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As reported earlier, a partnership deal has been signed between Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and a French company for establishing a WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala, Karnataka. Recent information from the Bangalore Mirror has revealed…
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Construction of the proposed WtE plant in Brahmapurami is about to begin shortly. According to GJ Eco Power, all the mandatory clearances will be received in a couple of days and the company is planning…
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After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reduced the amount of waste that would be processed in the planned WtE plant at the Deonar dumping ground from 3,000 tpd to 600 tpd, 16 bidders have shown interest…
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Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra, has announced that new waste management projects for 48 cities should be approved before 31 March 2018. This was reported by Indian Express. These projects…
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Company Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. has recently started building works in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Reportedly, the plant is to be located in front of the company Mylan in Waluj MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development…
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According to The Times of India, a new biogas plant using biodegradable waste is being planned in the city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The project worth EUR 3.5 million will be located at R S…
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In January 2017, Indian company Neway Engineers MSW Private Ltd. was supposed to start the construction of a recycling plant for 200 tpd of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which was expected to be built…
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There are plans for a new biogas plant in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. As reported by The Hindu, the Madurai Corporation plans to build the 50 tpd facility in Vellakkal, processing hotel and…
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According to The Quint, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed between the Belgian capital Brussels and the Greater Chennai Corporation, in order to facilitate funding from multilateral agencies for infrastructure development…
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The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has announced plans to upgrade its solid waste processing plant and associated facilities in Pachchanady. The upgrade is estimated to cost INR 12.5 million (EUR 15 million) and will feature…
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The civic body of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, has announced that a Waste-to-Energy plant will be constructed in the city to solve its garbage disposal problem. According to The Times of India, the expression of interest (EOI) for the…
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The Bhalswa landfill, which was declared as exhausted in 2002, still receives about 2,000 tpd of waste generated by North Dehli, according to the Hindustan Times. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has now published…
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Although the Okhla landfill had already exhausted its lifespan in 2010, 1,200 out of 3,500 tpd of waste collected in Delhi continued to go to the site, as now reported by the Hindustan Times. Now,…
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Seven technology start-ups in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, have received funding amounting to a total of INR 75 million (EUR 935,702) through a governmental Seed Support Scheme, according to The Times of India. The start-ups…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has recently signed a partnership agreement with an unnamed French company to set up a Waste-to-Energy plant. The Waste-to-Energy facility should generate 10 MW of electricity from processing 500…
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A new AD plant at the Ranganathaswamy temple campus in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, has been put into operations, as The Times of India reported. The plant processes 70 kg of food waste and 300 kg of cow…
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According to PV Tech, Indian renewable energy developer ReNew Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Uttar Pradesh government for developing 1.2 GW of renewable energy in the state. The MoU will…
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The district administration of Ghaziabad has permitted agencies to set up WtE plants in Galand and Mohammadpur Amad Baghpat in Modi Nagar. This was reported by the Hindustan Times. Private firm Arcadis was awarded the contract…
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In a bid to cater for its 800 tpd of generated waste, the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) has announced plans to dump its garbage at the Phursungi, Pune, garbage depot. As reported by…
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The governing civic body of Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), intends to build WtE plants at its waste management centres in the districts of Bandra, Kurla and Borivli, as reported by the Hindustan…
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An old AD plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been put back into operation, as Citizen Matters reported. The plant, originally inaugurated in 2014, was shut down due to technical issues in 2014/2015. Currently, the…
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According to The Print, statutory advisory body Animal Welfare Board of India is developing a scheme, which includes, apart from new animal protection guideline, especially for cows, also a guideline for cow shelters to also…
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A BOT contract for a new WtE facility in Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, has been awarded to an entity of 2 private companies at a value of INR 2.08 billion (EUR 26 million), according to The…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has commenced preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Indirapuram, according to the Hindustan Times. The plant, which is planned to be located…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued a directive to the Delhi Government and civic bodies for submission of an action plan towards establishing a Waste-to-Energy plant and a landfill site in the city.…
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As the Hindustan Times reported, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation is currently looking into gasification technology in waste management as an alternative to incineration. According to the officials, energy generation from gasification technology doubles the…
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In an inspection visit to an ongoing construction site of a WtE plant in Naidupet village, the municipal administration minister has announced that all planned Waste-to-Energy plants in the cities of Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati…
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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…
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Clean energy company ReNew has announced to have signed an agreement with the government of Maharashtra for investing INR 140 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) in establishing renewable energy plants in the state. According to a…
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Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s planned Waste-to-Energy plant has gotten the approval of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), according to The Times of India. The cooperation will be purchasing 11.50 MW of power generated from the…
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In a review of urban development programmes of the central government in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Puri, said that execution of the Waste-to-Energy and Waste…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has challenged the payment of tipping fees to the Jaypee garbage plant in a filed petition, as Tribune India reported. The Municipality (MC) stated that the payment is not part of…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) along with all civic and land agencies of Delhi have met on 3 February to decide on the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, as the New Indian Express reported. An official in…
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An already signed agreement between the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation and Indian company IL&FS will see the supply of RDF from fresh dry waste for use as fuel input for the Ariyalur cement factory of Ultratech…
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Overruling objections raised by the State Paddy and Wetland Monitoring Committee against the reclamation of paddy land for the WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kochi, state of Kerala, the state government has given consent for the…
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Indian company Ramky Enviro Engineers is currently constructing a 20 MWel WtE plant in Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad, according to a report by The Hans India. It is likely to attract an investment of about INR 3.4…
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The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has proposed to embark on massive development in terms of waste management, infrastructure and health. As reported by The Times of India, part of what is being considered for better…
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According to India Today, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (NMCD) has announced to be starting off with the Bhalswa WtE project soon. Under the project, a new WtE facility with an electricity generation capacity of…
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According to civic officials, the 2018-19 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fiscal budget has an increased focus on ongoing projects. This was reported by Asian Age. One of the projects on the priority list is the…
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According to the Hindustan Times, the construction works for the Bandhwari RDF facility will begin on 15 February 2018. Even though it had been reported that construction works were already in progress, it now seems…
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In the 42nd joint meeting of India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee, the minister for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep S Puri, invited Japanese firms to invest in sectors like smart cities, renewable energy, waste-to-energy and other mega…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to commence the construction of a planned waste-to-energy (WtE) facility. This seems to be part of the planned 12 waste-to-energy projects in the…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra. According to the report by Tribune India, the…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra, as Tribune India reported. The RDF plant is…
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The Shishambara solid waste management plant near Dehradun has formally begun operation. The facility includes composting, recycling, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) production as well as sanitary landfill (SLF), as The Times of India reported. The plant…
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A new biogas plant has been commissioned in Yediyur ward, located in south Bengaluru, Karnataka. As stated by The Times of India, the plant will be processing 4.5 tpd of wet waste, producing 250 kW…
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As the Daily Pioneer reported, the solid waste-to-energy project involving Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and MSW-Essel Infrastructure (Essel Infra) has been left uncompleted. According to the Senior Manager of Essel Infra the financial constraints including…
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The government of the federal state of Himachal Pradesh is investigating plans for rehabilitating its around 32,000 stray cows for biogas production, as The Times of India reported. For doing so, the Panchayati Raj and…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to Tribune India, this would…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to The Times of…
