The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with British firm Renoir Global for a project to convert waste into energy.
According to the MoU, signed by LWMC Managing Director Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry and Renoir Global CEO Ken Brown, the British company will conduct a pre-feasibility study to assess the possibilities for a ‘waste-to-energy’ project in Lahore. The LWMC will supply all the information available regarding the existing waste management system in the city.
Also on Thursday, a delegation from Swiss company EAWC-Technologies led by CEO Ralph Hafmeier met LWMC officials. The company recently expressed an interest in the LWMC’s plans for a waste-to-energy project and has proposed setting up a plant capable of producing 1 megawatt of electricity from waste, with the potential to enhance it to 100MW. The plant would be based on plasma technology, which would allow the treatment of medical waste from hospitals too, said Chaudhry.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2013.