Pampanga to build first waste-to-energy plant

LUBAO, Pampanga — Gov. Lilia G. Pineda along with the local officials and MacKay Green Energy (MGE) International company on Monday led the inauguration and blessing rites of the $65-million Integrated Waste to Energy Plant located at the MRF site in Barangay Sta. Catalina here.

Pineda said that the country’s first Integrated Waste to Energy Plant is expected to be constructed by August this year at the Lubao MRF, this town.

The governor said the MacKay Green Energy is a private company managed by MGE President Shane Mulcahy.

In a press briefing, Mulcahy said the new technology removes the need for landfills and produces Green Electricity from garbage.

The MacKay Green Energy (MGE) has formed a joint venture company with the Pampanga Green Management Inc., (PGM ) to provide its patented Waste to Green Energy Technology and expertise and establish an Integrated Waste Management Facility.

The Municipality of Lubao, Mulcahy said, has agreed to become a partner in the JV and its Sangguniang Bayan ratified the project contract last April 15.

MacKay Green Energy will develop the initial stage of the JV by installing its leading Waste to Renewable Energy Technology. The plant will use the MacKay Exner Waste Processing System, operational in Germany for 30 years, so as to allow the processing of 800tpd of MSW. The process enables raw MSW to be classified into component parts, recyclables and Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).

The MacKay Exner System can also be expanded to allow the processing of e-Waste.
The fuel (RDF) that is recovered during the waste processing is then used to produce Renewable Energy by burning it in the MacKay Indirectly Fired Gas Turbine (IFGT), a technology developed in Australia.

The major advantages that the IFGT offers over conventional Renewable Energy Processes is the conversion efficiency of Energy (fuel) to Electricity.

The IFGT uses almost half the fuel that would be required to produce the same amount of electricity using a Boiler Steam Turbine system. -- FGR