The AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a grant of almost $1 million for a project in Kenya. The grant goes to Asticom Kenya Ltd. to support the construction of a 10-MW grid-connected municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.
The grant will fund the cost of conducting a full environmental and social impact assessment, detailed engineering designs, and provide project-related legal advisory services, as well as financial/transaction advisory services.
The project will be located in Kabira, a suburb of Nairobi, and will generate electricity from municipal solid waste by converting them to biogas/ fuel ethanol. The planned diversion and use of municipal solid waste will have significant health, social and development outcomes, and will be of benefit to the inhabitants of Kabira− a community that receives 1,000 tons of municipal solid waste daily from the Nairobi County.
For instance, local dwellers will be contracted in the sorting of the municipal waste, thereby providing them with additional employment and income.