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 …
Using the garbage of Dhaka city, the government for the first time is going to generate 50 megawatt of electricity to add to the national grid. KM Mozammel Hoq, additional secretary of the local government division of LGRD and Cooperatives ministry, said they had sought opinions of different ministries concerned …
Asia must act now to pave the way for green, resource-friendly cities or face a bleak and environmentally degraded future, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. “Asia has seen unprecedented urban population growth but this has been accompanied by immense stress on the environment,” said ADB’s Chief Economist …
Investments worth Rs 2500 crore are expected to flow to Odisha in the renewable energy sector during the 12th Plan Period (2012-17). The state has targeted capacity augmentation of 350 MW from solar, wind and bio-mass sources during this period. “By 2017, we expect to have new capacities in solar …
Vellore Collector Ajay Yadav on Wednesday laid the foundation for the Rs.45-lakh `Electricity Generation from Bio-Wastes’ project in Arcot Municipality, which he said was a pilot project for municipalities throughout Tamil Nadu, aimed at keeping the towns totally garbage-free. Mr. Yadav sought the cooperation of the public in the successful …
The Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four independent power producers for setting up five bio-mass power projects of 51 MW capacity involving an investment of Rs. 230 crore. Senior officers said on Tuesday that out of these, two projects are likely to be commissioned soon. …
Air Products will build and operate a 50MW advanced gasification plant making it the most powerful energy-from-waste facility of its type in the world, the company claims. The Tees Valley plant will be located at the New Energy & Technology Business Park near Billingham and will divert up to 350,000 …
The failure of the city’s two important dumping grounds to handle garbage efficiently has forced the civic administration to approach the steel conglomerate Jindal Group to set up a waste-to-energy plant. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approached Jindal Ecopolis — a subsidiary of steel major Jindal SAW Ltd — …
The State government is contemplating providing 50 per cent subsidy to the citizens willing to use solar lights. The chief minister has agreed to issue a government order to this effect soon, according to Ananth Hegde Ashisara, the chairperson of the Western Ghats Task Force. Speaking to media after submitting …
All the 15 companies, which had submitted requests for qualification for the government’s modern solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste materials daily, have been qualified to bid for the project. Confirming the development, Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali told The Hindu on Wednesday …
The Okhla waste to energy plant has produced a total of 38,138 MW energy from 2,22,000 tonnes of garbage since its inception. This was stated by South Delhi Mayor Savita Gupta during a visit to the Okhla Sanitary Land Fill Site area where the waste-to-energy plant generates energy from disposed …
A reduction in household waste and an increase in recycling in has led to a decline in waste to landfill England of 11%. Provisional results from Defra, released today comparing figures between the financial year 2010/11 and the calendar year January to December 2011, in order to negate seasonal fluctuations, …
A planning application to build a £20m Energy from Waste (EfW) facility in Cornwall has been submitted. GreenEfW Investments Limited aims to provide a 70,000 tonne a year materials recovery facility (MRF) at the Cornwall Bio-Park development in Scorrier. The plant will use advanced thermal treatment technology to recover energy …
ICONSWM-2012 concludes at Infosys Echoing the statements of Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner M K Shankarlingegowda reiterated that the country still lacked an efficient waste to energy conversion plant. He was speaking at the valedictory of the third international conference …
India’s substantial and sustained growth has placed enormous demand on the country’s natural resources. Today, India imports substantial quantities of gas, oil and coal in order to meet its growing energy demand. The government has realized the importance of exploring alternate sources of energy for addressing the demand-supply mismatch and …
A new waste management policy was launched yesterday in Ireland to give householders a greater say in who collects their rubbish. The updated regulatory system called 'A Resource Opportunity,' introduces new standards of service, prompting waste contractors to be more transparent about their charging structures. The government hopes that the …
We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitable. We look the other way with what seems like futile hope that some day, someone will find …
Singapore Has Sorted Out Its Waste Problem With Four Plants, Limited Landfill Site To One New Delhi: In 1999, Singapore was sending 0.76 million tonnes of waste to its landfill site in a year and incinerating 2.04 million tonnes. In 2011, only 0.2 million tonnes was sent to the site …
The High Court, on Wednesday, asked the State government to consider the option of permitting private agencies in the management of municipal solid waste in the State. A Division Bench consisting of Acting Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A.M. Shaffique made the observation while considering the Vilappilsala waste treatment …
Biomass-based power project developers have been facing challenges such as increasing raw material costs, low tariffs, inadequate power evacuation infrastructure etc. While the developers have sought tariff revisions, the issues related to evacuation facilities has not been on the priority list of state governments.
In July, WELTEC BIOPOWER client Fernbrook Bio won the 2012 UK AD & Biogas Associations (ADBA) industry award for “Best Biogas Project”. The 1.5 MW biogas plant impressed the jurors with its efficient operation and overall concept, which provides for use of a biogas facility as a waste utilisation plant.
