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A new Abu Dhabi waste-to-energy project: The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) and Tadweer Group have signed a concession agreement with a Japan-based consortium to develop an Abu Dhabi-based greenfield waste-to-energy (WtE) independent power project, according to a statement released on Thursday. The investment ticket and a timeline for the launch of the project have not been disclosed.
What we know: The project aims to process 900k tonnes of waste annually, slashing carbon emissions by an expected 1.1 mn tonnes per year.
Who is involved? The consortium includes Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation, cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development.
The UAE has put a lot of its waste to good use: Dubai Municipality signed an agreement with UAE turbine and aviation fuel supplier Enoc Marketing, Belgium’s Besix, and Japan’s Marubeni Middle East and Africa Power to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from solid municipal waste, organic waste, and green hydrogen from sewage treatment back in February. Tadweer Group is also partnering with Masdar City, the UAE Energy and Infrastructure Ministry, and GIGA Graphene Technologies to develop Graphene Innovations Manchester’s (GIM) concrete in the UAE, and the UAE’s first battery recycling plant Dubatt has been inaugurated in Dubai Industrial City in February.
