Dubai completes work on key biogas-to-energy project

Dubai completes work on key biogas-to-energy project

Dubai Municipality has announced 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 support its strategic plan to transform its assets into green sustainable assets. It has the capacity to generate 44,250 MWh of electricity annually.

The biogas power facility’s daily power generation capacity of 6 MW will cover 50% 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, reported Wam.

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 AED320 million over 25 years, it stated.

Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said: "The biogas project is one of Dubai Municipality’s key initiatives aimed at generating renewable energy from sustainable and clean resources in partnership with the private sector."

"“By enabling the plant to support itself with the power required for its operations, the initiative serves the major pillars of Dubai Municipality’s strategy such as the