Veolia has bagged the contract to operate and maintain Turkey’s first waste-to-energy plant, which is also the biggest one in Europe, situated in Istanbul.
With a processing capacity of approximately 1.1 million tonnes of non-recyclable household waste per year, the plant will allow to save nearly 1.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year notably through the production of 560,000 MWh of electricity annually, which is sufficient to meet the requirement of 1.4 million inhabitants of the metropolis, Veolia wrote in a statement.
This is the first installation of its kind in Turkey which aims to decarbonize its waste sector through energy recovery and recycling to avoid the use of landfill, which emits more carbon, the statement noted.
The project contributes directly to the country’s objective to achieve carbon neutrality by 2053, the company said.
This is the first installation of its kind in Turkey which aims to decarbonize its waste sector through energy recovery and recycling to avoid the use of landfill, which emits more carbon. The project contributes directly to the country’s objective to achieve carbon neutrality by 2053..
Under the terms of the agreement, Veolia will be responsible for the entire operations and maintenance of the plant, ensuring stringent compliance with the European Union’s environmental standards, improving energy efficiency and reducing utility consumption.
Commenting on the agreement, Estelle Brachlianoff, chief executive officer of Veolia said, “We are proud to participate in Turkey’s ecological transformation through the operation of the country’s first waste-to-energy plant.”
He said, this is an important step forward in the management of waste and energy in the city of Istanbul, in line with the country’s objective of carbon neutrality.
“We are delighted to carry out this historic project alongside our Turkish partners to make it a benchmark site for waste management regionally,” he added.