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Azerbaijan completes spending IDB loan for construction of waste incineration plant

Business Materials 17 June 2011 22:31 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 17 /Trend, N.Ismayilova/

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide the latest tranche within a loan of 150 million euros for the construction of the first waste incineration plant in the Balakhani settlement of Baku in August 2011, the head of international cooperation department of the Economic Development Ministry of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev told reporters. The loan was allocated for 18 years with a grace period of three years.
"Today, the bank has provided 78 percent of the total loan amount and the next tranche to be received in August will be the last," said Babayev.
The cost of the project is estimated at 346 million euro for 36 months. The project is also funded at the expense of budget and in 2011 it is planned to allocate 90 million manat. IDB funds are intended for the purchase of equipment for construction of the plant.
"The works are conducted upon schedule, and the plant is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2012," Babayev said.
Launch of the plant will reduce domestic wastes 10 times in Baku and three times in weight.
The plant is constructed on an area of 20 hectares not far from Balakhani polygon with a capacity of 500,000 tons of solid waste management per year. The plant is able to accept medical waste incineration in quantities up to 10,000 tons per year. The plant will use 231.5 million KW per hour of electricity per year for waste incineration.
Waste incinerators will have two lines each with a capacity of 250,000 tons and a power generation turbine. According to the project, the plant's power can be increased to 250,000 tons in the future. Precipitation ash may be used for the road construction.
So far, 80 percent of all household waste generated in Baku and Absheron was sent to Balakhani polugon for open dumping.
In 2008, Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry entered into a contract with the French CNIM type "key" (turn-key), which will be implemented on a DBO (Design - Build - Operate). This means that the responsibility for the design, construction and management of the plant will be assigned to one contractor CNIM.

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