Dubai-based sustainable facilities provider Imdaadestablished a waste-to-fuel plant at its Farz facility located in Dubai’s National Industries Park, according to a press release. Once operational, the waste-derived fuel plant will convert some 300 tons of incombustible and non-recyclable waste into clean energy daily. The energy generated by the plant will either be stored or used to provide clean electricity to power the plant itself or other industrial facilities.

About Farz: Installed in 2020 in Dubai’s National Industrial Park, Farz, the UAE’s first automated MRF, treats some 1.2k of waste per day. Currently, 50% of the processed waste is recovered as recyclable material, with the remainder being sent to landfill. The new plant will enable Farz to convert the remaining waste into clean energy.

The UAE’s all in on waste to energy: The UAE’s Tadweer and Lanzatech signed an agreement during COP28 to conduct a feasibility study for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project using municipal and commercial solid waste. Dubai’s power grid also saw its first electricity transmission from a waste-to-energy plant this past July.

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