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Costs for the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE plant in Kochi, have increased from INR 295 crores to INR 375 crores due to inaccurate estimations, the Times of India reports. The facility is being developed as…
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According to the source, The Deccan Herald, an unnamed French company shall be operating the two planned 1,000 tpd WtE plants in Chikkanagamangala and Doddabidarakallu, in Bangalore. The French company shall convert mechanically segregated waste…
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As reported by the New Indian Express, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) had to decide whether it will lease 20 acres of land to construction company, GJ Eco Power Private Ltd., for the planned WtE…
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The establishment of a WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, has already faced several serious challenges, as ecoprog reported earlier. Due to the failure of stopping the tender, Bombay High Court had extended the permission to…
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The state government has asked the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation to identify suitable plots of land for the proposed WtE facility in Peringamala, The Times of India reports. Although the local governmental body has started work…
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The WtE plant being constructed at the Jawharnagar landfill in Hyderabad will commence operations in June, as confirmed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in a report of Telangana Today. The 30 MW plant will…
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Construction of the planned 11.5 MW Bhandewadi WtE plant in Maharashtra, has been delayed once again, the Times of India reports. Essel Utilities, responsible for building the plant, has assured that construction phase will begin…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now signed a concession agreement with 3Wayste, which will have to commission the sorting plant within 6 months, and the WtE plant within 1 year. BBMP is required to…
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The company operating the Okhla WtE plant has been served with a show-cause notice to explain “why its Environmental Clearance (EC) granted in 2007 should not be kept in abeyance”, The Hindustan Times reports. After…
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As The Times of India reports, Chandigarh Smart City Company Limited has tendered the INR 40 crores mining project to clear the garbage dump in Dadumajra. In a period of 180 days, 500,000 tonnes of…
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The cities of Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Rupnagar, Moonak, and Nawanshahr, in Punjab plan to set up WtE plants, as was reported by The Economic Times. For this purpose, the government of Punjab intends to introduce…
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The 1.5 MW WtE plant in Bhariyal, Shimla, has not reached its full energy generation capacity, although it has been two years since operations have commenced. As gasification machinery has not been installed yet, around…
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Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has determined new generic tariffs for electricity produced from WtE projects at INR 6.28 per KWh. As reported by Mercom India, The new tariff will be effective from 1…
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Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has allocated a 42.5 acres in Ghonda Gujran to East Delhi Municipal Corporation for establishing an integrated waste management facility, as was reported by the Hindustan Times. The facility will include…
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Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) is planning to determine new tariffs for WtE plants. As reported by The Hindu, the new tariff of INR 5.65 per unit for a period of 20 years, will come…
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According to DNA India, the WtE facility in Deonar has faced another delay. After ecoprog reported in February that the facility has extended the bidding deadline by another month, it has now been postponed until…
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The construction of the WtE facility in Mussoorie, Dehradun, is likely to start in March 2019. According to Hyderabad-based company Ramky, which is responsible for setting up the facility, the construction work and commissioning will…
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Following a decision by the President, the Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development (RETD) programme will be continued into 2020. As reported by Mercom India, the programme is managed by the Ministry of New and…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the bidding deadline for the WtE project in Deonar by another month, as reported by The Indian Express. This comes after the four bidders interested in the project…
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As reported by The New Indian Express, the state budget of Karnataka has allocated INR 2,300 crores to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrative body for 6 projects this year, including a 400 tpd…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the disposal and management of solid waste in its area. According to The Hindu,…
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According to an official from the Municipal Administration and Urban Development, there is a possibility of commissioning the 19.8 MW Hyderabad WtE plant by December 2019, as construction works are progressing well at the facility.…
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After a Japanese delegation executed an extensive study in Warangal for the development of a WtE facility, representatives, led by Director International Cooperation Department for Waste Management, Clean Authority Tokyo, met with the Principal Secretary…
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According to a report by The Times of India, the plans of a proposed site visit to Peringamala, Thiruvananthapuram, for construction of a WtE facility, has been postponed on Monday. The state government has decided…
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In the process of finding a long-term solution for the waste disposal problems in Kollam, Kerala, the city is going to install a new WtE facility, with a processing capacity of 200 tpd, at the…
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The planned 25 MW WtE facility in Bandhwari, Haryana, will mostly miss its first deadline in August 2019, according to The Times of India. The application, submitted in October 2018, has not been approved by…
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According to The Times of India, Delhi is currently planning the construction of four more WtE facilities. Two projects have been proposed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation at Narela-Bawana and Bhalswa. These facilities will…
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According to The Pioneer, the WtE facility in Okhla, South Delhi, is asking for permission to expand its present generation capacity from 16 MW to 40 MW. Therefore, it would have to process 680,5000 tpy…
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After the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) floated a tender for a WtE facility in Kozhikode, three additional tenders for WtE facilities in Kollam, Palakkad and Kannur will be released by the end of…
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According to sources from the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), a WtE plant is currently being planned for the municipality, with the required paperwork being processed. This was reported by The Pioneer. The project is estimated…
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According to the Times of India, the Kozhikode City Municipal Corporation has leased 12.67 acres of land to the Kerala Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) for setting up a 5 MW WtE plant in Njeliyanparamba, for…
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The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has completely acquired the 35 acres of land required for establishing the Galand WtE plant. As reported earlier, the plant is planned to have the capacity to treat about 1,200…
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As the Times of India reported, the Kasba Bawda WtE plant has commenced its first stage of operations, where waste is only being processed into RDF. Full operation of the plant will commence after experts…
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The Hindu reported, that Kochi Municipal Corporation has postponed its decision to lease 20 acres of land in Brahmapuram to GJ Eco Power Private Ltd. (GJ Eco). GJ Eco was entrusted with the construction of…
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The Government of Uttar Pradesh has signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with a Netherlands-based company for setting up a 15 MW WtE plant in Galand, according to The Times of India. So far, the…
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According to ChemFuels, the first waste processing plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has received approval from the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board. The investment for the project is INR 118 crores, and the produced RDF from the…
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Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has submitted a feasibility report to the Government of Karnataka for establishing a WtE plant in the city, as reported by The Times of India. The city generates around 450 tonnes of waste…
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Essel Group, the company operating Vengadamangalam WtE plant, has been issued a contract termination notice by the government because of its failure to generate electricity from the plant, as reported by The New Indian Express.…
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According to the Bangalore Mirror, the 500 tpd WtE project in Chikkanagamangala has been delayed in obtaining approvals. As reported earlier, French company, 3WAYSTE and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have signed an agreement for setting…
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According to the secretary of the local government, a 500 tpd WtE plant has been planned to be set up in Mohali, for treating waste generated in Mohali and Patiala. A tender for the establishment…
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A preliminary contract termination notice has been planned to be issued to Kolhapur Green Energy Private Limited, which is constructing the Kasba Bawda Wte plant, due to delay in plant commissioning. The project, which is…
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In a recent meeting with Bangalore officials, Setaram has expressed interest to set up a WtE plant in the village of Goruru, near Nelamangala, reports the Deccan Herald. The technology to be used, waste input…
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According to The New Indian Express, the two Chennai WtE projects, planned at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi landfills, are both going to be implemented with a 32 MW electrical generation capacity, and an annual processing…
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Hyderabad-based company, Nettlinx, has signed an agreement with two Japanese companies, Takara Leben and Kuni Umi, for setting up a 12 MW WtE plant near Mucherla, as TXF News reported. The plant will be set…
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According to a report by The New Indian Express, the Government of Kerala is in talks with Delhi-based AG Dauters Ltd. for setting up a 20 tpd waste gasification pilot plant in Munnar, Idukki. Two…
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According to UK-based WtE company, GJ Eco Power, the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE project in Kochi is expected to receive the environmental permit within a month. The plant will have a capacity to process 500…
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Indian agro-energy company, Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL), is building a 18 MW rice straw-fired plant in Jaitu, Faridkot District, Punjab, as Hindustan Times reported. It will commence operations in March 2019 and will use…
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The Hindu reported, that the construction works for a new 17 MW WtE project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, will begin soon. The investment cost for the project is expected to be around INR 135 crores.…
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According to the Deccan Herald, the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) plans to set up a 15 MW WtE plant in Bidadi, which will utilise 500 to 1,000 tonnes of dry waste daily. The Chief…
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As The Times of India reported, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the local civic body will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a WtE facility in Hazira, Surat. The plant…
