Ethiopia has reportedly built an energy plant which converts waste to electricity – The country’s largest rubbish dump was used as the site for the plant which is built to provide Ethiopians with 30% of their household electricity needs .
The project was made possible by the Ethiopian government in partnership with a consortium of international companies. According to Face 2 Face Africa, the Ethiopian government is turning the country’s largest rubbish dump named Koshe in Addis Ababa into a new waste-to-energy plant.
The initiative is tagged the Reppie Plant Project. The initiative described as the first of its kind in Africa has two major advantages. It will help address the hazards caused by the heaps of waste as well as provide another sustainable means of generating electricity.
The energy plant located on the rubbish dump which is said to be the size of 36 football pitches was expected to have started operation in January 2019.
The plant is expected to incinerate 1,400 tons of waste every day; about 80% of the city’s waste generation. It is also built to provide Ethiopians with 30% of their household electricity needs. The project was made possible by the Ethiopian government in partnership with a consortium of international companies.
