VIDEO: Ethiopia’s new recycling plant to light up the capital city

Ethiopia’s new recycling plant to light up the capital city

ADDIS ABABA (CGTN Africa)–Ethiopia has finalized the construction of a plant that will recycle waste in the capital city to produce energy. The Reppie Waste-to-Energy Project will rid Addis Ababa of the accumulating rubbish that’s caused recent landslides.

The recycling plant, which is the result of a partnership between the Government of Ethiopia and a consortium of international companies, is the first of its kind in Africa.

“The Reppie project is just one component of Ethiopia’s broader strategy to address pollution and embrace renewable energy across all sectors of the economy,” said Zerubabel Getachew, Ethiopia’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in Nairobi. “We hope that Reppie will serve as a model for other countries in the region, and around the world.”

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In waste-to-energy incineration plants, rubbish is burned in a combustion chamber. The resulting heat is used to boil water until it turns to steam, which drives a turbine generator that produces electricity.

In cities where land is in short supply, “waste-to-energy” incineration is a quadruple win: it saves precious space, generates electricity, prevents the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater, and reduces the release of methane — a potent greenhouse gas generated in landfills — into the atmosphere. … Continue reading this story here.

Source: CGTN Africa