Monday, September 19, 2011

Euro firm to build waste-to-energy plant

By Ted P. Torres (The Philippine Star) Updated September 19, 2011 12:00 AM


MANILA, Philippines - A European green energy firm is working to transform the Philippines into a waste-to-energy technology and expertise hub.


Mackay Green Energy Inc. (MGE) is banking on its initial 22-megawatt (MW) waste-to-energy project in Pampanga to help spur the development of similar eco-friendly power technology.


“The Pampanga site will be the flagship project and eventually manufacture all parts here in the Philippines, making our country a springboard to supply its technology in Asia and eventually the world,” MGE vice president Matt Evans said.


The proposed facility, which will be located in the municipality of Lubao will cost around $60 million.


The project is being put up by the joint venture of MGE and local firm Pampanga Green Management Inc., with the former providing the technology for the facility and the latter the funding requirements.


The provincial government of Pampanga has already given the project the green light in its bid to reduce waste and increase jobs in the province.


MGE’s patented technology enables raw waste to be classified into component parts, recyclables and refuse derived fuel. The materials are then recovered and purified for sale. The fuel recovered from the waste processing is then used to produce renewable energy.


The facility, which can process 800 tons of waste per day, is projected to be up by June 2012.


The MGE official said aside from helping reduce the need for landfills, the company would also embark on welfare programs such as livelihood projects generating jobs for up to 300 people for every 800 metric tons they process.


MGE is a unit of Mackay Holdings Inc. of Scotland, which has interests in health care technologies, construction equipment and real estate.

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