Sener will provide owner’s engineering services to Orizon for the first Latin American waste energy recovery plant

The Brazilian firm Orizon Valorização de Resíduos has awarded Sener the engineering services for the first waste energy recovery plant in Latin America. The URE Barueri plant will represent an innovative circular economy project, and a pioneer in the region.

Construction will take place in the city of Barueri, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. URE Barueri will process approximately 300,000 tonnes of solid waste a year, avoiding the landfilling of waste from nearly 850,000 inhabitants in the area. The plant will transform this waste into enough clean energy to power the energy needs of 320,000 people.

The plant, designed to process 870 tons of waste per day and to be operational almost 340 days a year, will have an advanced, state-of-the-art gas treatment system to meet the most stringent emissions requirements. In addition, the 20 MW turbine will produce energy in a predictable and stable manner, contributing to grid stability.

According to Adilea Quaresma, Sener’s Country Manager in Brazil, “initiatives such as URE Barueri are needed to shift towards a more sustainable economic model based on responsible consumption and production models. Waste management is key to mitigating the climate impact, but technology also allows waste to be recovered and used as a clean energy source”. She concludes: “we thank Orizon for placing their trust in us to make this project a reality. This is something we’re proud to be a part of and is on top of other projects we’ve done in Brazil, like GNA-I, GNA-II, and many others”.

Quite adopted in Asian and European countries, where there are no more areas for landfills, energy recovery projects have begun to conquer land in Latin America. “We are precursors in implementing the solution, which leaves us even more prepared for the next opportunities in the sector,” believes Milton Pilão, CEO of the Orizon Group.