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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a WtE plant in Bandhwari in the State of Haryana. According to officials, a Chinese…
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Indian renewable-energy producer OGPL sells most of its biomass business to its promoter company SVL Ltd. The price of OGPL’s biomass business amounts to EUR 37 million with a total capacity of 68 MW, excluding…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a WtE plant in Bandhwari in the State of Haryana, the Hindustan Times reports. According…
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As Delhi runs out of dumping ground, state-run generation utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has stepped in at the behest of South Delhi Municipal Corporation and agreed to set up a solid waste management…
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According to an article published by Tribune India, the Municipal Corporation (MC) of the city of Chandigarh intends to acquire 10 acres of land in Dadu Majra where it plans to erect a WtE plant.…
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As stated by Jaipur’s minister for urban development and housing, the new WtE project for Jaipur, Rajasthan region, is going to be carried out on a public-private-partnership (PPP) base, the Times of India reports. The…
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A budget of around EUR 200 million will flow into the installation of two new WtE plants at Kodungaiyur and at Perungudi. As was announced this week by the Times of India, the old landfills…
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In its latest hearing, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come to the decision that the leader of the Shimla WtE project, Elephant Energy Private Limited, has until July 15th, 2017, to get the facility…
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A new WtE poject for the city of Mandur, Bengaluru, might face delays because of problems between the contractor and the local government, The Hindu reports. Even though the contracting firm, Messrs Srinivas Gayathri Resources…
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Currently, 8 out of 14 so-called community biogas plants (AD plants located at e.g. public markets or schools) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, are out of operation. As further stated by the Thiruvananthapuram health committee, the city’s…
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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), in association with Elets Technomedia Private Limited, is organising a one-day National Waste Management Summit in Hyderabad on 24th June. WtE technology is among the topics being discussed at the…
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According to an official survey by the Jaypee University in Solan, around 680 tpd of municipal solid waste are being generated in the region of the three cities of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. The population…
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Several months after a feasibility study for two new WtE projects in the Chennai area was initiated, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is now supposing a general action plan for solid waste management. There…
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The local government of Chandigarh is finalising its plans to build a new WtE plant at the site of the old Dadu Majra waste facility. The Dadu Majra plant is an RDF-plant, which has been…
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As reported by The Hindu, two companies have bidden for Expression of Interest (EoI) for the proposed RDF plant in Tiruchi. In a process that is expected to take three weeks, a corporation will scrutinise…
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As stated by municipal commissioner Chhavi Bharadwaj, the WtE plant in the region of Bhopal, state of Madhya Pradesh, shall be set up within the next six months, the Times of India reports. The exact…
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The Shimla WtE facility’s operator, Elephant Energy Private Ltd., has missed another deadline to get the plant operational. This is the third time that a deadline for the project could not be met, with the…
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Although the proposed RDF unit in Secunderabad Cantonment (in the surroundings of Hyderabad, Telangana) got the green light from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and financial assistance was secured, the project had to be set…
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The authorities of North Western Railways are considering setting up a plant in the city of Jaipur that shall produce energy from plastic bottles and cups that are left at the railway station. The proposed…
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As was reported by Nyoooz, the local government of Tiruchi has decided for a company which is to carry out the new RDF project in Tiruchi, state of Tamil Nadu. The planned RDF facility should…
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Municipal Solid Waste segregation at source is set to be launched in Delhi and Indore on 8 June. Primarily, the waste segregation shall lead to good-quality compost through waste-to-compost plants. Furthermore, segregation also assists in…
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After a business trip to China, representatives of the Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) confirmed that they consider a WtE plant at the current site of Bandhwari waste treatment plant. The current plant was supposed to…
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The Srinagar Municipal Corporation is still looking for contractors to set up a waste-to-energy plant which shall generate 5MWel from waste at the Achin dumping site. According to the Solid Waste Management Officer, a company…
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The implementation of the discussed WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, remains unclear. Although Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCEL) was hired for a feasibility study in 2016, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now appointed further…
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To expedite the construction of a WtE plant in Ghaziabad, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has decided to purchase land on its own and hand it over to the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation. The decision comes…
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According to local government officials, a contractor has finally been found for the implementation of a WtE project in Mavallipura, located close to the city Bengaluru. Indian company Essel Group will operate the planned facility,…
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Indian renewable energy producer Orient Green Power has released its 2017 fiscal year results. Revenues from operations for FY 2017 amounted to RS 461 crore (RS 410 crore for FY 2016), which is a 13%…
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A decision on the controversial WtE project in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, seems to be reached very soon as the government has announced a public hearing on 6 June. Former protests against the project were declined by…
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As was confirmed by several state officials, India will implement new Goods and Service Tax (GST) rates for the renewable energy sector, starting on 1 July 2017. The solar, the bioenergy and the WtE sector…
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As a reaction to Jaipur’s bad result in a cleanliness ranking, union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu has announced to start working on the implementation of two WtE plants in August. As stated by the…
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The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has given approval to Indian-based Cerebra Integrated Technologies to start operations at the company’s new e-waste recycling facility in the Narasapura industrial area, Kolar district. At the plant, electronic…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed the construction of a 750 tpd WtE and RDF facility in the city of Pune, Maharashtra. The facility should produce electricity (13 MW), compost and RDF. The plan should…
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The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has determined 1 June 2017 as the deadline for the start of operations of the WtE project at the Bhariyal landfill site. The plant is being set up by Elephant…
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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has launched an online petition in order to eliminate taxes on biogas products in India, Bionenergy News reports. As stated by the Indian Government, biogas plants, piped biogas & bio-CNG…
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Equis Group, a Singapore-based private equity group, is interested in investing in the State of Haryana, DNA India reports. They could, amongst others, invest in renewable energies, bioethanol and WtE plants. Haryana is planning to…
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According to the source, a WtE plant is currently being constructed in Ghaziabad. It should have a capacity of 1,000 to 1,500 daily metric tons of processed solid waste and produce 15 MW of electricity.…
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The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Ahmedabad plans to upgrade its WtE facilities to generate 45 MW of power from 3,000 daily tons of garbage. According to the AMC, the civic body of Ahmedabad has…
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According to the local civic body Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC), construction works for the planned WtE plant in Brahmapuram are to start until 30 May. Even though some contractual details, such as the environmental clearance…
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The start of construction of the discussed WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, is scheduled for the end of May 2017. As reported, Kochi Corporation has signed an agreement with GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd for…
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The Power-Gen India & Central Asia exhibition and conference will take place at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi from 17 to 19 May. Power-Gen India & Central Asia strives to bring industry…
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A new AD unit has been commissioned at the Gau dairy farm located in the Thegra area of Kota, Rajasthan, the Hindustan Times reports. The plant was installed 4 months ago by the brothers Gagandeep…
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A few months after a contract was signed between the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Prague-based firm Spark Bresson Private Ltd. to set up a new WtE plant, new information has been disclosed and reported…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit an affidavit on the status of the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant in Daruthenga, Odisha region. The new facility should prevent continuous dumping…
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As announced by the chairman of Indian company Essel Group, the company targets the implementation of Waste-to-Energy plants across the country. Essel’s expansion was also mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event to…
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Eco Green Energy Private Limited, subsidiary of Chinese operator China Jinjiang Environment Holding Co., will build and operate the WtE plant in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The contract has a duration of 22 years beginning in…
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In order to meet state unit chief Manoj Tiwari’s plan to free South Delhi from garbage, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to set up a second Waste-to-Energy plant soon. The corporation targets…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has announced the inauguration of a transfer station for 11 May. The main purpose of the new station is cleaning landfills by segregating waste and sending it to WtE…
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According to local officials, the 2 planned WtE facilities in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur are feasible. The IDR 24 billion (EUR 342 million) projects should generate 58 MW of power by processing 5,000 tons of MSW…
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The combined composting and RDF plant in Nashik is now fully functional again, after defunct machinery had disabled the facility from working properly over several years, the Times of India reports. With some pressure from…
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The City of Tiruchi wants to build an RDF plant as a public-private partnership project, The Hindu reports. The plant should treat the entire solid waste of the garbage dump in Ariyamangalam. It is expected…
