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Kenya is set to build a 10MW power plant from waste.
This is after the Africa Development Bank’s (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a grant of US$995,000 to Asticom Kenya Ltd.The grid which is connected WTE plant will generate energy from solid waste by converting it to biogas.
The grant will fund the cost of conducting a full environmental and social impact assessment.
The projected will be located in the Kibera area of Nairobi.
"The planned diversion and use of municipal solid waste is set to have significant health, social and development outcomes, and will be of benefit to the inhabitants of Kibera, a community that receives 1,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily from the Nairobi County,” said AfDB.The AfDB further added that the local dwellers will be contracted in the sorting of the municipal waste.