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The Department of Biotechnology, a part of India’s Ministry of Science and Technology, has issued a Call for Proposals (CfP) for projects generating power from waste material. This does not only include WtE, but also…
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Mahindra Intertrade, subsidiary of Mahindra Group, has entered into a partnership with MSTC, a domestic and international trading company under the administrative control of the Indian Ministry of Steel, to set up the country’s first…
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A construction site has been selected for the Brahmapuram WtE project, which is developed by GJ Nature Care Consortium on behalf of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC), Kerala. As announced by The New Indian Express,…
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India’s Minister for Urban Development has announced a new WtE support plan. According to The Indian Express, the measure was said to aim at increasing energy generation through waste to 411 MW in 2018, up…
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As was reported by The Hindu, the National Technical Expert of India’s Swachh Bharat urban sanitation scheme has called to stop using recyclable and organic waste material in Indian WtE plants. According to the official,…
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According to The Times of India, a committee of Punjab’s legislative assembly has apparently asked the operator of a RDF plant near Ludhiana to increase the capacity of their facility. Specifically, the capacity should jump…
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As reported by The Economic Times, the proposed WtE plant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, is said to be planned after the model of a German WtE facility in the Stuttgart region, Baden-Württemberg. Coimbatore’s city mayor…
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According to The Economic Times, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has allowed 10 municipal institutions to enter into contracts with private companies, aiming to set up WtE facilities to generate 66 MW. Of the…
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According to The Times of India, the planned Shishambara waste and RDF plant near Dehradun, Uttarakhand, which was planned to be realised under a public private partnership (PPP) scheme, has finally found a developer. As…
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According to The Times of India, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor has assured the inhabitants of Daruthenga that the proposed WtE plant, to be located in Bhuasuni, will not have any negative environmental effects…
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Plans to build a new WtE plant close to the Deonar garbage dump have been approved despite vehement protests. According to The Indian Express, investments for the facility, which should treat up to 3,000 tons…
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Adani Ports and Especial Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ) has received environmental and coastal regulation zone approvals from a governmental agency to build a ship recycling facility at its port in Mundra, Gijarat. As reported by…
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According to The Asian Age, costs for the proposed WtE plant close to Deonar, Mumbai, have been said to amount to about Rs 1,000 crore. Once built, the facility should produce 25 to 30 MW,…
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The municipal administration of Guntur has apparently approved plans to set up a 15 MW WtE facility in Naidupet near Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. As reported by The New Indian Express, the project is developed by…
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According to The Times of India, the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB), the administrative body of the Pune Cantonment military site in India’s Maharashtra state, is currently evaluating proposals to improve its solid waste disposal system.…
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The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB), the administrative body of the Pune Cantonment military site in India’s state of Maharashtra, is currently evaluating proposals to improve its solid waste disposal system. As stated by The Times…
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A biogas facility could be constructed in city of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has invited bids for collection, transportation, preliminary segregation and shredding of hotel waste. The plant should be built as…
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The government of India’s federal state of Odisha and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have agreed to build a proposed WtE plant near the BMC’s Bhuasuni landfill. However, it is not clear whether this means…
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According to The Tribune, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) has appointed consultants to assist on its proposed WtE project. As said by CMC officials, the consultants would provide help to finalise terms and conditions and…
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As reported by The Indian Express, India’s National Green Tribunal has ordered company Jaypee Group (JP) to resume operations at it’s Chandigarh RDF facility until 27 July. A case was filed by the Chandigarh Municipal…
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As reported by The Times of India, Kerala’s government will review the Rs 295 crore Brahmapuram WtE proposal again as there are too many unsettled points. According to the Minister for Local Administration, there are…
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According to The Times of India, three biomethane projects which were proposed for the City of Chandigarh have not yet been realised. Plans for the projects are dating back years. According to a recent news…
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As reported by The Times of India, a new small-scale biogas plant has been commissioned in the City of Chandigarh. The plant was officially inaugurated by Parimal Raithe, advisor to the administration, at Sood Dharamshala,…
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According to Business Standard, German company Heraeus, recycler of reforming catalyst, is to open a facility in Udaipur, Rajasthan, to recover precious metals from spent petroleum catalysts. The plant will be operated by Ravindra Heraeus,…
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As reported on IIFL, Essel Infraprojects Ltd, an Essel Group subsidiary, has been honoured with the Golden Peacock Eco-Initiative Award by India’s Energy Minister for the technical process of their Jabalpur WtE plant. The 219,000…
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According to The Times of India, The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Maharashtra, is looking into implementing a WtE process to improve the city’s waste management. However, this seems a long-term goal, as AMC plans improve…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), Haryana, has initiated plans to process the city’s waste in order to produce electricity. It is envisaged to install 4 AD plants with a combined capacity of up to…
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According to The Times of India, the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) has determined a feed-in tariff for the WtE plant proposed by the city authorities of Shimla. Under the ruling, the State Electricity…
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The Coimbatore Corporation has received the permission of the State Government of Tamil Nadu for establishing a recycling plant to recycle C&D waste at a cost of EUR 157,094 through a PPP project. The plant…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has proposed an AD facility in the Ghazipur area, New Delhi, the Millenium Post reports. The facility is planned to have a total capacity of 20,000 tpy of manure…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) plans a recycling plant for construction and demolition (C&D) waste in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Because of an increase in C&D debris the plant would be needed. A developer isn’t…
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The Deccan Herald reports that the council of ministers has recently granted in principle approvals for a proposal to build three integrated solid waste management parks near Bengaluru. The proposal was brought up by the…
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Bengaluru has received multiple offers by firms to turn the city´s solid waste into electricity, The Deccan Herald reports. According to agents of the firms the heating value of Bengaluru´s garbage would be adequate to…
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India’s decision to ban imports of scrap plastics keeps the plastic recycling market in suspense and will most probably lead to significant job losses in the Indian recycling industry as the president for waste plastics…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is apparently planning to set up a WtE facility with a treatment capacity of 400 tpd, The Indian Express reports.. As said, the new facility is supposed to be built…
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The Southern Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) announced plans to set up a new WtE facility. As said, the plant would be located adjacent to the existing Okhla WtE facility and should have a treatment capacity…
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The WtE project in Hyderabad, Telangana, has still not received any governmental support, The New Indian Express reports. The proposed plant would process 2,000 tons of garbage daily in order to reach a capacity of…
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As stated by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC), an RDF plant in Langadiawas near Jaipur will reach full capacity utilisation in this year’s September. JMC also plans to move forward on a discussed 700 tpd…
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The state government of Karnataka has proposed to set up a waste and recycling park near Madhugiri, Tumakuru District. As stated by an city official of Bengaluru, Karnataka’s state capital, the site would include a…
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Conglomerate company Maersk Group has announced that it will send its first two container ships to the Alang ship breaking site in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, this month. The ships Maersk Wyoming and Maersk Georgia will both…
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After trial operations of the 100 tpd MBT project in Saligao, Goa, started on 1 April, the facility has now been officially commissioned, The Navhind Times reports. It includes an RDF production line, a biogas…
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After facing an undue delay already, Bhuasuni’s Municipal Solid Waste facility has to deal with another problem, the New Indian Express reports.. The plant should treat biodegradable, combustible and recyclable content of the solid waste.…
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As stated by a lawyer representing local residents, the operator of the Okhla WtE plant in New Delhi has allegedly made false claims about the existence of RDF and biogas units at its site, The…
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As revealed by the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC), company Spark has been selected to deliver AMC’s planned WtE project, the Times of India reports. Even though no exact capacity figure was given, the AMC said…
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The WtE project at the Bhandewadi dumping yard in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has been granted support of Rs 96 crore (about EUR 12.8 million) by the central and the state’s government. Rs 70 crore will be…
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Indian wind and biomass power plant operator Orient Green Power Co Ltd has published its financial results for the fiscal year 2015/2016. Total revenues decreased from around EUR 66 million to EUR 52 million during…
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Project developer Essel Infraprojects has announced to have successfully commissioned a 11.5 MW WtE plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. According to earlier sources, the plant will be operated by a PPP consisting of Essel and…
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According to project developer Ramky Group, the Narela Bawana WtE plant in North West Delhi might start operations in June, The Hindu reports. Ramky is developing the plant on behalf of the North Delhi Municipal…
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According to a government official, India’s state of Karnataka is to unveil a WtE policy soon. It was already announced that the scheme includes plans to set up 4 WtE plants, one in each of…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has determined a feed-in tariff for the planned Kolhapur WtE plant. The project is being developed by Kolhapur Green Energy Private Limited (KGEPL), a special purpose vehicle formed by…
