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Starting next month, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will transport refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Bandhwari landfill to the waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Sonipat. This is being done to clear space for setting up…
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Visakhapatnam’s new Waste-to-Energy Processing Plant was formally inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on October 23. Trial runs of the plant began earlier this month, on October 2, 2021. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal…
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The Kochi corporation is planning to introduce a moveable windrow compost system for treating solid waste at Brahmapuram. A group of councillors is reportedly planning to visit a similar unit in Hyderabad to study the…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on three waste-to-energy (WtE) plants and a construction and demolition waste processing plant for contributing to air pollution. The East…
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Kerala’s Brahmapuram solid waste management plant never ceases to be in the news. This time, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kochi corporation to file a status report on the solid waste treatment…
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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will no longer execute Mohali’s Waste to Energy (WtE) project. NTPC was to construct and operate a WtE plant at Samgauli. No reason has been given for NTPC’s exit. The…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) to supervise the construction of Mumbai’s first waste to energy (WtE) plant at Deonar. The consultant will be responsible for approving the…
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The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has directed BSES Rajdhani Power (BRPL) to meet its obligations to the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management company (TOWMCL), a subsidiary of Jindal ITFL. TOWMCL had appealed to DERC that BRPL…
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The plans for the development of a WtE facility in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is still being pursued, reports The Times of India. As the source indicates, the only remaining obstacle seems to be finding a suitable…
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The Goa government has announced that it is setting up a waste-to-energy plant in Panaji in partnership with the IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. The cabinet has granted approval to appoint IVL to execute the…
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After facing resistance from residents of Rani Khera for a long time against setting up of a waste-to-energy plant in their area, North Delhi Municipal Corporation has finalised a plan to build the plant next…
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The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to set up an integrated Waste To Energy (WtE) plant in outer Delhi. As part of…
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North Delhi Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal for setting up a second waste-to-energy plant at Ranikhera after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC). The civic body is at…
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The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) has identified a 21-acre government plot at Govindpur for establishing a waste-to-energy plant. The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant and dumping yard is expected to produce 6MW of electricity per day. The…
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In a bid to promote Waste-to-Energy in India, the central government recently announced a grant of Rs 478 crore to WtE programmes for the remaining period of financial year 2019-20 (FY20). This includes a Central…
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After more than 50 years of strong partnership within European market, CNIM and MARTIN brought their expertise in the energy-from-waste and –biomass business to the Indian market in 2017. Solidwasteindia.com brings an exclusive interview with…
