Energy

Bio power plant for Srirangam

Trichy corporation aims to generate both electricity and cooking gas from the garbage generated in the city.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2014
Times of India (Trichy)
Tags:
Energy, Waste To Energy, Garbage, Organic Waste, Electricity, Tamil Nadu, Methane
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the setting up of a energy plant for processing municipal solid waste, Delhi, 19/02/2014

Read text of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) order dated 19 Feb 2014, regarding the public interest petition filed by Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association in the High Court of Delhi with the allegations that Municipal Corporation of Delhi was in the process of setting up the energy plant for processing municipal solid waste (msw) for generation of 16 MW power.

Judgement Date: 
19/02/2014
Tags:
Waste To Energy, Delhi, Municipal Corporation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Municipal Solid Waste
Energy

Biogas plants hardly a help in clearing garbage

Only 13 Out Of 27 Units Operational: PMC

Pune: Only 50% of the biogas plants set up in the city with an aim to decentralize garbage processing system are functioning.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has 27 biogas plants with a joint capacity to process about 133 tonne garbage.At present,only 65tonne is processed in 13 plants which are functional.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2014
Prasad Kulkarni
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Waste To Energy, Garbage, Waste Treatment, Municipal Corporation, Biogas, Waste Disposal, Renewable Energy, Energy
Energy

Paris restaurants turn food scraps into biogas

A group of Paris restaurants is turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force thousands of French food outlets to recycle their organic waste.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2014
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
France, Biogas, Organic Waste, Waste Recycling, Waste To Energy
Environment

Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Maldives, January 2014

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has pledged Dh22million (US$6 million) in concessionary loans for clean energy projects in the Maldives, Abu Dhabi media has reported. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Maldives.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2014
South Asia Environment Portal
Tags:
Maldives, Environment, Waste Management, Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Water Resources, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), Renewable Energy, South Asia
Energy

Modern garbage treatment plants in three Kerala cities

The septage treatment plant in Ernakulam will be completed in six months and it will be followed by the one in Alappuzha and Palakkad.

Modern garbage treatment plants with the latest technology will be set up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode, Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali told the Assembly on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2014
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Ernakulam, Alappuzha (T), Palakkad (T), Waste To Energy, Waste Treatment, Waste Disposal, Biogas, Renewable Energy, Energy
Air Pollution

Residents prod minister to shut Okhla waste plant

New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar and other parts of Okhla met the environment minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, requesting him to shut down the controversial Okhla waste to energy plant that has alle

Publication Date: 
29/01/2014
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste To Energy, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Dioxin, Air Pollution Control
Solid Waste

LWMC reviews techs suitable for waste to energy project

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - Lahore—As rapid progress on the construction of Pakistan’s first ever scientific waste disposal site at Lakhodair is underway, Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is

Publication Date: 
21/01/2014
Pakistan Observer
Tags:
Pakistan, South Asia, Waste To Energy, Waste Disposal, Lahore, Waste Management
Energy

UAE to grant MVR92m loan to Maldives

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to grant a Dh22 million (MVR92 million) loan to the Maldives to help clean energy projects undertaken by the government.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2014
Haveeru Daily (Maldives)
Tags:
Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Energy, Renewable Energy, Waste To Energy, Landfill, Developing Countries, Mali, Samoa Island, Ecuador, Sierra Leone, South Asia
Air Pollution

Shut Jindal waste plant: residents

Residents living near the Jindal Group’s waste incineration power plant in Okhla have welcomed Sunday’s Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) show-cause notice to the company and demanded that i

Publication Date: 
14/01/2014
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste To Energy, Air Pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Health Effects, Sanctuaries, Wildlife

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