Plans are underway to produce 150 MW electricity from waste in Kano state, Nigeria.
This was announced by Capegate Investment, a Nigerian-based company that specialises in biotechnology and waste management, approximately three months after it inked a 20-year public private partnership (PPP) with the Kano state government and took over waste management in the state.
In 2022, it will generate 10 MW electricity and in the next five years, depending on how the typology of waste changes, will yield 150 MW for Kano and Jigawa.
The plan to produce 150 MW electricity from waste in Kano is part of a larger plan where the company intends to establish three major industries.
One of the industries is called a transfer station. This is where all the wastes including plastic, metals and aluminium among others, will be sorted.
The sorted out waste will be recycled or transformed into other products. The high-density plastic (HDP) and tires will be converted into burnable oil, while low-density plastic would be converted into shopping bags, water bottles and other relevant products.
The next phase is the diversification industry. In here, the company will be converting biodegradable waste to produce gas and create steel, which in turn, would be processed into turbines to produce electricity.
In the third industry food waste and bio-waste would be turned into organic fertiliser.