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BBC Coverage - Reppie WtE

Restrictive Ethiopia cuts an economic dashBy Mary HarperAfrica editor, BBC World Service News
"Samuel says once the facility is operational, it will be able to supply power to more than 30% of Addis Ababa's households, no small feat in a city with a population of four million."


Check out the Focus on Africa Podcast interview with the Cambridge's Managing Partner Samuel Alemayehu at the BBC HQ. He is explains the vision for the project and plans for expansion. 

_CCTV Africa Live Coverage

CCTV coverage of the Reppie Waste-to-Energy facility before the Paris Climate Conference - COP21. It explores the determination of African nations led by Ethiopia to follow a plan of Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE). 

Guardian Coverage of Reppie WtE in Ethiopia Profile

Ethiopia powers up ambitions for green, climate-resilient industry​

The hulking waste-to-energy power plant taking shape on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, symbolises ambitions to convert the agrarian Horn of Africa country into an eco-friendly industrial powerhouse.

The government’s $120m (£76.8m) Reppie project, being built to EU emissions standards, will incinerate the city’s rubbish to generate 50MW of electricity. A computer-generated image on display at the site shows the future factory shrouded by a tree-filled park. 
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In about a year, green, cutting-edge Reppie will replace a vast rubbish dump picked over by hundreds of scavengers. Currently, toxic effluent from the landfill seeps into nearby rivers when it rains and methane perpetually drifts into the atmosphere.