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Balakhani plants for burning of solid waste to be opened at year-end

23 October 2012 08:15 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. Balakhani plants for burning and sorting of solid waste will be set in operation in December, 2012. Board Chairman of Tamiz Shahar Zakir Ibrahimov says at present time, both plants operate in test regime.

The Baku plant at Balakhani will have an annual capacity of 500,000 tons of waste per year which makes it one of the largest in Europe and the first of its kind in the CIS. There are two treatment lines at the plant that are capable of treating 33 tons/hour of waste each. The plant will consume about 15% of the electricity produced. The remaining 85 %, or approximately 231,500 MWh/year, will be sent to the electrical grid and distributed to consumers. Furthermore, anything produced at the plant will belong to the Azerbaijani State which is going to benefit from energy sales.

Remind that, Tamiz Shahar JSC was established in accordance with the Presidential decree of August 2008, on Improvement of Municipal Waste Management in Baku City. Its duty is to build and manage solid municipal waste placement and disposal in accordance with modern standards, and to develop this area by stages based on the principles of market economy, thereby improving the ecological condition of the city.