Reppie Waste-to-Energy Power Project, a power plant which converts waste into energy |
Ethiopia on Sunday
inaugurated a power plant which converts waste into energy, next to a
filthy open-air dump in Addis Ababa where a landslide last year killed
more than 110 people.
Named Reppie, the facility is the first of its kind in Africa,
according to the government and the British company Cambridge Industries
behind the project, and will turn 1 400 tons of waste per day into
energy.
Ethiopian President
Mulatu Teshome said at the ceremony that the country “has been
investing extensively in hydro power, geothermal, wind energy and now
biomass to boost the manufacturing sector with a supply of clean,
renewable energy.”
Reppie is located beside a massive dump called Koshe, a slang word for “dirt” in the country’s main Amharic language.
There for over 40 years, Koshe serves as the main rubbish tip in
Ethiopia’s capital which has a rapidly rising population, currently at
more than four million people.
A huge landslide killed more than 110 people in March 2017, which
scavengers blame on the construction of the incineration plant next
door.
Building of the waste-to-power plant began in 2014 at a cost of
around $118m. The incinerated waste will generate steam which will then
drive a turbine that produces electricity at a projected power of 25
megawatts per day.
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