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Plans for WtE plant in Delhi

Plans for WtE plant in Delhi

Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company Ltd (TOWMCL) has submitted an application for approval of its proposed WtE project. The project involves the construction of a 17 MW WtE plant in Delhi, even though an exact…

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Chennai tenders Kodungaiyur Waste to Energy project

Chennai tenders Kodungaiyur Waste to Energy project

The Greater Chennai Corporation has reportedly launched the tender for its WtE project in Kodungaiyur, Chennai. The future plant should process 2,100 tonnes (tpd as ecoprog understands) and generate 21 MW. In March 2024, it…

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Test runs at Bidadi WtE plant to start soon

Test runs at Bidadi WtE plant to start soon

According to recent sources, the WtE plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, has been completed through a collaboration between the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). According to the source, the…

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Contract awarded for Ahmedabad WtE plant

Contract awarded for Ahmedabad WtE plant

Steamhouse India Limited has been awarded the contract for the design, engineering, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of a WtE plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The plant is to process 300 tpd of MSW and should…

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MSW plant set up by Abu Road Brahma Kumaris Institute

MSW plant set up by Abu Road Brahma Kumaris Institute

The Abu Road Brahma Kumaris Institute has established an MSW processing Waste to Energy plant. Several campuses of the institute, including, amongst others, Shantivan, Anand Sarovar, and Manmohinivan, are used to gather the MSW. The…

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Update on GCC’s Waste to Energy project

Update on GCC’s Waste to Energy project

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) project to construct a WtE plant in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, under a PPP model is expected to be commissioned in 2 years. According to earlier sources, the plant is to process…

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Bidadi WtE plant not yet operational

Bidadi WtE plant not yet operational

According to a new source, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited’s (KPCL) WtE facility in Bidadi, Karnataka, is not yet operational. According to September 2023 information, the plant was scheduled to start operations within the 2 to…

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Deonar WtE project now scheduled for 2026

Deonar WtE project now scheduled for 2026

According to a new report, 10% of the Deonar WtE project that is currently under development in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have been completed, and a deadline for making the plant operational is targeted for 2026. This…

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Bengaluru cancels four out of five WtE projects

Bengaluru cancels four out of five WtE projects

The state government of Bengaluru has reportedly decided to terminate four out of five WtE projects in Bengaluru. As further stated in the given source, the reason behind this decision is non-compliance with deadlines. The…

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Proposal: SPV to purchase electricity from WtE plants

Proposal: SPV to purchase electricity from WtE plants

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has proposed to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to purchase electricity from WtE plants and resell this power to interested entities. The SVP should include the Solar…

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No progress on Galand WtE project

No progress on Galand WtE project

According to a recent source, the WtE project in Galand village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has not progressed so far. According to information from May 2023, at that time, a boundary was to be erected…

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New plasma gasifier discussed in Margao

New plasma gasifier discussed in Margao

The Margao Municipality, Goa, is reportedly considering setting up a plasma gasification plant at the Sonsodo landfill for regional waste management. According to the Municipality, there will now be studies conducted as to whether the…

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Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving forward with its WtE project in Narela-Bawana. To implement the project, the MCD has concluded an agreement with the Power Grid Corporation of India concerning the relocation…

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Moshi WtE plant started commercial production

Moshi WtE plant started commercial production

India-based Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd has started commercial power sale from the Moshi WtE plant in Pune, Maharashtra, which was opened in August 2023. This is according to a recent news report. The plant…

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Bengaluru plans to relocate all waste processing plants

Bengaluru plans to relocate all waste processing plants

The Government of Bengaluru, Karnataka, has announced plans to relocate all waste processing plants to uninhabited areas outside the city. According to the announcement, the plan is to set up so-called “Integrated Solid Waste Management…

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Bidadi WtE plant to open soon

Bidadi WtE plant to open soon

The proposed WtE plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, is expected to be operational within the next 2 to 3 months. This is according to a recent statement made by India’s Minister of Power. The 11.5 MW…

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Chennai approves WtE project under PPP

Chennai approves WtE project under PPP

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Tamil Nadu, has approved a project to build a WtE plant under a PPP model. The plant is to process wet waste and RDF generated in processing plants in Kodungaiyur…

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JBIC to provide loan for Bidadi Waste to Enery plant

JBIC to provide loan for Bidadi Waste to Enery plant

State-owned company Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on a JPY 1.85 billion (EUR 11.6 million) loan. The loan is to be used to finance…

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New Bandhwari WtE plant to start in December 2024

New Bandhwari WtE plant to start in December 2024

According to the source, the WtE plant by EcoGreen Energy in Bandhwari, Gurugram, is facing further delays. The plant is now expected to be operational by December 2024. Construction at the plant begun in December…

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Bidadi WtE plant to be operational in October

Bidadi WtE plant to be operational in October

The WtE plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, is now scheduled to start operations in October 2023. According to the source, civil works have been completed and the equipment is currently being assembled. The 11.5 MW plant…

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New Waste to Energy facility to be inaugurated in Pune

New Waste to Energy facility to be inaugurated in Pune

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) can now purchase electricity through open access from a Waste to Energy in Pune by Antony Lara Renewable Energy (ALREPL), without paying surcharges. The permit has been granted by the…

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Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

A 14.5 MW RDF incineration plant is about to open soon in Dundigal, Telangana. The facility has been set up at the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation’s treatment, storage and disposal facility. As SWI understands,…

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Update on new Kodungaiyur waste processing project

Update on new Kodungaiyur waste processing project

A new source provides more detailed information on the waste processing plants at the Kodungaiyur dump yard, planned by the Greater Chennai Corporation, according to The Hindu. The site is to include an MRF to…

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New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

According to a new source, the five new RDF plants planned by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Telangana, are all to be operational by the end of 2024. Currently, there is only one plant…

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Update on new Amritsar WtE project

Update on new Amritsar WtE project

The WtE project at the Bhagtanwala landfill in Amritsar, Punjab, is reportedly threatened by a property dispute and the omission of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to issue a non-objection certificate (NOC) to…

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Jawaharnagar WtE facility to be expanded

Jawaharnagar WtE facility to be expanded

The Hyderabad State Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development has announced plans for an expansion of the Waste to Energy plant in Jawaharnagar, Hyderabad. The plant’s capacity is reportedly expected to increase from currently…

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Update on Daighar Waste to Energy project

Update on Daighar Waste to Energy project

The Waste to Energy project in Daighar, Thane City, Maharashtra, is expected to begin its first phase of operations in two to three months. The second phase is also expected to start in the coming…

Policy & others
Delhi budget: Rs 850 cr for landfill clearance

Delhi budget: Rs 850 cr for landfill clearance

In its Budget announcement, the Delhi government has committed to leveling the city’s three garbage mountains within two years and will loan the civic body ₹850 crore to speed up the process, according to state…

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Chandigarh accepted recommendations for MSW plant

Chandigarh accepted recommendations for MSW plant

The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has accepted recommendations to convert dry waste into RDF and wet waste into biomethane and compressed natural gas at its proposed 600 tpd integrated waste management facility. Tender to be…

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Narela-Bawana Waste to Energy plant to increase capacity

Narela-Bawana Waste to Energy plant to increase capacity

Public consultations have been launched for the planned capacity increase at the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi. Plans provide to increase the plant’s capacity from 24 MW to 60 MW. At 24 MW, the plant…

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Galand WtE facility will not start before July 2024

Galand WtE facility will not start before July 2024

The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) is planning to transfer 44.2 acres of land for a WtE plant in Galand village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, to Dutch plant developer GC International. The developer urged the GMC…

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5 Waste to Energy plants for Hyderabad

5 Waste to Energy plants for Hyderabad

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), reportedly plans to set up or revamp five Waste-to-Energy plants across Hyderabad. A 14.5 MW plant currently being constructed in Dundigal is to be commissioned by March 2023. The…

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New WtE facility proposed for Rajahmundry

New WtE facility proposed for Rajahmundry

A new WtE plant is being proposed in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. This was stated by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh during a recent review meeting on the Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Amaravati,…

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Shimla WtE plant to start electricity production

Shimla WtE plant to start electricity production

The Shimla WtE facility, Himachal Pradesh, has finally started energy production from waste. It has been operational for almost four years now. The plant has been developed by Australian company Elephant Energy in PPP mode…

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Tehkhand WtE plant inaugurated by Home Minister

Tehkhand WtE plant inaugurated by Home Minister

The large-scale Tehkhand WtE project in South Delhi has been inaugurated by the Union Home Minister on 20 October 2022. The 2,000 tpd facility in the Delhi district of Tughlakabad is supposed to generate up…

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Second WtE plant in Jawaharnagar nears commissioning

Second WtE plant in Jawaharnagar nears commissioning

The second WtE facility in Jawaharnagar, Telangana, is “almost ready for commissioning”. The project is planned to have a power supply capacity of 28 MWe, as Telangana Today reports. The first WtE plant in Jawaharnagar…

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GMWC to set up new WtE plant in Verna

GMWC to set up new WtE plant in Verna

According to the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GMWC), plans provide to develop a new WtE plant in Verna, which is a village in Salcete, Goa. The plant should be set up in Verna at an…

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Bandhwari WtE plant remains under development

Bandhwari WtE plant remains under development

According to a recent report on the WtE project in Bandhwari, Haryana, the facility has not yet been completed. An update from March 2022 stated that the 15 MW plant is scheduled to become operational…

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Plans for new WtE plant in Srinagar City

Plans for new WtE plant in Srinagar City

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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Coimbatore receives funding for new WtE plant

Coimbatore receives funding for new WtE plant

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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New WtE plant proposed in Patna

New WtE plant proposed in Patna

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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MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

A new report provides details on a WtE plant by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in Bawana. A tender is currently running for this plant, which is supposed to be the MCD’s fifth project.…

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Brahmapuram WtE project still in the pipeline

Brahmapuram WtE project still in the pipeline

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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New WtE plant in Tehkhand to be commissioned in October

New WtE plant in Tehkhand to be commissioned in October

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has announced an October deadline for the commissioning of a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Tehkhand. It will use 2,000 tonnes of waste per day to generate 25 megawatts of…

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WtE project at Pune landfill still being discussed

WtE project at Pune landfill still being discussed

Following a major fire at the Moshi landfill in Pune, questions are being raised about the status of the WtE project announced nearly five years ago. In 2017, as part of the development plan Bhosari…

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RDF continues to pile up at Delhi landfills; Finds no takers

RDF continues to pile up at Delhi landfills; Finds no takers

Increasing stocks of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) following the biomining of legacy waste is posing problems for full-fledged operation of trommel machines at Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites. A North Delhi Municipal Corporation official informed The…

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Chandigarh moves forward on WtE project

Chandigarh moves forward on WtE project

The Chandigarh administration has approved ‘Expressions of Interest’ (EOI) and invited companies to come and build a Waste to Energy (WtE) plant in the city. The administration has finalised the EOI, which would be called…

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MCG demands WtE status report from Ecogreen

MCG demands WtE status report from Ecogreen

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has asked its waste concessionaire, Ecogreen, to present a status report on its progress on the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Bandhwari landfill site. The local body has requested…

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Bandhwari WtE plant to be operational in two years

Bandhwari WtE plant to be operational in two years

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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New Waste to Energy project in Dundahera

New Waste to Energy project in Dundahera

A new WtE project could be built in Dundahera, Haryana. This is according to a report by The Times of India. The project secured the approval of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation on 27 November 2021.…