SHAH ALAM: Worldwide Holdings Bhd, a Selangor state government unit, has set aside RM1 billion for two phase development of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities on a 15 acre of land in Jeram Sanitary Landfill in the state.
The WTE plant will be part of the group’s integrated solid waste management centre (ISWMC), a holistic waste management methodology in waste treatment.
Worldwide Holdings group chief executive officer Datin Paduka Norazlina Zakaria said the WTE currently being developed by the group addresses all aspects of environmental issues through a modern and high-tech treatment facilities following strict compliance with EU standards.
“The technology we are adopting has proven track record using similar waste characteristics in Malaysia.
“The first phase of our WTE plant at Jeram ISWMC will be ready for commercial operation by 2022, while completion of the second phase is targeted by 2024.
"We have plans to open similar facility in other parts of Selangor,” she said at the signing a joint development agreement with Western Power Clean Energy Sdn Bhd (WPCE) here today.
Norazlina said the company is currently managing 5,000 tonne of domestic waste per day at its six sanitary landfills in Selangor.
She said the next potential landfill that could be used to develop as WTE plant is Tanjung Dua Belas landfill in Kuala Langat, which the company is allocating RM500 million for the development.
WPCE is joint venture company of China Western Power Engineering and Construction Co Ltd (CWPEC) and China Western Power International (CWPI).
Norazlina said the agreement with WPCE it to build the RM500 million first phase WTE facility in Jeram, Selangor.
The plan to build the WTE facility — to convert solid waste to heat, steam and electricity — was first announced by Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari during the tabling of the state’s 2019 Budget in November.
With waste capacity of 1,200 tonne per day, the first phase of the facility will produce between 20 to 24 megawatt of green energy, enough to power 25,000 household within the vicinity of the plant.
Set to be the largest and most modern WTE facility in Malaysia, it is expected to reduce land use for landfill while supporting the government’s aspiration of increasing renewable energy generation to 20 per cent by year 2025.
The agreement was signed by Worldwide Holdings chairman Datuk Nor Azmie Diron, Norazlina, CWPEC managing director and vice president Wu Bin, and CWPI executive director Jiang Shuhong.
CWPEC and CWPI have over 30 years pf expertise in the fields of new energy and environmental protection industry, design and manufacturing of clean power plants.