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According to an official from the Municipal Administration and Urban Development, there is a possibility of commissioning the 19.8 MW Hyderabad WtE plant by December 2019, as construction works are progressing well at the facility.…
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After a Japanese delegation executed an extensive study in Warangal for the development of a WtE facility, representatives, led by Director International Cooperation Department for Waste Management, Clean Authority Tokyo, met with the Principal Secretary…
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Construction works for a new 600 tpd construction and demolition waste recycling facility at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai have been scheduled to commence this year, as The Asian reports. Picture Credit: User:Petr K,…
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According to a report by The Times of India, the plans of a proposed site visit to Peringamala, Thiruvananthapuram, for construction of a WtE facility, has been postponed on Monday. The state government has decided…
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In the process of finding a long-term solution for the waste disposal problems in Kollam, Kerala, the city is going to install a new WtE facility, with a processing capacity of 200 tpd, at the…
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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…
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The planned 25 MW WtE facility in Bandhwari, Haryana, will mostly miss its first deadline in August 2019, according to The Times of India. The application, submitted in October 2018, has not been approved by…
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According to The Times of India, Delhi is currently planning the construction of four more WtE facilities. Two projects have been proposed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation at Narela-Bawana and Bhalswa. These facilities will…
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According to Nyoooz, the Municipal Corporation of Bhubaneswar (BMC), Odisha, has invited private parties to discuss setting up a biogas plant. After the discussion, the BMC will issue a request for proposal (RFP) and form…
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United Global Trust is planning to setup a new electronic waste recycling facility in Guwahati, Assam, which will serve eight states in northeast India. The project is supported by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).…
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The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is planning to build a C&D waste recycling facility in the village of Kuppaluru, Mysore, Karnataka, on an area of 5.5 acres. According to the Star of Mysore, C&D waste…
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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 The Pioneer, the WtE facility in Okhla, South Delhi, is asking for permission to expand its present generation capacity from 16 MW to 40 MW. Therefore, it would have to process 680,5000 tpy…
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After the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) floated a tender for a WtE facility in Kozhikode, three additional tenders for WtE facilities in Kollam, Palakkad and Kannur will be released by the end of…
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The MBT facility in Kolhapur, which is already operational, is waiting for official permission to start commercial operations, according to The Times of India. A two-member expert team has collected samples of the RDF processed…
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According to The Indian Express, four bidders interested in the WtE facility in Deonar, Mumbai, have asked for extension to estimate the calorific value of the waste that will be burned in the plant and…
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The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has approved power purchase agreements (PPA) for four paddy straw-fuelled biomass projects with a total capacity of 49.8 MW, as Mercom India reported. The PPAs were signed by the…
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The source provides an update on the WtE project by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Bidadi. BBMP has already signed a MoU with Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL). It is estimated that the 500…
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The source provides an update on plans for a 500 tpd WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala, Bengaluru. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) intends to issue a work order to a French Company, 3Wayste on 16 January,…
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Administrative body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) of Bengaluru, Karnataka, is planning to revive several waste processing plants in order to decentralise waste management, as The Hindu reported. Amongst the plants are 13 small biomethane…
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According to sources from the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), a WtE plant is currently being planned for the municipality, with the required paperwork being processed. This was reported by The Pioneer. The project is estimated…
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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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According to the Times of India, the Kozhikode City Municipal Corporation has leased 12.67 acres of land to the Kerala Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) for setting up a 5 MW WtE plant in Njeliyanparamba, for…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has completely acquired the 35 acres of land required for establishing the Galand WtE plant. As reported earlier, the plant is planned to have the capacity to treat about 1,200…
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A biogas plant in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, will be upgraded to produce bio-CNG, as the Tech Mag reported. The operator is IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services Ltd., a joint venture between Hamburg-based logistics company Oiltanking…
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As the Times of India reported, the Kasba Bawda WtE plant has commenced its first stage of operations, where waste is only being processed into RDF. Full operation of the plant will commence after experts…
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A new biogas project has been announced to be built on a 2.5 acre site on the grounds of the Jamsher Dairy Complex in Jalandhar, Punjab, reported The Tribune. Construction of the 1 MW plant…
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The Hindu reported, that Kochi Municipal Corporation has postponed its decision to lease 20 acres of land in Brahmapuram to GJ Eco Power Private Ltd. (GJ Eco). GJ Eco was entrusted with the construction of…
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The Government of Uttar Pradesh has signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with a Netherlands-based company for setting up a 15 MW WtE plant in Galand, according to The Times of India. So far, the…
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According to ChemFuels, the first waste processing plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has received approval from the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board. The investment for the project is INR 118 crores, and the produced RDF from the…
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Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has submitted a feasibility report to the Government of Karnataka for establishing a WtE plant in the city, as reported by The Times of India. The city generates around 450 tonnes of waste…
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A RDF production facility has been inaugurated in Sector 54 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, which can process 40 tonnes of waste every hour. As repored by The Times of India, the RDF produced will be…
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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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According to a report by The Hindu Businessline, Osaka-based aluminium manufacturer, Daiki Aluminium Industry of Japan, will invest INR 208 crores for constructing a recycled aluminium alloy facility in Andhra Pradesh. The plant will have…
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After reviewing several options for waste treatment, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), Maharashtra, has approved plans to develop an AD plant near the village of Daighar, with an annual processing capacity of 600,000 tonnes of waste,…
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The MBT project in Brahmapuram was violating the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and therefore the state and Central Pollution Control Board (PCB) have to pay a fine of INR 50 lakhs to the National…
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According to Global Cemfuels, the city corporation of Tirupur has signed a supply agreement with ACC’s cement plant at Madukarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The agreement requires 30 tonnes of RDF to be supplied…
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In an effort to manage the city’s waste problem, Thiruvananthapuram city corporation is proposing to set up biogas plants at institutions that produce large amounts of waste, like hotels, restaurants and temple organisations, free of…
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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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Essel Group, the company operating Vengadamangalam WtE plant, has been issued a contract termination notice by the government because of its failure to generate electricity from the plant, as reported by The New Indian Express.…
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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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The RDF production facility in Noida, developed by Zigma Global Environ, will commence operations in December 2018, as The Times of India reported. The plant can process 40 to 50 tonnes of waste every hour.…
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According to the Bangalore Mirror, the 500 tpd WtE project in Chikkanagamangala has been delayed in obtaining approvals. As reported earlier, French company, 3WAYSTE and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have signed an agreement for setting…
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According to the secretary of the local government, a 500 tpd WtE plant has been planned to be set up in Mohali, for treating waste generated in Mohali and Patiala. A tender for the establishment…
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A preliminary contract termination notice has been planned to be issued to Kolhapur Green Energy Private Limited, which is constructing the Kasba Bawda Wte plant, due to delay in plant commissioning. The project, which is…
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In a recent meeting with Bangalore officials, Setaram has expressed interest to set up a WtE plant in the village of Goruru, near Nelamangala, reports the Deccan Herald. The technology to be used, waste input…
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According to The New Indian Express, the two Chennai WtE projects, planned at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi landfills, are both going to be implemented with a 32 MW electrical generation capacity, and an annual processing…
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Hyderabad-based company, Nettlinx, has signed an agreement with two Japanese companies, Takara Leben and Kuni Umi, for setting up a 12 MW WtE plant near Mucherla, as TXF News reported. The plant will be set…
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A group of cement producers in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, have stopped using RDF from Bengaluru because of the high transportation costs, as Global Chemfuels reported. Although the cement producers do not pay for the RDF, they…
