Feasibility Study
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PROJECT LOCATION |
PROJECT TYPE |
ESTIMATED VOLUMES PER YEAR |
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Lusaka, Zambia |
Waste to Energy |
10MW |
The pre-feasibility study assessed the design of a Waste to Energy plant that would eliminate the stress of over dumping of waste on the already full landfill site in Lusaka, Zambia and to increase waste collection in underserved areas. Lusaka dumps 400 tons per day of waste at the landfill site and an estimated 200 more tons per day is generated but not collected and is dumped in the outskirts of the city. The essence of the project is to install a waste to energy plant in Lusaka that will be capable of processing up to 500 tons per day of Municipal Solid Waste and provide clean energy to the city at affordable rates while creating substantial job opportunities through waste collection and plant operations.
The project consists of designing a plant that can handle 500 tons of waste per day and starting with Phase 1 to install a 400 ton per day system, then increase the system as waste collection is increased. The initial installation of the plant would provide up to 10MW of clean energy to the city of Lusaka through a Power Purchase Agreement with ZESCO. Phase 2 of the project is to provide waste collection in underserved areas of Lusaka where Synchrona Waste Management would collect the waste, increasing the plant capacity to 500 tons per day and providing up to 12MW of clean electricity.