South African renewable energy developer MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd, has selected Black & Veatch, a global energy infrastructure design, engineering and construction company to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. To be located in the Drakenstein Municipality near Wellington in the Western Cape, the 10 MWe grid-connected facility will treat up to 500 tonnes per day of municipal solid waste (MSW) using the wet organic fraction to produce biogas. Black & Veatch will serve as owner’s engineers to provide fuel characterisation, front-end engineering and design (FEED), and tender support for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), operations and maintenance contracts.
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