In Uzbekistan, the Sayar Green Enterprise has been established in collaboration with the American company Sauer to generate thermal energy from medical waste, according to Azernews.
An investment agreement was signed in April between the investor, the new company, and the government, represented by the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade. The project is set to begin on August 1 this year.
Initially, the company aims to attract $7 million in investments from 2024 to 2025 to process 6,000 tons of medical waste annually. This waste will come from medical facilities in Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara regions, with devices having a capacity of 20 GWh per year.
In the second phase, from 2026 to 2030, the company plans to secure $108 million in investments to boost processing capacity to 90,000 tons of waste from medical institutions across Uzbekistan. This phase will also involve devices with a capacity of 300 GWh per year.
The company will lease land from state medical institutions where the project is being executed until 2048. The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change will designate specific areas for household waste landfills.
Additionally, the project will establish centers for high-temperature thermal processing of pharmaceutical, biological, and veterinary waste. Thermal energy produced will be sold at special rates to state medical institutions involved in the project, with other organizations also able to purchase it.
