WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ACTION – ENERGY FROM WASTE
Expanding the energy from waste market HITACHI ZOSEN INOVA’S NEW DUBAI ENERGY FROM WASTE FACILITY PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. AS WASTE MANAGEMENT REVIEW LEARNS, ESTABLISHING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CONTRACTORS AND GOVERNMENT BODIES CAN SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST THE EFFICIENCY OF FACILITY DEVELOPMENT.
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illed as the world’s largest Energy from Waste (EfW) facility, Hitachi Zosen Inova’s (HZI) Dubai Waste Management Centre will convert an estimated 1.85 million tonnes of municipal waste into sustainable energy annually. Roni Araiji, Managing Director of HZI’s subsidiary in Abu Dhabi and responsible for the Middle East market, says the centre was born from a need to contain landfilling throughout the region. Waste production throughout the Emirate of Dubai required innovation to contain waste levels.
“The Emirate of Dubai is producing around 9000 tonnes of municipal solid waste a day, or 3.3 million tonnes per year,” Roni says. “Currently, most of this waste would end up in landfill. With the realisation of the EfW plant, around 55 per cent of waste will be diverted from landfills leaving a resource recovery potential of 45 per cent and growing, as the waste arising is likely to grow with further affluence and more residents.” The Dubai Waste Management Company, consisting of HZI (a 100 per cent subsidiary of Hitachi Zosen
Corporation, Japan), Ecosix (part of the Belgium BEXIS Group), Dubai Holding and ITOCHU Corporation, will develop the EfW facility. Touted as a landmark project for Dubai, it will be located in the eastern end of the Warsan 2 region and will transform waste into electricity for the urban power grid. SUPPORTING THE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY In 2006, throughout the early development of the EfW project, HZI took a concerted effort to ensure
The Dubai facility will have the capability to process 3.3 million tonnes of waste per year.
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