Baguio, Benguet execs eye Sablan for waste- to-energy facility
>> Tuesday, June 15, 2021
SABLAN,
Benguet – Officials and a company are planning a waste-to-energy project here
to address waste disposal of Baguio City and Benguet and produce clean energy
for the Luzon grid.
In Baguio, Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said city officials, Benguet provincial board, Sablan municipal council and proponent Metro Global Renewables Corp. recently met to discuss and implement the project.
He said majority of the Sablan municipal council were in favor of the project that will be established in a private property in the municipality.
In Baguio, Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said city officials, Benguet provincial board, Sablan municipal council and proponent Metro Global Renewables Corp. recently met to discuss and implement the project.
He said majority of the Sablan municipal council were in favor of the project that will be established in a private property in the municipality.
Magalong said the private property owner
is helping address issues and concerns of the people, particularly relocation
areas for households that will be affected.
According to him, the commitment of the local government is to provide more than 400 tons of feed stock for the waste-to-energy plant while other neighboring localities could also commit the appropriate volume of feed stock to be able to meet the 500 tons of garbage minimum supply for the plant to be able to produce the required 10 megawatts of clean energy that will be infused to the Luzon grid.
He said the proponent will processing the required Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the project set to start next year to.
At present, Baguio City and some local governments in Benguet are hauling out residual waste to the sanitary landfill based in Capas, Tarlac through a private hauler.
The mayor said the city government was constrained to look for a private proponent for the proposed waste-to-energy plant after a Japan-based company that earlier proposed to put up the facility withdrew from the same because of the alleged absence of a suitable land area in the city that will host the plant.
The proponent is expected to work on government requirements that will include social accountability from communities that will be affected.
Metro Global Renewables Corp. partnered with a Scandinavian company that will provide technology which will be used in the conversion of garbage to clean energy. - Dexter A. See
According to him, the commitment of the local government is to provide more than 400 tons of feed stock for the waste-to-energy plant while other neighboring localities could also commit the appropriate volume of feed stock to be able to meet the 500 tons of garbage minimum supply for the plant to be able to produce the required 10 megawatts of clean energy that will be infused to the Luzon grid.
He said the proponent will processing the required Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the project set to start next year to.
At present, Baguio City and some local governments in Benguet are hauling out residual waste to the sanitary landfill based in Capas, Tarlac through a private hauler.
The mayor said the city government was constrained to look for a private proponent for the proposed waste-to-energy plant after a Japan-based company that earlier proposed to put up the facility withdrew from the same because of the alleged absence of a suitable land area in the city that will host the plant.
The proponent is expected to work on government requirements that will include social accountability from communities that will be affected.
Metro Global Renewables Corp. partnered with a Scandinavian company that will provide technology which will be used in the conversion of garbage to clean energy. - Dexter A. See
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