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KPI Green wins NTPC award for 1 TPD green hydrogen project
By December 26, 2025December 26, 2025

KPI Green Energy Limited has informed the exchanges that it has received a Notification of Award (NOA) from NTPC Limited for setting up a green hydrogen generation project. According to the filing dated December 24, 2025, the project will be located at NTPC’s NETRA facility in Greater Noida. It involves establishing a 1 Tonne Per Day (TPD) green hydrogen plant based on plasma gasification technology. The process will convert municipal solid waste, refuse-derived fuel and…

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SAEL to convert 2 million tonnes of paddy stubble into clean power
By October 27, 2025October 28, 2025

The Sustainable and Affordable Energy for Life Industries Limited (SAEL) plans to procure 2 million tonnes of paddy stubble in 2025 for conversion into clean electricity through its fuel aggregation network. The company operates 11 waste-to-energy plants across Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan with a combined capacity of 165 MW. The initiative is expected to cut around 300,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent emissions. Laxit Awla, CEO and executive director of SAEL Industries Limited, said that crop…

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MNRE simplifies application process for Waste to Energy projects
By October 8, 2025October 28, 2025

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an office memorandum to simplify the application and documentation process under its Waste to Energy Programme. Dated October 3, 2025, the move aims to speed up projects that generate power from urban, industrial, and agricultural waste. The revised process reduces paperwork for developers at all key stages—initial application, 50% financial assistance claim, and final disbursement. At the application stage, developers must now submit only a…

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MNRE revises Waste to Energy guidelines to ease project execution
By June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

On June 27, 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued new guidelines under its Waste to Energy (WTE) Scheme, simplifying the process for projects converting waste into biogas, BioCNG, syngas, or power. These revisions update the earlier versions released in 2018, 2020, and 2022. Revised performance testing norms WTE plants must now demonstrate continuous operation for 24 hours at 80% of rated or maximum CFA-eligible capacity to qualify for full Central Financial…

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MNRE invites proposals for India-EU joint waste-to-hydrogen research
By May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has called for Indian proposals under the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) for joint projects on Waste to Renewable Hydrogen Innovation. This initiative is part of Horizon Europe’s call HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D2-13, launched under the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Working Group 2. The programme aims to support the development of renewable hydrogen from biogenic waste, such as agricultural residues, forest biomass, and industrial wastewater, via biochemical…

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Refex Green sets up three CBG SPVs for waste-to-gas projects
By May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

Refex Green Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Refex Industries Limited, has incorporated three new step-down subsidiaries to develop municipal solid waste-based bio-compressed natural gas (CBG) plants. The new entities are Refex CBG SPV Limited, Refex CBG SPV (Salem) Limited, and Refex CBG SPV (Madurai) Limited. Each of them has been established with a paid-up equity share capital of Rs 1 million. These special purpose vehicles (SPVs) will operate under the public-private partnership (PPP)…

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Kundan Green Energy acquires 11.5 MW waste-to-energy plant in Jabalpur
By April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

Kundan Green Energy has taken over an 11.5 MW operational waste-to-energy plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The acquisition was made through insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The process was initiated by the State Bank of India and completed via the National Company Law Tribunal. The acquired facility, previously operated by the Essel Group under Jabalpur MSW Private Limited, processes about 450 tonnes of municipal solid waste each day. The electricity it…

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