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As stated in a recent white paper, India can use its current waste volumes to produce 65 GW of electricity per year – and this can grow to 165 GW by 2030 and 436 GW…
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The Noida and Greater Noida authorities in India have signed separate agreements with the National Thermal Power Corporation and Indo Environ Integrated Solutions to set up a mega waste-to-energy plant on 30 acres of land…
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The Kochi Corporation has slapped fines worth Rs 54 lakh on waste violators during the last one month. Inspections were conducted at households, public places, and institutions. In addition, public awareness campaigns on following the…
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The Kerala government’s efforts to manage waste at the source are yielding positive results, as both the quantity of biodegradable waste gathered from the city and the amount reaching the Brahmpuram waste disposal site have…
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The state cabinet has approved the modification of reservation on the land at Deonar dumping ground, clearing the way for a proposed waste-to-energy project. Last year in March, the urban development department issued a notification…
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Waste-to-energy producer SAEL has raised INR 1,325 crore ($177m) by issuing AA-rated bonds to institutional investors such as Tata Cleantech Capital, Kotak Infra Debt, Aseem Infrastructure Finance, and India Infradebt. The bonds, which have a…
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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticized the poor monitoring and delays in obtaining clearances for a waste-to-energy plant project at the Deonar landfill in Mumbai. Only 10% of the work on the project…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has completed the tendering process for a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Bawana, with a capacity to process 3,000 tonnes of waste per day. This will be the fifth…
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Japan-based JFE Engineering Ltd will offer technical assistance for the upcoming waste-to-energy facility in Kozhikode. Sharing the news on his social media, Chief Minister Mr Pinarayi Vijayan said the company has experience building more than…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing 90 projects under its Waste to Energy program. Union Minister of Power Mr. R K Singh informed the Lok Sabha that these projects include 7 biogas…
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A WtE plant is currently being set up at the Deonar landfill in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As further reported, the 360 tpd facility is being set up by Waste Management Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Re…
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Haryana’s Minister of Urban Local Bodies (ULB), Dr. Kamal Gupta has launched the construction of India’s largest waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Gurugram. Waste management concessionaire, Ecogreen Energy, will build a 25 MW waste-to-energy plant at Bandhwari…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning two additional Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities at Pyaranagar in Jinnaram and Dundigal, both in Medak. The 14.5-megawatt Dundigal WTE plant will handle about 1,000 TPD of garbage. Waste Management…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has approved the expansion of the Okhla Waste to Energy plant, Delhi, after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has refused the proposal in September 2022. Operator Okhla Waste Management Company…
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The implementation of a Waste to Energy plant in Vadodara Municipality, Gujarat is delayed. As the source indicates, the plant by Abelan Clean Energy Ltd. should have been operational by December 2021. Furthermore, Abelan Clean…
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The proposed new WtE facility to be built at Narela-Bawana, Delhi, is currently expected to be completed by August 2025. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Municipal Corporation Of Delhi (MCD) has…
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Chennai-based CNIM MARTIN Private Limited (CMPL) has announced the finalization of its takeover by Paprec Group, via its holding company Paprec Energies International, of the 51% of its shares that were held by CNIM Environment…
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A new WtE plant could be built in Nashik, Maharashtra, as The Times of India reports. On 23 September 2022, Nashik Municipal Corporation held talks with Mahatma Phule Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MahaPreit), a…
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CNIM MARTIN Private Ltd. has signed a contract with turnkey solution provider Uttam Energy for the supply of the main components of the WTE plant to be built in Deonar, Mumbai, India for Municipal Corporation…
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There are plans for the development of a WtE plant in Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) already completed “some documentation” for this project. Moreover, a PPA is expected to be completed…
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The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC), Tamil Nadu, will receive funds amounting to INR 700 million (EUR 8.7 million) under the Federal Government’s Swachh Bharat mission’s Solid Waste Management fund. With these funds, a C&D…
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Bihar’s state urban development and housing department intends to build a WtE plant in Patna, Bihar. The facility to be erected at Ramachak Bairiya on Patna-Gaya road should host several separate units for compost, biomethanation,…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered an inquiry against concessionaire IEISL, which operates the Ghazipur Waste to Energy (WtE) Plant in Delhi. In an interim report to the tribunal, the panel ordered an investigation into…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has announced that a public hearing for environmental clearance on the Okhla waste-to-energy (WtE) plant expansion will be held next month. Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi had…
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Gujarat chief minister Mr Bhupendra Patel virtually inaugurated the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation’s (JMC) waste-to-energy park in Jamnagar’s Gandhinagar district on Wednesday. The plant will produce 7.5 MW of electricity daily. The facility was built under…
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The waste-to-energy (WTE) plant next to Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi has resumed operations after a gap of 6 months, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Mr Vinai Saxena announced. “Of the 2600 MT waste generated every day…
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Vedanta plans to modify the design of one of its waste heat recovery power plants in Goa and reoptimize its turbines using specialized technology to increase power generation by another 5 MW, according to a…
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A new source is commenting on the WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Even after seven years, as per the source, the project has not yet been implemented. Reportedly, a Detailed Project Report (DPR)…
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Andra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has inaugurated the long-delayed Waste to Energy project in Guntur. The plant operated by Jindal Group was built at a cost of Rs 345 crore and…
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Delhi MSW Solutions intends to expand its RDF combustion plant at Bawana Industrial Area in Delhi. According to the report, the plant’s capacity should increase from 24 MW to 60 MW at an investment of…
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The Bidadi WtE project, which is currently under construction, could by delayed as the financing of the construction is hindered. The project is being jointly developed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power…
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A 35 MT Waste to Energy (WtE) project in Meghalaya will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mr Conrad Sangma. The plant is located in Tura, West Garo Hills district, and will be operated by a…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is expected to inaugurate the much-delayed Guntur Waste to Energy (WtE) plant operated by the Jindal group on June 5. The plant will generate about 15…
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The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has given its nod for the waste-to-energy plant at the Bhagtanwala dumpsite in Amritsar. The WtE plant will have the capacity to process consume 1,000 MT garbage daily and…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation plans to transfer roughly 260 MT waste per day to its 15 MW waste-to-energy plant from surrounding urban local bodies in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts. The move is intended to…
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Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a penalty of Rs 3 Crore on administration officials in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for not taking steps to control pollution and illegal mining in…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has announced that it will complete its second waste-to-energy plant and Delhi’s first “engineered landfill site” in Tehkhand by September 2022 and March 2023, respectively. The Department of Environment…
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The Ahmedabad civic body has invited bids from private players to design, finance, set up and operate a facility to process upto 3000tpd of RDF fraction in the legacy waste at Pirana landfill. The contract…
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The Jawaharnagar Waste to Energy (WtE) plant in Hyderabad will soon be enhanced to 48 MW. Currently, the plant is a functioning at a capacity of 19.8 MW. The Jawaharnagar plant, which opened in August…
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New Delhi-based Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. has announced a tender for a WtE project in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. As further reported, the tender is for the establishment of an 8 MW grid-connected power…
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France-based CNIM Group recently announced it was facing financial and operational problems in its Environment and Energy business. A few international projects were also reportedly affected as a result of this development. Today, CNIM Martin…
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The ground breaking ceremony for Ahmedabad’s second Waste to Energy (WTE) plant will be held today. Being built by JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited (JUIL), a part of the New Delhi-based OP Jindal Group, this 15MW…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is exploring technologies to be used for the upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, near Dadumajra. The MC is also open to moving the plant to a…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is setting up an engineered sanitary landfill site on a 47.5 acre piece of land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority at Tehkhand. Work is currently underway at the site.…
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Mumbai’s first Waste To Energy (WTE) plant at Deonar has received Environment Clearance (EC) from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Now, the BMC has approached Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)…
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The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids to set up an 8 MW grid-connected waste-to-energy project on Build-Own-Operate (B-O-O) basis in Kanpur. The scope of work includes setting up of WTE Plant,…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon is preparing to speed up the clearing and processing of four lakh tonnes of waste from the Bandhwari landfill site. The officials said that MCG has floated two tenders so…
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The waste-to-energy plant (WTE) at Bandhwari will be operational in two years, chief minister Mr Manohar Lal Khattar has announced. Mr Khattar laid the foundation stone of the plant on December 10. With 15MW capacity,…
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The CII’s Waste to Worth Conference kickstarted this afternoon with a panel discussion on Models & Best Practices for Waste Management. This session focused on existing waste management systems, models, and best practices across India and abroad…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received environmental clearance from Maharashtra’s State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for the Deonar Waste to Energy project. The procedure to secure environmental clearance from the Central government is…
