03:42Yemen: First waste-to-energy plant helps Lahij Governorate reduce energy crisis
The first ever waste-to-energy plant, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), operates in Lahij Governorate, in a unique initiative to help dispose the wastes and generate electricity.
Footage filmed on Sunday shows cardboard and sawdust being used to form cubes that later transported to an incinerator to generate electricity.
The plant's manager, Imad Aidarous, explained that the plant uses agriculture and animal wastes, as well as sawdust, to generate up to 100 KW of electricity, while the production wastes are used to produce natural fertilizers, coal tar and plastic granules, which are of great use. According to UNPD, the plant processes 5 tons of solid and agriculture wastes every day, and can generate 100 kWh of electricity, and 1 ton of waste.
This is enough to operate 100 stores and provide nearly 7500 job opportunities for the poor in rural areas. The project adopts a comprehensive system to manage solid wastes, thus encouraging community members to recycle and reduce wastes. The plant produces electrical power that is less expensive than that produced from fossil fuel, while also reduces emissions.
At the present time, authorities are considering implementing the project in other places in Yemen, which has been suffering from energy and waste recycling crisis since the war broke out.
03:42The first ever waste-to-energy plant, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), operates in Lahij Governorate, in a unique initiative to help dispose the wastes and generate electricity.
Footage filmed on Sunday shows cardboard and sawdust being used to form cubes that later transported to an incinerator to generate electricity.
The plant's manager, Imad Aidarous, explained that the plant uses agriculture and animal wastes, as well as sawdust, to generate up to 100 KW of electricity, while the production wastes are used to produce natural fertilizers, coal tar and plastic granules, which are of great use. According to UNPD, the plant processes 5 tons of solid and agriculture wastes every day, and can generate 100 kWh of electricity, and 1 ton of waste.
This is enough to operate 100 stores and provide nearly 7500 job opportunities for the poor in rural areas. The project adopts a comprehensive system to manage solid wastes, thus encouraging community members to recycle and reduce wastes. The plant produces electrical power that is less expensive than that produced from fossil fuel, while also reduces emissions.
At the present time, authorities are considering implementing the project in other places in Yemen, which has been suffering from energy and waste recycling crisis since the war broke out.