Dubai to burn mountains of TRASH to create energy
08/04/2021 / By Ramon Tomey
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to burn the waste it generates to create energy. It currently has one finished waste-to-energy plant and three more under construction, including one of the world’s largest. The UAE’s decision to burn its trash comes as China imposed a ban on waste importation.
A Bloomberg report said the UAE’s first waste-to-energy plant in the Sharjah emirate – the country’s first commercial-scale facility – will operate in 2021. It also noted two other projects in Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai costing $1.1 billion. The four plants provided an opportunity for the UAE to incinerate almost two-thirds of the household waste it produces.
The Sharjah Waste-to-Energy Project was the result of a partnership between energy firm Masdar and environmental management company Bee’ah. A report said that the facility will process more than 37.5 tons of solid waste per hour to produce up to 30 megawatts of electricity.
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