Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The Ministry of Power has circulated the “Draft Electricity (promoting renewable energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021”. These rules are proposed for purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from Waste-to-Energy plants. The draft rules have the following subheads within which details are provided: Renewable Purchase …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Poonam Yadav Vs M/s. Ecogreen Energy Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 19/07/2021. The issue raised in the application is failure to maintain environmental norms in handling Bandhwari landfill site at Gurugram. Case of the applicant is that a waste management …
The Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this sixth report on the subject “Review of Progress in Production of Non-Conventional Fuels with Specific Reference to Bio-Fuels”. Government has emphasized on achieving energy security of the country with a target of reducing import dependence i.e. usage of fossil fuels. …
This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries in developing Asia. It discusses current technologies, presents a conceptual example of municipal solid waste planning, and provides commentary on waste-to-energy initiatives. The importance of appropriate infrastructure as well as flexibility …
Gasification is a flexible thermal conversion process with wide-ranging applications in sectors such as heat and power generation, transport fuel and chemicals production. This report, developed by IEA Bioenergy provides a closer examination of a number of emerging gasification technologies, i.e. technologies that are novel or have different characteristics than …
This compendium features 18 projects that demonstrate the use of waste-to-energy technologies in the municipal, agricultural, and industrial sectors. Lessons learned from these projects are discussed and provide insights on the challenges and opportunities of waste-to-energy projects. The compendium also provides an overview of specific technologies, including an assessment of …
Written submissions by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in the matter of Sus Road Baner Vikas Manch Vs PMC & Others in Original Application No. 34/2019 (Western Zonal Bench). The matter relates to a segregation and crushing facility in Baner, Pune. The NGT vide order September 5, 2019 directed constitution of …
Status report by Meerut Nagar Nigam in Original Application No. 77 of 2019. The issue for consideration was the remedial action against unscientific dumping of solid waste in village Ganwri on the bank of river Kaali, creating health hazard. It was also alleged that 22 deaths had taken place and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of non-compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (SWM Rules, 2016) causing huge pollution at Bharampuram Solid Waste Processing Plant on the outskirts of Kochi city in Kerala affecting environment and public health. Report filed by Justice A.V Ramakrishna Pillai, former …
Report of Punjab Pollution Control Board in compliance of National Green Tribunal order of January 27, 2020. Darshan Singh, retired engineer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited had filed an application before the NGT and said that he has prepared a project report to convert coal fired thermal plant at …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Energy from Organic Waste, 05/12/2019. 96 waste-to-energy projects for generation of electricity based on Urban, industrial, agricultural waste and Municipal Solid Waste have been successfully established in the country. The State/UT-wise details of installed waste-to-energy plants in the country, as on 31.10.2019, are given …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/12/2019 regarding environment protection of Taj Mahal. Among the various directions passed by the apex court are the following: a. The Agra Municipal Corporation has been directed to submit …
IEA Bioenergy Task 33 monitors the status of thermal gasification in its member countries, and publishes a Status report every three years. This report is based on contributions from member countries representatives and offers an overview of pilot, demonstration and commercial gasification projects in each member country of IEA Bioenergy …
IEA Bioenergy Task 33 monitors the status of thermal gasification in its member countries, and publishes a Status report every three years. This report is based on contributions from member countries representatives and offers an overview of pilot, demonstration and commercial gasification projects in each member country of IEA Bioenergy …
A growing global population and rising living standards are producing ever greater quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW). This same growth in population and living standards is also driving ever-larger demand for energy, especially electricity. A key solution to increasing quantities of waste, rising energy demand and methane emissions from …
Liu Xiao spends her weeks visiting sludge and organic waste treatment plants across China. The travel can be tiring but as a technical and policy adviser on waste management she must help implement President Xi Jinping’s vision of a “beautiful China”. Ms Liu’s job is to provide technical assistance to …
NEW DELHI: NTPC has so far been a major source of power for Delhi. But soon, India’s largest generation utility will help vanish national capital’s trash with a state-of-the-art waste management complex that will produce bio-CNG, electricity and construction material without fouling up the air or water. Sources privy to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Balh Panchayat Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 06/05/2019 regarding status of waste to energy plants in Himachal Pradesh. Counsel for the State Pollution Control Board submits that waste to energy plant in Manali will become functional by …
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment forest and climate change has issued a show-cause notice to the Okhla waste-to-energy plant for violation of the environmental clearance. Last month, residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Ishwar Nagar, New Friends Colony, Jasola, Sarita Vihar and Haji Colony took out a rally to protest …
Power outages are frequent and random in Nigeria. To solve this problem, a university in Nigeria has built an organic waste power-generating plant to provide electricity to the whole university. This is the first such innovation by a Nigerian university to help address the power shortage in that country. Recently, …
