LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) will set up a plant to generate 40MW electricity through recycling of solid waste.
The government has awarded the contract of preparing feasibility study to a renowned US company Eco Air that will also provide technical assistance to the project.
LWMC’s Waste to Energy Project Manager Wasif Azhar said that this unique project will not only help the LWMC in disposing of the solid waste in a useful way but it will also pave way to resolve the electricity shortfall in cheaper cost. He hoped that this initiative will attract more private investment in the energy sector.
Referring to the 40 Mega Watt project, he said that LWMC will award the contract to a private investment to set up the power plant on build-Operate and Transfer basis. He added that land for setting up the machinery has been identified at LWMC’s Landfill Site near Lakho Der along river Ravi that will be provided to the investor free of cost.
