ENGIE Solutions and LEC help drive UAE decarbonization ambitions with 10MW Waste Heat Recovery system

ENGIE Solutions and LEC help drive UAE decarbonization ambitions with 10MW Waste Heat Recovery system

- Partnership will result in reduction of power consumed from the grid by 28% and reduction in the carbon footprint by 29 kilotonnes of CO2 per year

UAE: ENGIE Solutions, an international leader in sustainable energy solutions has announced that its 10MW Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) project at Holcim UAE’s LEC cement plant in Fujairah has begun construction and is expected to generate its first Kilowatt-hour commissioned by year-end 2023.

Last year, LEC, part of the Holcim Group, a leading Swiss industrial company, signed a 10-year BOOT (Build Own Operate Transfer) contract with ENGIE Solutions, to design, finance, construct and manage operations of a 10MW WHR system on LEC’s Fujairah site.

Based on a closed-loop thermodynamic cycle, the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system will help LEC avoid 29 kilotonnes per year of CO2 emissions from the grid – representing a reduction of 28% in power-related emissions.

LEC is working with ENGIE Solutions, which brings a wealth of global experience and expertise to the new-build project. ENGIE Solutions will implement the ORC technology in an “energy as-a-service” model in the cement industry for the first time in the region. ENGIE’s energy-as-a-service model means guaranteed energy savings, higher reliability, and resiliency, with no capital outlay and