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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has released a plan to build a new WtE plant within the district of Visakhapatnam, the New Indian Express reports. Before starting to construct the new compound, the local government…
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According to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city of Bengaluru may be home to new WtE plants soon. Sources differ on whether two or four new facilities are to be set up. The…
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Despite the fact that the Brahmapuram WtE plant has been officially approved by the local government of Kochi, there seems no end in sight for the ongoing struggle between the two parties involved in the…
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In their ongoing struggle to limit the masses of municipal waste produced in the capital, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has introduced new measures to emphasise the importance of waste separation, India Today reports.…
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According to Sheffield Hallam University, its research and consultancy group Hallam Energy considers to cooperate with the Indian government to set up a WtE plant in New Delhi. Hallam Energy undertook a feasibility study for…
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In order to handle its increasing waste management problem, the municipality of Pune has decided to start cooperating with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). The company’s waste management includes minimising the volume of waste going to…
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The AD plant in Nashik, Maharashtra, is expected to be commissioned and start operations within the next 2 weeks, with a delay of around 5 months. The project was executed by the Nashik Municipal Corporation…
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The city corporation of Trichy is considering to produce RDF in the future, as the local landfill in Ariyamangalam is overflowing with waste. The local government needs approval by the state to continue pursuing the…
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The Power-Gen India & Central Asia 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 professionals from…
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A few weeks after taking over as waste management body of the city of Lucknow, Chinese firm Ecogreen Energy has officially confirmed that they will invest around RMB 300 million (EUR 40.8 million) in the…
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The Indian Congress has announced to be intending to work even more intensely towards a zero landfill goal in the future. In connection to that, the Congress seeks to close down Delhi’s four overfilled landfills…
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The WtE plant in Okhla seems to comply with all governmental and environmental standards, according to local state officials. A joint inspection was conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution…
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The WtE plant at Bandhwari, Indian state of Haryana, is supposedly going to re-open during the next week, after it had been shut down for four years. This has been reassured by the Municipal Corporation…
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Chief minister of India has approved INR 20 million (EUR 280,000) for the construction of an recycling plant in Kohat. About EUR 1.692.579 (RS 120 million) are scheduled for the whole plant, according to Dawn.…
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Finland-based firm Fortum is planning to launch WtE projects in India in the future. According to the company itsself, it views WtE as one of its four main business activities in India’s energy market, while…
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As reported on livemint, Finland-based firm Fortum is planning to launch WtE projects in India in the future. According to the company itsself, it views WtE as one of its four main business activities in…
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The operations at five RDF plants in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka seem to be hold up by the accumulation of massive piles of RDF. According to The Hindu, the facilities at Chikkanagamangala, Doddabidarakallu,…
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As was reported by The Hindu, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission of the state of Kerala is still waiting for the a statement and price proposal by the Corporation of the municipality of Kochi. The…
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The WtE project in the city of Indore is object of petition. According to The Times of India, the project is accused of missing approvals from the state and local authority level as well as…
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According to The Asian Age, India’s government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated last week that they expect to save around USD 6.3 billion in energy costs in the future due to the successful…
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Some new details on the proposed WtE project at the Moshi landfill site, near Pimpri Chinchwad, have surfaced this week: The envisioned WtE plant is expected to generate 11MW of power and will be built…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has released its budget plans for 2017-2018. According to The Times of India, the plans include investments into health infrastructure and targets to improve the waste management system. According to…
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As reported by Equity Bulls, India-based energy company Thermax has reportedly acquired 100 % of the share capital of Polish firm Barite Investments Sp. z.o.o.. As a direct consequence, Barite will become a subsidiary of…
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A planned RDF-deal between the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and cement factories in Kalabugari has been abandoned due to too heavy transportation cost. The BBMP has come to the decision to bury the 20,000tpy…
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In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has presented a blueprint to manage the problem of municipal solid waste in order to make the city cleaner. According to The Times…
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As reported by The Hindu, the Union Minister of Railways announced plans to build further WtE plants at railway stations, based on the current project at the New Delhi railway station, that shall go operational…
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The two WtE projects in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura in the city region of Bengaluru, Karnataka, seem to be failing to attract bidders. The invitation for tenders had started in February, both plants…
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According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the implementation of the planned WtE plant in the district Deonar is likely to take 3 years. MC’S plan is to treat around…
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According to The Times of India, two firms have supposedly signed contracts with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to process municipal waste and produce energy from it. The said companies are Abellon Clean Energy and…
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New information has been revealed on the progress of the planned WtE plant at Astoli, near Noida, Uttar Pradesh region. On Moday, March 20th, 2017, Noida’s authorities started initiating a tender process for the selection…
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A new 5 t/d biogas plant is due to start operations in Rajkot, Gujarat, on 23rd March. Building works are completed and testing period has already been finalized. The facility had been developed by Rajkot…
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In a rather vague statement, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has announced that they have taken first steps towards the creation of 6 new WtE plants for the region. According to The Hindu, the…
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Among other environmental measures, the Indian government has announced to aim at further promoting WtE and RDF solutions. Under the newly revised Indian Electricity Act from 2006 (2003), it now became mandatory for the electricity…
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Additional information has been published on the proposal for a Waste-to-Energy project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, that was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation sent a proposal to Partner Kerala Mission, Kerala’s State…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, as Mid Day reported. BMC is likely to shut down its Mulund dumping ground in July this year and…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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According to The Hindu, the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi has been officially inaugurated. With a capacity of 24 MW, the facility is the country’s largest WtE plant now. After many delays and an intervention…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the inspection was directed by the National Green Tribunal in…
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As reported by The Times of India, the private company Jyoti Envirotech has been replaced as waste management body for the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation came to this decision after…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. This was reported by The Times of India. The inspection was directed by the National Green…
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A conference on green power challenges and innovation will be held by the NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) on June 8 and 9. According to the source, the subjects of the conference will be…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reduced the proposed gap of 300-500 metres between incineration power plants and residential areas to 30-100 metres, much less than what is defined by the Swachh Bharat Mission.…
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As part of the development plan Bhosari Vision 2020, a new WtE project at the landfill in Moshi, Pune Metropolitan Region was mentioned. The announcement lacked specific details but the plans are said to have…
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According to The Times of India, after several delays, the new WtE plant at Shimla will start its trial run of operation on March 20th 2017. Afterwards, the commercial operation is scheduled to begin on…
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The method of plastic pyrolysis as an energy source is gaining more and more recognition in India, as reported by Financial Express. As it offers an alternative to combustion and biogas plants, the new technology…
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After having been rescheduled multiple times already, the launch of the WtE plant in Narela-Bawana, New Delhi, is supposedly going to take place next month. According to The Times of India, the inauguration is set…
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The state government of Andhra Pradesh has officially agreed to the construction of 11 new WtE plants in 11 different locations within the state, as reported by The New Indian Express. All of these sites…
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Plans for building a new slaughterhouse in Kunnukuzhy, Kerala, are proceeding. This was reported by The Hindu. The new site should include a meat processing unit, an effluent treatment plant as well as a biogas…
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Due to the increasing problem of waste management in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has announced that he directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to expedite the construction of a WtE plant as a…
