Veolia joins BEEAH Group and Masdar to operate and maintain region’s first waste to energy plant

Veolia joins BEEAH Group and Masdar to operate and maintain region’s first waste to energy plant

Sharjah, UAE: Veolia Near & Middle East, the global leader in optimised resource management, BEEAH Group, the Middle East's sustainability pioneer, and Masdar, the global leader in renewable energy solutions, have formed a joint venture to operate and maintain the Sharjah Waste to Energy Plant – the region's first of its kind at commercial-scale.

The facility, owned by BEEAH Group and Masdar through their joint venture, Emirates Waste to Energy, can process 300,000 tonnes of municipal waste every year while producing 30 megawatts (MW) of low carbon energy, enough to power up to 28,000 homes and offset up to 450,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Sharjah currently has a 76% landfill waste diversion rate. With the plant now operational, it will enable 100% landfill waste diversion, making Sharjah the first zero waste to landfill city in the Middle East. As a full-circle, zero-waste solution, the facility, which recently won the NES Fircroft Power Project of the Year at the MEED Project Awards 2022, is shaping a clean energy future in Sharjah while contributing to the UAE's sustainability agenda.

Pascal Grante, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Near & Middle East, said: “We are immensely proud to be working with BEEAH and Masdar on