UAE: Construction completed on country’s first waste-to-energy plant

UAE: Construction completed on country’s first waste-to-energy plant

Sharjah to become Middle East's first zero-waste city, plant to provide power to 28,000 homes

By WAM Published: Tue 26 Apr 2022, 11:36 AM Last updated: Tue 26 Apr 2022, 11:53 AM

Construction of the UAE's first waste-to-energy plant has been completed, with the project now entering the testing and commissioning phase.

The Sharjah Waste to Energy plant is the first project of Emirates Waste to Energy, a joint venture established by Beeah Energy, the renewable energy business of Beeah Group, and Masdar, one of the world's leading renewable energy companies.

Once tested, commissioned and operational, the plant will enable Sharjah to become the Middle East's first zero-waste city, turning unrecyclable waste into clean energy and increasing the current landfill diversion rate from 76 per cent to 100 per cent. It will also help reduce waste sent to landfill across the UAE, while contributing to the nation's clean energy resources.

At full operational capacity, the plant will help divert up to 300,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste away from landfill each year while producing 30 megawatts (MW) of low-carbon electricity, enough to power 28,000 homes in Sharjah.

Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Beeah Group, said, "Completion of construction is an important milestone for our Emirates Waste