The various components of the Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd waste-to-energy plant are at different stages of construction as the dream to implement the first-ever such electricity generation project takes shape.
The company is innovative, bringing in new technologies in waste management in Zimbabwe, which is set to generate 22 Megawatts to feed into the national grid.
A visit to the project site in Pomona shows a hive of activity with workers busy with civil works at three hazardous landfills.
Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd is setting the pace by becoming the first company to construct the capital city’s first hazardous waste landfills.
The landfills are for safe disposal of harmful materials, and ultimately protecting the environment for posterity.
In a recent interview, Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman Dr Dilesh Nguwaya said the project would be completed under the set targets.
He said: “Now we are focusing on the construction of the water treatment plant; we have already started the civil works for the water treatment plant and have also started on the sorting plant.
“We are also busy with works for hazardous works. We are on target in terms of project implementation.”
As part of the massive project implementation, the once heaps of waste have been compacted and covered through encapsulation with geomembrane, geotextile layers, and soil layers.
There are plans to do landscaping, with lush lawns, flowers, and shrubs to beautify the area in line with the vision of excellence in everything Geo Pomona Waste Management does.
The Geo Pomona site has transformed waste management in Harare with the main aim of the project being to incinerate solid waste to generate electricity.
A total of 1,000 tonnes of waste will be incinerated per day to produce between 16MW-22MW of electricity for the national grid.
There will be two lines, each with a capacity of incinerating 500 tonnes of solid waste to produce between 8MW to 11 MW of electricity.
This shows the commitment by Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd to complement Government efforts to ensure all Zimbabweans have electricity.
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) last year granted an electricity generation licence to Geo Pomona Waste Management (Private Limited for the development of a 22 MW waste-to-energy power plant at Pomona Dumpsite in Harare Province
Dr Nguwaya said the firm was using the latest technology which converts waste to energy with most components of the projects being imported from Europe.
There are technical experts busy with the project implementation.
