Lagos To generate 50MW from waste


The Lagos State Government, through its waste to electricity scheme, has disclosed plans to generate 50 Megawatts of electricity from solid waste in the coming years.

The project, according to the Managing Director, Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mr. Ola Oresanya, will generate energy from large dump sites and landfills across the state.

He said, “We have succeeded in producing electricity from waste at the Ikosi Fruit Market. It is already generating electricity and we are going to scale that up in all markets in Lagos. The largest quantum of electricity is going to come from the Olusosun landfill in Ojota, which will be a minimum of one megawatt; we are looking at about five megawatts from that site, which we can scale up because the site has a potential for about 25 to 30MW.

“If you look at the combined potential of energy we can generate from waste in Lagos, it is more than 50 megawatts, which is enough to lighten up a small village. There will be energy from our transfer loading stations, which will be programmed in such a way that the tonnage of waste that moves to those sites will incorporate thermal conversion into electricity.”

He said LAWMA was also building gas capture wells at the Olusosun landfill for the production of electricity.

“The Ojota landfill is about 20 years old and has over 30 million tones of waste buried in the land; it is turning into an asset for us. From July, we will start the process of getting certification from the French government on carbon credit for the site. It was recently turned into a Clean Development Mechanism project published on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change carbon credit page. It is the fifth CDM project registered in Nigeria,” he said.

The managing director said the state also had plans to begin recycling waste into secondary raw materials and had commenced the development of a recycling plant at the Solous landfill.

“The Solous landfill at Igando is a potential asset too; we have commenced a development there, which is a materials recovery project. And talking about recycling, we have the biggest compost plant in Africa located in Ikorodu, producing compost,” he said.

Oresanya said the plans were part of LAWMA’s 15-year road map, which began in 2005, adding, “Lagos should be able to turn 60 per cent of all waste materials into secondary raw materials; right now, we are at about 15 per cent, and we are working on meeting the target.”

Source:http://www.punchng.com/business/homes-property/lagos-to-generate-50mw-of-electricity-from-waste/

A step in the right direction...


But alternative energy is more enviromental friendly

Eko oni baje ooo. Obaje tii

These guys are never tired of this so called waste energy propaganda. Since Tinubu's time they have been telling us this same story. Hm, God is watching oh. . . By the way, in Tinubu's time he told us he was building a power plant, so how many megawatts is that one generating?

wake me up when the project is functional...

cashflowpc: A step in the right direction...


But alternative energy is more enviromental friendly

And probably cheaper

lol.pls someone should tell me how this thread differs from the jonathan shipyard thread.

Bunch of clowns;

Lagos light rail - On paper

Independent power plant - on paper

Eko Atlantic - On paper

Lekki international airport - paper


The list is endless

nwabobo: Bunch of clowns;

Lagos light rail - On paper

Independent power plant - on paper

Eko Atlantic - On paper

Lekki international airport - paper


The list is endless

that is in your own state but in my own lagos state we can see it, we can feel it and we are using it *hobee*

WHAT A SHITTY DAY

Nice development! please they should start with the landfill in Igando. The offensive odour emanating from that place can send someone to his untimely grave especially this rainy season. I pity people living in that axis.

I'd rather see it on paper than see a new govt. house to help?? at least some people are thinking in the right direction if any of those projects role out it would create jobs....

nwabobo: Bunch of clowns;

Lagos light rail - On paper

Independent power plant - on paper

Eko Atlantic - On paper

Lekki international airport - paper


The list is endless

you know nothing about Lagos. You need to leave that cave in the village

That gives us, biotechnologists, some importance. Well, just working with the IITA.

Goddex: These guys are never tired of this so called waste energy propaganda. Since Tinubu's time they have been telling us this same story. Hm, God is watching oh. . . By the way, in Tinubu's time he told us he was building a power plant, so how many megawatts is that one generating?

You just took the words out of my mouth my guy, I have been hearing of this story since the inception of Tinubu since 1999 and till date, it is still the same ranting!

Well done jare

Lagos is working

boron10:
And probably cheaper

No, not cheaper.. Fossil fuel still remains the most economically viable

Goddex: These guys are never tired of this so called waste energy propaganda. Since Tinubu's time they have been telling us this same story. Hm, God is watching oh. . . By the way, in Tinubu's time he told us he was building a power plant, so how many megawatts is that one generating?

what happened to the Recycling waste plant at Oshodi? Is that not part of Tinubu's achievement?

ok

TO TO TO....If its GEJ govt that said to now all these ACN clowns will start opening their gutter mouth!

like someone said in previous reply when the project is up and running they should wake us up.

Nice one .

Talku talku

Is this false too?

Lagos to....this, Lagos to...that. And this is being celebrated?

Anyway, while Lagos is still doing to..., after 6yrs of Fashola reign (with N30billion monthly revenue) and 8 SOLID years of Tinubu's reign, Ebonyi state govt (with less than N3billion monthly revenue) is ALREADY taking delivery of 15MW biomass power plants. No noise
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/business/why-were-constructing-three-biomass-power-plants-in-ebonyi-okah/
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/ebonyi-gets-10mw-gas-turbine-for-electricity/

Lagos ca do it. Lagos still numero one in Nigeria.