Chile Suenso files environmental declaration for USD 23.5m waste-to-energy project for Collahuasi

Aug 8, 2012 - Chilean firm Suenso Ltda yesterday filed an environmental impact declaration for a USD 23.5 million (EUR 19m) project to generate 48.18 GWh a year from wastes of copper miner Collahuasi, which operates in the northern Tarapaca region.

The project includes a plasma gasification facility that will produce syngas from carbonic material by way of microwave radiation. The syngas will be cooled, purified and sent to power turbines, while the electricity will be supplied to Collahuasi.

The project will produce clean electricity at lower cost, using wastes from camps, industrial wastes, oils, plastics, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), tyres and others.

Collahuasi will be the first company to use this technology in South America, Suenso said.

(USD 1 = EUR 0.807)

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