Marubeni team wins Abu Dhabi waste-to-energy contract

Marubeni team wins Abu Dhabi waste-to-energy contract

A team of Japan's Marubeni Corporation Switzerland's Hitachi Zosen Inova and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation won the contract.

Abu Dhabi-based utility offtaker Emirates Water & Electricity Company (Ewec) and Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company (Tadweer) have awarded the contract to to develop and operate Abu Dhabi's first waste-to-energy (WTE) project.

A team of Japan's Marubeni Corporation, Switzerland's Hitachi Zosen Inova and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation won the contract.

As MEED previously reported, the winning team proposed a levelised waste treatment cost of AED175 ($47.6) a metric tonne (MT) for the project.

This is equivalent to 45% of the tariff of AED391/MT proposed by the second team, which comprises France's Suez and the local Pal Cooling Holding, according to industry sources.

MEED understands the power tariff for the project is fixed at 11.215 fils a kilowatt-hour (kWh).

Regional projects tracker MEED Projects estimates the scheme will require an investment of about $600m.

US/India-based Synergy Consulting is the financial adviser to the Marubeni consortium.

The WTE plant will be located near the Al Dhafra landfill in Abu Dhabi. It will have a processing capacity of 900,000 tonnes of waste a year and generate enough electricity to power up to 52,500 households once complete.

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