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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced plans for the production of biomass briquettes from municipal biowaste as well as a biomass processing unit in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The briquettes should be produced from biowaste such…
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Finnish technology provider Valmet Oyj has announced the delivery of a recovery boiler upgrade to Kuantum Papers Limited in Punjab, India. The project has an estimated duration of 1 year, with installation scheduled for February…
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Indian state-owned power utility NTPC is testing co-firing of biomass and coal at the Tanda thermal plant in Uttar Pradesh and at the Dadri plant. According to NTPC, larger use of biomass is possible with…
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According to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, 18.48 GWel of RES capacity was installed during FY 2023-24. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous year. 9.43 GW of the newly…
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The thermal power plant located in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been converted to co-firing biomass. The plant, called NLC Tamilnadu Power Ltd, is a joint venture of NLC India Ltd and TANGEDCO and started co-firing…
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The Indian Ministry of Power has defined price benchmarks for biomass pellet prices. The price regulation is planned for one year, starting on 8 November 2023. In the Northern Region, pellet prices amount to INR…
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Power producer Hutah Industries is moving forward with plans to build a biomass power plant in the AK Industrial Village in Ganeshnagar, Nagaland. The plant should generate 10 MWel of electricity in a moving grate…
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The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy of the State of Punjab has proposed plans to develop 100 MWel of biomass power projects. According to the report, the Ministry is seeking Viability Gap Funding of…
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The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board has approved plans by iron manufacturer Vandana Global Limited to develop a biomass power plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The plant should be fuelled with rice husk and have a capacity…
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The company M/s Shikhar Commodities has acquired an 8 MW biomass power plant located in the federal state of Chhattisgarh from M/s Vandana Vidyut Limited. The source does not provide the plant’s exact location. According…
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The Government of India has suggested that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) introduce a penalty system for thermal power plants not complying with the current biomass co-firing guidelines. In a recent review meeting…
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Reportedly, there are currently two biomass power projects based on paddy straw in Kurukshetra and Kaithal, Haryana. The projects are owned by Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). According to Hindustan Times, the plants both…
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The company Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) has started co-firing of biomass briquettes at its thermal power plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh. Balco, a subsidiary of Indian Oil & Gas and Metals company Vedanta Resources, will…
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A new biomass boiler has been installed in 2022 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. The 75 tph, 15 MWe boiler by Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL) is using vibrating grate technology developed in Denmark. However, the source…
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The Nagaland District Energy and Finance Ministry has signed several power purchase agreements with companies in the solar, thermal, hydro and biomass power sectors. Indian power company Fitzroy Energy & Minerals Ltd. signed a power…
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has again ordered 11 coal-based thermal power plants operators to comply with its biomass co-firing instructions. In September 2021,…
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Public power company Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) is planning to trial the use of biomass briquettes in its coal-fired power plant in Parli, Beed district, Maharashtra state. One of the three 250 MW…
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The Government of Punjab has unanimously passed a bill to renegotiate FiTs under Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in place between the public utility Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) and renewable energy generators. Reportedly, the…
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Indian cement producer JK Cement has recently signed an MoU with biomass aggregation and densification entity Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL), as reported by EquityBulls. The partners agreed on a 10-year supply contract for biomass…
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Two paddy straw biomass projects in Punjab are facing delays and are now expected to become operational in 2022, as reported by The Times of India. This includes a 10 MW project in Fatehgarh Sahib…
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Japan-based trading and investment company Mitsui & Co has announced its intention to invest INR 300 million (EUR 3.4 million) in Mumbai-based Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL), according to a news from The…
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IL&FS Energy Development Co. Ltd. (IEDCL) plans to sell its currently non-operational 13 MW biomass power plant in Shendra MIDC, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Economic Times reports that IEDCL’s subsidiary, Shendra Green Energy Ltd (SGEL) has…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued the draft version for its tariff determination regulation order for renewable projects, including biomass power projects. The Regulation will apply to projects that are commissioned in the…
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Shell India, subsidiary of Netherlands-based oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, has invested INR 54,3127 crore (USD 7.7 million) in Indian biomass company Punjab Renewable Energy. According to Bioenergy Insight, Punjab Renewable Energy collects,…
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According to Mercom India, the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has released a tender for a 54 MW solar-biomass hybrid project, consisting of a 6 MW biomass plant and four 12 MW solar projects, which…
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The Business Standard reports that Oriental Green Power Company Ltd. (OGPCL) plans to sell its shares of biomass subsidiary, Sanjog Sugars and Eco-Power Pvt. Ltd. (SSEPPL), to Soorya Eco Power Pvt Ltd (SEPPL). OGPCL holds…
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Engineering and manufacturing company, Thyssenkrupp Industries India Pvt. Limited, has signed a 10 year licensing agreement with Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S for its biomass boiler technology, a water-cooled vibrating grate, for application in India…
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NTPC Limited has started co-firing biomass at its 2,650 MW coal-fired Dadri power plant in Greater Noida, as the Times of India reported. In one unit of the plant, the company co-fires a share of…
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As reported by The Pioneer, the Indian state of Chhattisgarh has announced to have achieved a generation of 228 MW of biomass power. This supports the aim of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable…
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As of 31 December 2017, Indian independent renewable energy producer Orient Green Power Company Ltd has disinvested in 8 biomass subsidiaries to Janati Bio Power, subsidiary of Indian holding company SVL, which in turn is…
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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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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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Indian energy company Orient Green has achieved a profit after tax (PAT) of RS 829 crore (EUR 114 million, exchange rate as of 8 December 2016) in its second quarter after a 3-year streak of…
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According to Bioenergy Insight, the Indian government has set the goal to generate 16,725 MW of renewable energy in the fiscal year 2016/17, which goes from April to March. Biomass is expected to provide 500…
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Indian Overseas Bank has taken over a biomass plant of Global Power Tech Equipments (GPTL), subsidiary of Orient Green Power Company. The bank announced this decision after GPTL was not able to fulfil payment requirements.…
