Arkan Cement is set to sign a €30 million (Dh17.7m) deal to set up a waste-to-power operation for its Al Ain plant.
The technology, which will convert about 1,000 tonnes a day of municipal waste into power for the plant, is being deployed for the first time in the GCC, according to Martti Malmivirta, the chairman of Arabian Finnish Waste Refining (Arafin), which will partner with Arkan. A joint venture will be set up between Arkan and Arafin, which itself is a joint venture between Eera Waste Refining of Finland and Daud Group of Oman. “We want to make it a very local company so that people feel attached to it,” said Mr Malmivirta, who was in Abu Dhabi with a Finnish trade delegation during Sustainability Week.
The plant will be the first so-called waste-to-flame technology in the GCC and will displace the natural gas currently used to fire the kiln at Arkan’s Al Ain cement plant.
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