Energy Solution: Waste to energy options

LAHORE: A presentation on Waste to Energy (WtE) by Ecoair was organised by the Lahore Waste Management Company on Friday. It detailed ways to use waste and various technologies to overcome the energy crisis. Ecoair members had earlier visited several industrial units to look into possibilities of co-generation of electricity and heat. Experts and representatives of Lahore Compost, Global Waste, Power Cure, Waste Busters, Solar Energy Asian, the Chemical Engineering Department University of Engineering and Technology, Environment Department, Health Department, The Urban Unit, DG Khan Cement, Coal Department and LWMC MD Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry attended the presentation. Franz Paul of Ecoair said the fluidised incineration technology would suit the low calorific value and high moisture content of the waste in Lahore. Similar plants could be installed in industrial zones. The installation of plants that generated electricity from solid waste could cost from €1m to €5m. A plant could take up to four years to become fully functional, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2013.