Geo Pomona Waste Management has been granted a licence to generate electricity by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) as the company moves to implement a key project to add 22MW to the national grid.
ZERA chief executive Eddington Mazambani wrote to Geo Pomona informing that the licence had been granted.
In part, the latter reads: “The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) refers to an application for an electricity generation licence by Geo Pomona Waste Management (Private Limited for the development of a 22 MW waste-to-energy power plant at Pomona Dumpsite in Harare Province
“Be advised the ZERA Board considered the licence application and resolved to approve that Geo Pomona Waste Management (Private) Limited be issued with an electricity generation licence to enable the company to construct, own, operate and maintain a 22 MW waste-to-energy power plant at Pomona Dumpsite in Harare Province.
“Following the approval of the application, Geo Pomona Waste Management (Private) Limited is required to pay the licence fee of USD32,976.00 including 15% VAT in accordance with Electricity (Licencing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (No.2) published in Statutory instrument 92 of 2021.”
Geo Pomona Waste Management CEO and Executive Chairman Dilesh Nguwaya expressed gratitude over the new licence, which came just before the COP 28 Summit in Dubai.
He said: “Going forward, this means we are going to expedite our task of waste conversion to energy. We are happy about this licence as it gives us a pioneering role as a waste-powered private electricity generation entity. Generated electricity will feed into the national grid and therefore reducing electricity challenges.”
