Dubai completes biogas-to-energy project at Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant

Dubai completes biogas-to-energy project at Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant

The facility with a capacity to generate 44,250 MWh of electricity annually will help reduce annual carbon emissions by 31,000 tonnes

Dubai Municipality officials attend the opening of the biogas to energy project at Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant. — Supplied photos

Published: Thu 18 May 2023, 7:11 PM

Dubai Municipality announced on Thursday the completion of its biogas-to-energy project at its Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project is one of the municipality’s renewable energy initiatives that supports its strategic plan to transform its assets into green sustainable assets.

The biogas power facility has the capacity to generate 44,250 MWh of electricity annually. The project’s daily power generation capacity of 6MW will cover 50 per cent of the Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant’s entire operational needs.

The municipality completed the project in partnership with the private sector, in line with the directives of the Dubai Government to foster productive private-sector partnerships that generate effective solutions for energy needs. The project will contribute to providing sustainable solutions by utilising alternative energy sources, further reducing annual carbon emissions by 31,000 tonnes, in addition to decreasing the plant’s operational cost by Dh320 million over 25 years.

Dawoud Al Hajri, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, said: “The biogas project is one of Dubai