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The Southern Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) announced plans to set up a new WtE facility. As said, the plant would be located adjacent to the existing Okhla WtE facility and should have a treatment capacity…
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The WtE project in Hyderabad, Telangana, has still not received any governmental support, The New Indian Express reports. The proposed plant would process 2,000 tons of garbage daily in order to reach a capacity of…
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As stated by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC), an RDF plant in Langadiawas near Jaipur will reach full capacity utilisation in this year’s September. JMC also plans to move forward on a discussed 700 tpd…
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As revealed by the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC), company Spark has been selected to deliver AMC’s planned WtE project, the Times of India reports. Even though no exact capacity figure was given, the AMC said…
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The WtE project at the Bhandewadi dumping yard in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has been granted support of Rs 96 crore (about EUR 12.8 million) by the central and the state’s government. Rs 70 crore will be…
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Project developer Essel Infraprojects has announced to have successfully commissioned a 11.5 MW WtE plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. According to earlier sources, the plant will be operated by a PPP consisting of Essel and…
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According to project developer Ramky Group, the Narela Bawana WtE plant in North West Delhi might start operations in June, The Hindu reports. Ramky is developing the plant on behalf of the North Delhi Municipal…
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According to a government official, India’s state of Karnataka is to unveil a WtE policy soon. It was already announced that the scheme includes plans to set up 4 WtE plants, one in each of…
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The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has determined a feed-in tariff for the planned Kolhapur WtE plant. The project is being developed by Kolhapur Green Energy Private Limited (KGEPL), a special purpose vehicle formed by…
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After the AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) government had originally agreed to shut down or relocate the Okhla WtE plant in New Delhi because it reportedly does not adhere to emission standards, the Delhi Pollution Control…
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The country’s Ministry Of Urban Development (MUD) has announced to expect 10 WtE facilities to become operational in the state of Andhra Pradesh during the years 2017 and 2018. The plants should have a combined…
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The government of the state of Punjab has dropped its plans to set up a 13 MW WtE facility in the village of Jamsher. The plant was supposed to serve the 27 Urban Local Bodies…
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As a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is currently being prepared, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking to hold a tender in June to find an operator for its planned Deonar WtE facility. BMC previously…
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The Bawana WtE project has apparently stalled because of a dispute between the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and project developer Ramky Group on revenue sharing. The Bawana WtE plant is planned to have a…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has announced to start construction works at its WtE project by the end of this May. KMC already awarded a construction and operations contract to company Rochem Separations Limited more…
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According to the city’s deputy mayor, a WtE plant is currently being discussed in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The proposed facility would have a generation capacity of 2 MW and treat 80 tpd of waste, which…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant is still in trail operations. As stated, the facility was already completed several months ago, but the government has not yet granted an approval for operations. The plant is said to…
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A WtE project is currently being proposed in the city of Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. According to a project report by Delhi-based company IPE Global Private Limited, the plant would have a treatment capacity of 200…
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Construction of the WtE plant planned in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has still not begun. Apparently, the main reasons for the delay are conflicts about the feed-in tariff for the electricity to be produced. However, older sources…
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A generic feed-in tariff for power generated through WtE was set by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC). The tariff for electricity produced through mass burning WtE projects was set as INR 6.5 per…
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The Indian state of Gujarat has announced a new policy to promote WtE solutions. Under the Gujarat Waste-To-Energy Policy 2016, urban local bodies (ULBs) will be required to provide land at a token leasing rate…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has apparently tendered a WtE project as a part of its new waste management plan. The tender was said to be won by an unnamed multinational company, whose facility in…
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A WtE project is apparently underway in Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra. In a media report, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) was said to be executing the last steps of putting online a Waste-to-Energy plant. However, the…
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According to a media report by Live Mint, 24 WtE plants with a combined generation capacity of 233 MW are currently under construction in India, while five other projects with a capacity of 79 MW…
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India’s National Green Tribunal has approved plans by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up a WtE plant. Even as earlier sources report on possible project delays of up to two years due to…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will receive funds of INR 3.08 billion (USD 46.1 million) by the Maharshtra state government to finance its waste management plan, which includes WtE implementation. This comes after India’s National…
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According to media reports, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has already finalised on a bidder for its WtE project: consortium Spaak Bresson Private Limited (SBPL). SBPL consists of Czech company Bresson Energy, Dubai-based MGT Group…
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A recently released Detailed Project Report (DPR) on waste management by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) also includes a scheme for WtE implementation. According to the plans, a 11.5 MW plant is proposed to be…
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WtE plans proposed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have been approved by the civic body’s General Body. The planned facility would be located near NMMC’s Turbhe landfill and have a generation capacity of…
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In its budget for 2016-2017, the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) has affirmed its commitment to the Brahmapuram WtE project. Construction was announced to start within the next 6 months, with the plant scheduled to be…
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India’s Department of Technology and Science (DST) is going to establish a new, separate section to assess WtE technology. This was requested by the Ministry of Environment, which stated to receive many requests from the…
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Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL), subsidiary of conglomerate Essel Group, has officially opened its WtE plant in Vengadamangalam, Tamil Nadu. This was reported by Business Standard. The 2.9 MWel facility was developed under a design-build-operate-transfer (DBOT)…
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The Udupi City Municipal Council has released an invitation to tender for the preparation of a detailed project report for setting up a WtE plant at the Solid Waste Management Plant in Alevoor, a village…
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As reported by The Times of India, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) will decide on a proposed 600 tpd WtE plant processing municipal waste to be located in Daighar, Maharashtra. The decision will be made…
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Canadian company Auto Thermic Gasification Solution Ltd. has proposed to set up a WtE facility on a private-public partnership basis at the Devguradia trenching ground in the city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. According to company…
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Several companies from Finland are planning to set up animal waste management, solid waste management and sewage treatment plants in Vadodara, Gujarat. A group of delegates from Finland are going to sign a MoU with…
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According to The Times of India, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has announced that plans for a 48 MW WtE plant in Jawaharnagar, Andhra Pradesh, were dismissed. In 2013, GHMC had said construction on…
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The council of the urban area of Kochi, Kerala, has voted in favour of the planned 300 tpd WtE plant in Brahmapuram, despite major criticism from the opposition. According to earlier information, it is not…
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German Waste-to-Energy company Intec Micro Powder AG is currently planning a WtE plant in the district of Howrah, West Bengal. The district, which produces 500 tons of waste per day, will provide the land for…
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The municipality of Kochi may have to buy the electricity produced at the planned Brahmapuram WtE plant. At present, two companies are bidding for the operation of the plant under a BOT contract. However, Kochi…
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The New Indian Express reports that officials of the Kochi urban area struggle with the implementation of a WtE plant to solve the city’s waste crisis. Kitco and Suchitwa Mission, the two companies chosen to…
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The administration for infrastructure in Bangalore, called Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), is searching for alternatives to landfilling waste in collaboration with Swedish WtE experts. From 1 December 2014 on, no more waste will be…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant in East Delhi will enter test operation next month. The plant faced several delays since 2010 when one partner left the project (see also issue 2010-19). 1,300 tonnes of waste will…
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The WtE plant in Okhla was subject to heavy public opposition in the past. Residents criticised that the plant had been emitting thick black smoke and had covered areas of the city in ash in…
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Authorities of the industrial town Noida, Uttar Pradesh, announced that they plan to set up a WtE plant in the city by 2016. Current plans provide for a 10 MW, 1,000 tpd facility. The bids…
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As only 19 per cent of India’s MSW is treated (with 170,000 tons being produced daily), a WtE task force has elaborated a report on the technical and financial feasibility of WtE technologies. Besides properly…
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According to the source, Hitachi Zosen India Private Limited, subsidiary of plant manufacturer Hitachi Zosen Inova AG, has signed an agreement with Jabalpur Municipal Corporation to build a waste incineration plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently invited an expression of interest for technologies to process and dispose of mixed solid waste, as reported by Waste Management World. The proposal aims at establishing 15 small…
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Engineering company Satarem, a joint venture between Swiss Satarem AG and Indian Shivrams Associates Corporation, have launched an integrated municipal waste management partnership on a PPP basis with municipal waste management company Bangalore Mahanagar Palike.…
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According to Waste Management World, the state government in Kochi, Kerala, has chosen the “Swiss Challenge System” of tendering for its proposed 500 tons per day WtE plant in Brahmapuram. The investment volume of the…
