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According to a report by The New Indian Express, the Government of Kerala is in talks with Delhi-based AG Dauters Ltd. for setting up a 20 tpd waste gasification pilot plant in Munnar, Idukki. Two…
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According to UK-based WtE company, GJ Eco Power, the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE project in Kochi is expected to receive the environmental permit within a month. The plant will have a capacity to process 500…
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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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The Hindu reported, that the construction works for a new 17 MW WtE project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, will begin soon. The investment cost for the project is expected to be around INR 135 crores.…
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According to the Deccan Herald, the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) plans to set up a 15 MW WtE plant in Bidadi, which will utilise 500 to 1,000 tonnes of dry waste daily. The Chief…
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Indian lead-acid storage battery and power storage device manufacturer, Exide Industries Ltd. is planning to build a battery recycling facility in Haldia, West Bengal. The plant, which will be equipped with European technology, will have…
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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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As The Times of India reported, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the local civic body will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a WtE facility in Hazira, Surat. The plant…
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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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The Brahmapuram WtE project is facing another delay by at least one year, due to delay in obtaining necessary clearances from various state departments, as The New Indian Express reports. The BOT contract for the…
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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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Proposals for two biogas plants at dairy colonies in Nangli and Goyla near Delhi, have been approved by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to be constructed under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model. The plants will…
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Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to build a bio-CNG plant in Agra, to solve the issue of the city’s drains getting clogged with cattle dung, as The Times of India reported. Feedstock for the…
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A law introduced in 2016 which mandated that cement factories within 100 km of an RDF plant, have to use at least 5% combustible waste as their fuel, has recently been amended by the Ministry…
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A2Z Waste Management has commissioned a new RDF incineration plant in Ludhiana, with a processing capacity of 1,600 tonnes per day, as The Times of India reported. The 11 MW RDF plant located at Tajpur…
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After the foundation stone was laid 6 months ago, the Brahmapuram WtE project in Kochi, has yet to obtain an environmental clearance and sign a power purchase agreement. According to Kochi corporation authorities, the Kerala…
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A composting plant has been opened in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, as part of a municipal programme aimed at improving the waste infrastructure in the city, according to an article by Waste Management World. The programme is…
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According to The Times of India, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has awarded construction works at the proposed Tekhand WtE plant. Additionally, SDMC has awarded the development of a new C&D waste plant in…
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In a recent event, Patna Municipal Corporation has given an update on the establishment of the Patna WtE plant, as reported by The Times of India. It will be built at Ramchak Bairia, in the…
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Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has identified eight locations to set up small-scale biomethane plants, capable of processing 2 to 10 tonnes of kitchen waste daily. The produced energy will primarily be used to power street…
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The Okhla, Ghazipur and Bawana WtE plants have been blamed of causing environmental pollution in Delhi, according to the Financial Express. According to a joint inspection committee from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the…
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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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Import licenses for plastic waste that will expire in November 2018 have not yet been renewed by the competent Indian authority. As of now, there are 35 licencesed companies that can import waste plastics in…
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A biogas conference will take place at the Renewable Energy India Expo at the India Expo Centre, Delhi, on 20 September 2018. The programme includes discussions, presentations and networking opportunities. The event is being organised…
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According to The Asian Age, plans to build a plant using wet waste from a flower market in Dadar, Mumbai City, have failed. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) sewage department have not agreed to provide the…
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In the case of insufficient waste management from local authorities, the federal government of India has announced to undertake this task in the future. If the local authorities do not implement this municipal responsibility, the…
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According to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a schedule for the development of a WtE facility at the Pirana landfill in Ahmedabad, has been set by the state government. As reported by The Times of…
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Aluminium and copper producer, Hindalco Industries, plans to build an aluminium recycling and extrusion plant in Kutch, Gujarat, with an investment of INR 1,500 crores for the 300,000 tpy recycling plant, and INR 2,100 crores…
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Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved the proposal of AG Dauters to establish a WtE plant at Ramachak Bairiya on Patna-Gaya road. According to The Times of India, the plant will utilise plasma gasification technology…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, has recently urged Indian farmers to make use of new methods for treating crop residues, including biogas production. According to Devdiscourse, the government will allocate…
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Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) will meet on 13 September 2018 for issuing work order to A.G. Dauters Waste Processing Pvt Ltd. AG Dauters plans to set up a WtE plant with the capacity to convert…
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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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The Standing Committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal for a new WtE project. The proposal comprises the construction of a 15 MW WtE plant, which is projected to be able…
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According to the mayor of Dhanbad, the city will be embarking on a comprehensive waste management project worth INR 2.7 billion (EUR 33 million). As reported by The Telegraph, the project will be executed in…
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As reported by The Times of India, the Agra Municipal Corporation is currently building a composting plant in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The source does not comment on the size of the composting facility. The plant…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation plans to build a biogas plant in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the authority has already identified a site in the Naraich area. Groundworks at the facility,…
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On 29 August, the first phase of the so-called Gobar-Dhan scheme (Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) has started in the village of Nayagaon, Haryana. As reported in May 2018, the federal state of Haryana has…
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In preparation for the Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018, the City of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, is undertaking several works on infrastructure, including waste disposal. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced plans to build a 40,000…
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According to the Deccan Chronicle, private operating company Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd has received a termination notice from the Koyambedu market administration for failing to maintain operation of the biogas plant located at the Koyambedu…
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The Pune Cantonment Board has re-adjusted its floated tender towards establishing a waste management plant for processing wet and dry waste, according to The Times of India. As earlier reported in 2016, the board floated…
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The integrated vegetable market complex in Madurai will start to convert its vegetable waste into manure and also supply the AD plant at the crematorium in Thathaneri, Tamil Nadu Province, as reported by The Times…
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Chennai City Authorities have passed a council resolution that approves two WtE plants at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi landfills. The Perungudi WtE site is said to have a power production capacity of 26 MWel, while…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) intends to develop a 5 MW WtE gasification plant in Kozhikode, Kerala, for which it will provide the land. The corporation first proposed the project in 2017, but…
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Construction works at the proposed 10 MW WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, have been further delayed, because the state’s Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), which has to issue the environmental permit for the project, has…
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According to The Daily Pioneer, the East Dheli Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed an agreement with Dheli-based waste processing company AG Dauters for the construction of a WtE gasification plant that will be fuelled with…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to shut down the Mulund landfill site in order to begin the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project at Deonar. According to civic officials, the recovery of the Mulund landfill should…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) has announced that the garbage of sector 54 will soon begin to be processed in a remediation plant, reported The Times of India. The plant uses bio-culture to…
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According to an official, 3 of 8 transfer stations proposed for the city are already operational across Gurugram. The 3 stations are located at DLF Phase-V, Atul Kataria Chowk and Beri Wala Bagh. They have…
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The WtE facility in Achan, Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir, which should have been constructed within 18 months from 12 December 2017 onwards, has not made any progress, as was reported by The Greater Kashmir.…
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Bangalore-based realty company Sumadhura Group has formed a partnership with Indian WtE company GPS Renewables to install a WtE plant in Bangalore, Karnataka, at one of its construction projects, reports India Education Diary. The plant…
