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According to The Times of India, a new WtE project is planned for Ahmedabad, Indian state of Gujarat. The project will be developed with the help of an unnamed Dutch company and an Indian entrepreneur.…
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According to the newly elected mayor of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, the plans for a new WtE project in the area are still not off the table. Due to the fact that the local landfill is currently…
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According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the urban body has so far received two bids for the Mulund WtE project in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and no bids for the Deonar WtE project. The deadline for the…
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The Indian Government plans to intensify efforts in municipal solid waste management, Daily Kashmir Images reports. The Niti Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India ) has drawn a broader framework with a three-year action agenda…
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Even though Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) had been signed in 2014, there is still no progress on the sister-city agreement between the Indian city of Ahmedabad and the Chinese city of Guangzhou, DNA India reports.…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a WtE plant in Bandhwari in the State of Haryana, the Hindustan Times reports. According…
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As Delhi runs out of dumping ground, state-run generation utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has stepped in at the behest of South Delhi Municipal Corporation and agreed to set up a solid waste management…
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According to an article published by Tribune India, the Municipal Corporation (MC) of the city of Chandigarh intends to acquire 10 acres of land in Dadu Majra where it plans to erect a WtE plant.…
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As stated by Jaipur’s minister for urban development and housing, the new WtE project for Jaipur, Rajasthan region, is going to be carried out on a public-private-partnership (PPP) base, the Times of India reports. The…
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A budget of around EUR 200 million will flow into the installation of two new WtE plants at Kodungaiyur and at Perungudi. As was announced this week by the Times of India, the old landfills…
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In its latest hearing, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come to the decision that the leader of the Shimla WtE project, Elephant Energy Private Limited, has until July 15th, 2017, to get the facility…
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A new WtE poject for the city of Mandur, Bengaluru, might face delays because of problems between the contractor and the local government, The Hindu reports. Even though the contracting firm, Messrs Srinivas Gayathri Resources…
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Several months after a feasibility study for two new WtE projects in the Chennai area was initiated, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is now supposing a general action plan for solid waste management. There…
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The local government of Chandigarh is finalising its plans to build a new WtE plant at the site of the old Dadu Majra waste facility. The Dadu Majra plant is an RDF-plant, which has been…
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As stated by municipal commissioner Chhavi Bharadwaj, the WtE plant in the region of Bhopal, state of Madhya Pradesh, shall be set up within the next six months, the Times of India reports. The exact…
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The Shimla WtE facility’s operator, Elephant Energy Private Ltd., has missed another deadline to get the plant operational. This is the third time that a deadline for the project could not be met, with the…
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The Srinagar Municipal Corporation is still looking for contractors to set up a waste-to-energy plant which shall generate 5MWel from waste at the Achin dumping site. According to the Solid Waste Management Officer, a company…
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The implementation of the discussed WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, remains unclear. Although Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCEL) was hired for a feasibility study in 2016, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now appointed further…
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To expedite the construction of a WtE plant in Ghaziabad, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has decided to purchase land on its own and hand it over to the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation. The decision comes…
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According to local government officials, a contractor has finally been found for the implementation of a WtE project in Mavallipura, located close to the city Bengaluru. Indian company Essel Group will operate the planned facility,…
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A decision on the controversial WtE project in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, seems to be reached very soon as the government has announced a public hearing on 6 June. Former protests against the project were declined by…
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As a reaction to Jaipur’s bad result in a cleanliness ranking, union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu has announced to start working on the implementation of two WtE plants in August. As stated by the…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed the construction of a 750 tpd WtE and RDF facility in the city of Pune, Maharashtra. The facility should produce electricity (13 MW), compost and RDF. The plan should…
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The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has determined 1 June 2017 as the deadline for the start of operations of the WtE project at the Bhariyal landfill site. The plant is being set up by Elephant…
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According to the source, a WtE plant is currently being constructed in Ghaziabad. It should have a capacity of 1,000 to 1,500 daily metric tons of processed solid waste and produce 15 MW of electricity.…
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The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Ahmedabad plans to upgrade its WtE facilities to generate 45 MW of power from 3,000 daily tons of garbage. According to the AMC, the civic body of Ahmedabad has…
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According to the local civic body Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC), construction works for the planned WtE plant in Brahmapuram are to start until 30 May. Even though some contractual details, such as the environmental clearance…
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The start of construction of the discussed WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, is scheduled for the end of May 2017. As reported, Kochi Corporation has signed an agreement with GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd for…
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A few months after a contract was signed between the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Prague-based firm Spark Bresson Private Ltd. to set up a new WtE plant, new information has been disclosed and reported…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit an affidavit on the status of the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant in Daruthenga, Odisha region. The new facility should prevent continuous dumping…
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As announced by the chairman of Indian company Essel Group, the company targets the implementation of Waste-to-Energy plants across the country. Essel’s expansion was also mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event to…
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Eco Green Energy Private Limited, subsidiary of Chinese operator China Jinjiang Environment Holding Co., will build and operate the WtE plant in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The contract has a duration of 22 years beginning in…
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In order to meet state unit chief Manoj Tiwari’s plan to free South Delhi from garbage, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to set up a second Waste-to-Energy plant soon. The corporation targets…
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According to local officials, the 2 planned WtE facilities in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur are feasible. The IDR 24 billion (EUR 342 million) projects should generate 58 MW of power by processing 5,000 tons of MSW…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has released a plan to build a new WtE plant within the district of Visakhapatnam, the New Indian Express reports. Before starting to construct the new compound, the local government…
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According to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city of Bengaluru may be home to new WtE plants soon. Sources differ on whether two or four new facilities are to be set up. The…
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Despite the fact that the Brahmapuram WtE plant has been officially approved by the local government of Kochi, there seems no end in sight for the ongoing struggle between the two parties involved in the…
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According to Sheffield Hallam University, its research and consultancy group Hallam Energy considers to cooperate with the Indian government to set up a WtE plant in New Delhi. Hallam Energy undertook a feasibility study for…
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A few weeks after taking over as waste management body of the city of Lucknow, Chinese firm Ecogreen Energy has officially confirmed that they will invest around RMB 300 million (EUR 40.8 million) in the…
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The WtE plant in Okhla seems to comply with all governmental and environmental standards, according to local state officials. A joint inspection was conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution…
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The WtE plant at Bandhwari, Indian state of Haryana, is supposedly going to re-open during the next week, after it had been shut down for four years. This has been reassured by the Municipal Corporation…
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Finland-based firm Fortum is planning to launch WtE projects in India in the future. According to the company itsself, it views WtE as one of its four main business activities in India’s energy market, while…
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As reported on livemint, Finland-based firm Fortum is planning to launch WtE projects in India in the future. According to the company itsself, it views WtE as one of its four main business activities in…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has released its budget plans for 2017-2018. According to The Times of India, the plans include investments into health infrastructure and targets to improve the waste management system. According to…
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In a rather vague statement, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has announced that they have taken first steps towards the creation of 6 new WtE plants for the region. According to The Hindu, the…
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Among other environmental measures, the Indian government has announced to aim at further promoting WtE and RDF solutions. Under the newly revised Indian Electricity Act from 2006 (2003), it now became mandatory for the electricity…
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India’s Minister for Urban Development has announced a new WtE support plan. According to The Indian Express, the measure was said to aim at increasing energy generation through waste to 411 MW in 2018, up…
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The Deccan Herald reports that the council of ministers has recently granted in principle approvals for a proposal to build three integrated solid waste management parks near Bengaluru. The proposal was brought up by the…
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Bengaluru has received multiple offers by firms to turn the city´s solid waste into electricity, The Deccan Herald reports. According to agents of the firms the heating value of Bengaluru´s garbage would be adequate to…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is apparently planning to set up a WtE facility with a treatment capacity of 400 tpd, The Indian Express reports.. As said, the new facility is supposed to be built…
