Petro Panteleev, deputy head of the Kyiv city administration, said: “We must use all the ways and opportunities that will allow us to produce energy. This is what the Concept of Energy Sustainability of Kyiv (Energy Recovery: The Path to Distributed Cogeneration) is aimed at. The concept foresees the construction of two thermal power plants on different shores of the capital, which will work on combined fuel and use high-calorie fractions of waste.”
He added: “For large cities, this replacement of usual types of fuel solves two problems at once – energy shortage and the problem of garbage accumulation”.
According to him, the capital authorities are currently studying the experience in Lviv, where, with the assistance of the EBRD, the construction of a mechanical-biological waste processing complex is underway.
“In the future, the waste processing complex will use the potential of household waste as a source of electrical energy,” explained Panteleev.