Kenya’s utility KenGen plans to generate 50 MW of electricity from garbage collected from a Nairobi dumpsite in an effort to decrease dependency on hydropower. The Sh9 billion power plant will be built once the Dandora dumpsite is moved to Ruai, creating methane from burning the trash and then pumping it into an engine generating electricity.
The project, the second large-scale waste-to-energy project in Africa, is modeled after a GE project in Durban, South Africa which generates 6 MW of power.
“We are assessing the feasibility report on the construction of a socially-conscious and commercially viable waste to energy plant within the Nairobi Metropolitan,” said Mr Eddy Njoroge, the managing director of KenGen. “The project is expected to convert municipal waste into electricity. We are working closely with the City Council.”
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