Waste-to-energy project to serve Fujairah, RAK

dubai — The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar, and Bee’ah that will help develop an integrated study to implement a wasteto-energy conversion facility.

The facility is expected to serve Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.

Saif Mohammed Al Shara, assistant undersecretary for the external audit sector at the MoCCAE, said: “The development of the study will provide an integrated, sustainable and eco-friendly solution for the disposal of solid waste in the UAE.”

Khaled Al Huraimel, group chief executive officer of Bee’ah, said: “With the economic growth that the UAE has enjoyed over the past years, it is necessary for us to pursue responsible energy stewardship and diversify the region’s renewable energy portfolio. Optimising energy efficiency and maximising waste diversion from landfills, waste-to-energy projects hold great potential for the clean energy future of the UAE.”

Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, chief executive officer of Masdar, added: “Partnering with the MoCCAE, Bee’ah and Masdar will exert cumulative efforts, through the Emirates Waste to Energy Company, to study and develop waste-to-energy facilities in the Northern Emirates, while promoting the UAE’s overarching goal of diverting 75 percent of its municipal solid waste away from landfill by 2021.” — Wam

75% of municipal solid waste will be diverted away from landfill by 2021