Rs. 100-crore project to be completed by mid-2014; will produce power from solid waste generated in Tambaram and Pallavaram

Preliminary civil works for a waste-to-energy power plant began at Venkatamangalam village on Monday. The non-incineration facility will produce power from solid waste generated in Tambaram and Pallavaram municipalities. A bhoomi pooja was performed at the 50-acre site at Venkatamangalam, located around 15 kilometres from Tambaram and coming under Kattankulathur panchayat union, Kancheepuram district.

The Union Urban Development Ministry has submitted before the Standing Committee on Urban Development that a waste-to-energy plant being set up by the Delhi Power Department through the East Delhi

An undulation of hills rise along the eastern fringe of Delhi, towering above the surrounding flat land, and giving a cluster of apartment buildings in the distance a run for their height.

An undulation of hills rise along the eastern fringe of Delhi, towering above the surrounding flat land, and giving a cluster of apartment buildings in the distance a run for their height.

Discrepancies In Chalai Project Prompts Govt Decision

The apparent failure of Suchitwa Mission and the transaction advisor in warding off discrepancies from the proposed gasification plant at Chalai has now prompted the state government to seek the technical expertise and guidance of planning commission in implementing similar projects in future.

Administrative sanction given to the Rs. 90 lakh-project

The State government has allotted Rs. 90 lakh for putting up a bio-gas plant for producing 440 KW power using solid wastes generated by the Thanjavur municipality. Welcoming the move, people of Thanjavur said that it would achieve two objectives. It would help solve the power problem and second would help solid waste management.

Members of the Russell Market Traders’ Association and traders will get a waste-to-energy plant installed at the market by next week.

The market, which houses around 480 shops, produces nearly 12-15 tonnes of garbage daily, out of which seven tonnes are wet waste alone. To minimise the waste and use it towards a productive end, the Association decided to instal a waste-consuming energy generator.
“The decision was made after a meeting on April 2,” explained Mohammed Idris Choudhary, the general secretary of the Association. “All shop vendors were consulted about this new technology.

Thames Water and 2OC in deal worth £200m over 20 years to turn 'fatbergs' clogging capital's sewers into energy for sewage works and homes

New Delhi: A new technology for recovering landfill gas may reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions from landfills by a great extent.