Dubai Municipality will build a AED 2bn ($550mn) plant to incinerate waste and convert the energy produced into electricity.
Construction of the plant will begin in the Warsan 2 area by the end of this month, according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The plant will be operational in the second quarter of 2020 during which it will receive 2,000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste per day in the first phase to produce 60 megawatts, said Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality.
It will also help the city with its quest to reduce landfill by 75 percent by 2021 and to cut greenhouse gas emitted from waste.