at its site in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as well as in a plastics recycling facility. The pyrolysis plant,…
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The WtE plant being constructed at the Jawharnagar landfill in Hyderabad will commence operations in June, as confirmed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in a report of Telangana Today. The 30 MW plant will…
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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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The 100 MW WtE plant in Gurugam, Haryana, has not yet received an environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, the Hindustan Times reports. As ecoprog reported earlier, the plant will cost around INR 430…
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Construction of the planned 11.5 MW Bhandewadi WtE plant in Maharashtra, has been delayed once again, the Times of India reports. Essel Utilities, responsible for building the plant, has assured that construction phase will begin…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now signed a concession agreement with 3Wayste, which will have to commission the sorting plant within 6 months, and the WtE plant within 1 year. BBMP is required to…
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The company operating the Okhla WtE plant has been served with a show-cause notice to explain “why its Environmental Clearance (EC) granted in 2007 should not be kept in abeyance”, The Hindustan Times reports. After…
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As The Times of India reports, Chandigarh Smart City Company Limited has tendered the INR 40 crores mining project to clear the garbage dump in Dadumajra. In a period of 180 days, 500,000 tonnes of…
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According to the Times of India, the planned WtE project in Galand faces problems as only 18 acres of the 36 acres necessary have been acquired. As reported earlier by ecoprog, Ghaziabad Development Authorities (GDA)…
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The cities of Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Rupnagar, Moonak, and Nawanshahr, in Punjab plan to set up WtE plants, as was reported by The Economic Times. For this purpose, the government of Punjab intends to introduce…
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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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According to the Indian Express, Bombay High Court has extended the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) permit to dispose waste at the Deonar landfill until 31 December 2019. As reported in March 2018, the 600 tpd…
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The 1.5 MW WtE plant in Bhariyal, Shimla, has not reached its full energy generation capacity, although it has been two years since operations have commenced. As gasification machinery has not been installed yet, around…
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Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has determined new generic tariffs for electricity produced from WtE projects at INR 6.28 per KWh. As reported by Mercom India, The new tariff will be effective from 1…
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Construction work at the WtE gasification project at the Ghazipur landfill has not commenced yet, as the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is waiting for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the competent ministry. In…
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Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has allocated a 42.5 acres in Ghonda Gujran to East Delhi Municipal Corporation for establishing an integrated waste management facility, as was reported by the Hindustan Times. The facility will include…
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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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Construction has commenced in a scrap-fed aluminium alloy plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. According to recycling today, the project, developed by Daiki Aluminium Industry India, will be capable of processing 84,000 tonnes of aluminium…
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According to Construction Week Online, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has announced that its Karsada WtE pilot project in Varanasi has been able to achieve full load generation. The plant has an installed capacity…
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Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) is planning to determine new tariffs for WtE plants. As reported by The Hindu, the new tariff of INR 5.65 per unit for a period of 20 years, will come…
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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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Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has now terminated the contract of the Mumbai-based Essel Infra Projects, assigned to handle door-to-door garbage collection and set up a WtE plant at Jhiri. According to The Telegraph, the municipal…
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According to DNA India, the WtE facility in Deonar has faced another delay. After ecoprog reported in February that the facility has extended the bidding deadline by another month, it has now been postponed until…
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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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Kannur Corporation is planning to replace the landfill at Chelora with a WtE facility, similar to the 11.5 MW WtE plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, which has been operational since 2016 and has an annual…
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Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL), an Indian biomass supplier, plans to raise around inr 69.55 crores in a Series B funding round, according to Bioenergy Insight. The company plans to obtain INR 34.77 crores from…
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India completely bans import of plastic waste; a transition period has been announced till 31 August, after which the ban will come into effect. As reported by EUWID, a ban was already in place, but…
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According to The Times of India, Essel Infraprojects Private Ltd has assured Nagpur Municipal Corporation that the planned 11.5 MW WtE facility is on schedule, despite the company’s financial hardships. Essel Private has secured a…
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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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The construction of the WtE facility in Mussoorie, Dehradun, is likely to start in March 2019. According to Hyderabad-based company Ramky, which is responsible for setting up the facility, the construction work and commissioning will…
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Construction has begun on the first phase of the Daighar C&D incineration plant. As reported by DNA India, the Thane Municipal Corporation is hoping that both phases of the project will be operational by autumn…
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According to The Times of India, Munnar and Devikulam panchayats have signed a concession agreement with New Delhi-based AG Dauters Waste Processing Private Limited to build, own, operate and maintain (BOOM) a WtE plant in…
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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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India’s Supreme Court has asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to examine a proposal to build a WtE facility in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. According to the…
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The Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) has initiated the tendering process to construct a RDF incineration plant in Bidadi. According to dailyhunt, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and KPCL signed a memorandum of understanding on…
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As reported by The Times of India, the newly appointed Commissioner of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, Dinesh Chandra, has released a statement detailing his priorities. Foremost, the dumping of civic waste following the barring of the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the bidding deadline for the WtE project in Deonar by another month, as reported by The Indian Express. This comes after the four bidders interested in the project…
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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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In a deal valued at INR 3,630 crores, global investment firm KKR has acquired a 60% stake in city-based environment solutions provider, Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL). This is said to be the largest foreign…
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As reported by The New Indian Express, the state budget of Karnataka has allocated INR 2,300 crores to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrative body for 6 projects this year, including a 400 tpd…
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The Government of Chennai, Tamil Nadu has now set aside INR 5,259.1 crores for the construction of WtE plants at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpsites. According to The Times of India, the plants will be…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the disposal and management of solid waste in its area. According to The Hindu,…
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Construction works on a new construction and demolition waste processing site in Mulund, Mumbai, will commence in June 2019, as The Times of India reported. INR 4.5 crores have been allocated for this project. Two…
