Aafrin Kidwai
Following a public hearing on August 16, a proposal to increase the Okhla Waste to Energy (WtE) plant’s capacity from 23 MW to 40 MW was rejected. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) said the plan…
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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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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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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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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…
Aafrin Kidwai
The waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur will soon reopen after being closed for over six months for maintenance. The plant uses 1,400-1,500 metric tonnes of waste and refuse-derived fuel waste (RDF) each day. East Delhi Municipal…
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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…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
On Tuesday, a NITI Aayog team will tour the Pirana Biomining project’s waste-to-energy plant in Ahmedabad. The officials will visit to the Abellon Clean Energy Ltd plant, escorted by representatives from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s…
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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…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Maharashtra government has approved the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) plan to develop composting plants, material recovery facilities (MRF), and construction and demolition (C&D) projects. This marks a shift from the NMC’s earlier focus on…
Aafrin Kidwai
In October 2020, UAE-based Averda launched its India operations in Amritsar. The company is involved in waste collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant is also under construction. Averda hopes this will be…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa government has received three bids for the setting up of the Rs 200 crore solid waste management facility at Bainguinim. The companies that have expressed interest are Hindustan Waste Treatment Pvt Ltd, Maaviya Engineering…
Aafrin Kidwai
Four companies participated in the pre-bid meeting for the solid waste management plant at Bainguinim. A senior official said that bidders appreciated the tender document and sought relaxation in criteria for the bidding process and…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Karnataka Power Corporations Limited (KPCL) will set up an 11.5 MW waste to energy (WTE) plant at the cost of Rs 260 crore in Bidadi in the next two years. The KPCL clarified that the plant…
Aafrin Kidwai
The recently released Energy Statistics Report 2020 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation provides data on India’s Waste to Energy (WtE) output and potential. Solar energy is the fastest developing energy source…
Aafrin Kidwai
At least ten companies have evinced interest in the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant. A meeting was organised by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) through video conferencing late last week in view of the COVID-19…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has canceled its proposed waste to energy and waste to bio-CNG projects. It will, however, continue with compost, material recovery facility (MRF), and reuse of construction and demolition waste projects.…
Aafrin Kidwai
State-owned power giant NTPC on Monday said it has incorporated a joint venture firm NTPC EDMC Waste Solutions for developing and operating waste to energy project. “The NTPC Ltd has incorporated a Joint Venture Company with East Delhi Municipal…
Aafrin Kidwai
Belgian Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technology firm, Keppel Seghers, has secured contracts worth over €12 million from Abellon Clean Energy Limited in Gujarat in India for the supply of energy from waste equipment and services. The first…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant has suffered yet another setback. The Local Self Government Department has asked the Kochi Corporation to terminate the Concession Agreement executed with GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd, the company entrusted with…
Mark Döing
From time to time, I receive emails inviting ecoprog to join a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project in countries and regions in which, so far, no WtE plant is operational. Very often, the authors of these emails…
Aafrin Kidwai
Thiruvananthapuram’s proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant remains in limbo with the city corporation still not convinced about the feasibility of building a new centralized WtE plant. The Times of India reports that the state government’s continuous…
Aafrin Kidwai
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has entered into an agreement with the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) to install a 5-tonne biogas waste to energy plant at the municipality’s Waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
Thiruvananthapuram authorities have decided to set up a centralized waste treatment plant within corporation limits, following a show-cause notice from the Pollution Control Board (PCB). Since the closure of the Vilappilsala plant last year following…
Aafrin Kidwai
As part of its efforts to promote waste-to-energy (WtE), the Indian government has set up a total capacity of 56.34 MW for power generation from waste in the last three years. So far, 199 WtE…
Aafrin Kidwai
Four years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) passed an order for setting up a 5 MW waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Srinagar, its installation remains stalled by procedural delays. The plant was to be installed…
Aafrin Kidwai
GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd has started work on the much-delayed waste-to-energy plant in Kochi after receiving the last in a series of building approvals a few days ago. The first phase of the project…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now be appointing the prominent National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) as consultants to manage waste at the city’s – and country’s – largest dumping ground in Deonar. According…
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The municipal corporations of Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla in Delhi have begun the processing of waste at the three local landfills. All of them are severely overfilled. Through bio-mining processes, the waste will be sorted…
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India’s Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry advocates for a higher proportion of co-incinerated waste as refuse-derived fuel in cement kilns, The Hindu reports. In a cooperation with the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), the ministry…
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As reported by the Times of India, The Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi has passed the Environmental Impact Assessment. As previously reported, the development of the project already faced several hurdles so far. The responsible…
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According to the source (the Times of India), the construction works for the Njeliyanparambu WtE facility should start in December 2019. The INR 2.5 billion project is to be installed by Zonta Infratech Private Ltd.…
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The construction works on the WtE facility planned in Surat should commence in December, the Times of India reports. Once operational, the INR 2.5 billion facility should have a capacity of 14 MW, while treating…
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The housing and urban development department of Bhubaneswar has directed the civic body to sort all issues related to the Bhuasuni dumping yard and commence work on setting up the planned Waste-to-Energy plant and another…
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The development of the WtE facility in Sindri, Dhanbad, is making progress. According to the mayor of Dhanabad, 30 acres of land necessary for the construction have been acquired already. As reported by The Telegraph,…
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A 7.5 MW WtE plant has been planned to be built in the Ramtekdi business district near Pune city. It is proposed to process 300 tonnes of waste daily and will be located close to…
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The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) have founded a joint venture (JV) towards the establishment of a WtE plant. According to the source, Mercom India, the WtE facility will…
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According to The Hindu, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kochi-based GJ Eco Power, the company implementing the Brahmapuram WtE plant. According to the agreement, KSEB…
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According to the source Times of India, a 1.5 MW WtE plant in Manali will be operational within the next days. Information regarding the technology employed by the plant has not been stated in the…
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According to The Deccan Herald, the construction of a 500 tpd WtE plant in Chikkanagamangala is expected to commence in three months. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stated that the site will be inspected…
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A committee appointed by the Supreme Court has approved the setup of a 10 MW WtE plant in Agra, following an expert review on the environmental impact of the plant. The WtE facility, which has…
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The development of a WtE facility at the Bhandewadi landfill site has faced several problems so far, as ecoprog reported. Operator Essel Infraprojects, which is partnering with Hitachi Zosen India Private Ltd., has now proposed…
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As reported by The Times of India, a new waste management plant is currently being built in Shivri. The facility, which has been designed to convert 1,500 tonnes of waste into 15 MWel per day,…
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The Daily Pioneer reports that Delhi Metro has announced to have started receiving 2 MWel from the 12 MW WtE plant located in Ghazipur, from June 2019. The RDF-fired plant, set up by East Delhi…
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The Times of India reports that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has threatened to terminate the WtE project contract with Essel Infraprojects Private Ltd. and Hitachi Zosen India Private Ltd. due to the delay in…
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The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved two power purchase agreements (PPA) that had been signed between Accord Hydroair (Pikhuwa) Private Limited and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) in April 2018. According…
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According to reports from the Indian Express, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the tender for the WtE facility for another month, as no bidder was found. The tendering process started over a year…
