Japan EBARA has submitted preliminary proposal on the construction of a garbage processing plant to the Azerbaijani Government. Nail Fattaliyev, Coordinator on Credits against a State Security and Chief of the Technical Aid and Grants department of the Azerbaijan Cabinet of Ministers told Trend that a meeting with representatives of the Japanese Company has been held this week.
We discussed the concept on the sequence of the work to be carried out, but they are expected to submit the feasibility study on the project till the end of December. We discussed it in details, but that is a multi-step work, and it is impossible to install such a facility within a year. They also visited our Ministries of Economic Development, Finances, and Ecology, said Mr. Fattaliyev.
The value of the project will depend on the proposal that will be chosen.
The proposal by EBARA includes disseminating the existing polygons, as well as collecting and utilizing gas liberated in a result of it, and using it for burning out the torch or generating energy. New polygons and a garbage-processing plant with three lines are expected to be constructed at the first stage. Research showed that the quantity of the waste is at 510 thousand tons per year. We were provided with the data, and these figures had been underestimated. About 30% of the garbage that was not considered do not reach the polygons, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers said.
Two alternative technologies are offered to be used. Their cost will depend on the technologies that will be chosen. There is another principal difference. The Japanese experts propose to burn out the whole garbage (about 10 percent out of the total volume) that will be used to generate energy at a volume of 12 MWatt per year. After the garbage is burned out, it needs to be utilized. According to the technology of the Company, everything s burned out in one stove. However, there is a piece of information that medical wastes will be carried together with other wastes. Some countries utilize them separately and pack them hermetically. Moreover, according to EBARA, the Japanese legislation prohibits to utilize them commonly. The Company should reconsider its proposals in this connection, said Mr. Fattulayev.
According to EBARA conception, garbage is collected from the spot (from houses) and unloaded at the intermediate point to ensure the efficiency and reduce the time of delivery in exchange to the number of turn-outs. Sorting is carried out in the polygon where the wastes are utilized.
EBRD consultants' preliminary estimated the total cost of project at the level of в'¬350 m.
The Azerbaijan Economic Development Ministry has announced a tender on construction of a garbage processing plant. Japanese companies like EBARA, Mitsubishi, etc may be marked among those companies who want to participle in the tender.
The cost of the project was preliminary estimated at в'¬350 m. Fifty million Euros out of this sum are expected to be granted by EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Japanese means could be partially attracted to implement the project. The Government is expected to partially finance the construction of the solid waste processing plant at its own expense.
An interdepartmental working group consisting of specialists and experts from the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, Economic Development Ministry, Baku City Executive Power has prepared a technical task on the development of the feasibility study of the project. It has already been discussed with the EBARA specialists.
The Government thinks that the feasibility study should be prepared in several choices with the indication of economic expediency of the construction of one plant with a huge capacity or several plants with a lesser capacity in different areas across Baku City. They are likely to be constructed either in Balakhani and Surakhani or the Garadagh District and the Highway between Baku and Sumgayit.