NIC receives 17 offers for waste treatment project
Waste materials prepared to be processed to generate electricity. Photo: BioEnergy Consult
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC) announced on Monday that 17 offers have been submitted for a waste treatment project.
The NIC mentioned in a statement that it received 17 offers from local, Arab, and foreign companies for a project to treat waste and generate electricity in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
Last July, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel, confirmed that the government is intending to take advantage of waste recycling to produce energy.
Fadel chaired a meeting at that time to discuss possible ways to diversify energy sources in accordance with the directions of the Iraqi government and to use waste recycling to generate electricity.
The Electricity Minister emphasized that the government’s directions aim to reduce dependence on gas and fossil fuels to produce energy and to move towards clean, renewable, and solar energies not only to produce energy but also to reduce emissions, limit global warming, and reduce negative impacts on the environment.
Under the ‘0 landfill, 0 emission’ project, the Baghdad municipality said in mid-November that it plans to put out a contract to transform 3,000 tons of waste per day into 80 megawatts per hour.
The program will lessen the amount of garbage that is disposed of, which will have a negative influence on landfills and the environment.
Waste-to-energy is a novel method that uses garbage as a fuel source to produce power or heat.
This contributes to a cleaner and more sustainable future by lowering the amount of garbage that would otherwise end up in landfills and utilizing it as a renewable energy source.
Manufacturing companies may save a significant amount of money by putting this concept into practice. Over time, lower waste disposal costs and a reduced need for waste management services result in substantial financial gains.