On December 19th President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the Baku municipal solid waste incineration plant.
The Head of State familiarized himself with the activity of the plant.
Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev informed the President that the facility is the biggest municipal solid waste incineration plant in the Eastern Europe and CIS. The plant was built by French CNIM Company.
President Ilham Aliyev laid foundation stone for the facility on November 3, 2009.
The plant capacity is 500,000 t/per year. The plant will generate 231,500 megawatt of electricity from incineration of household waste.
President Ilham Aliyev launched the facility by pressing a button.
The Head of State watched a documentary on the activity of the Baku municipal solid waste incineration plant.
President Ilham Aliyev addressed the event.
Chairman of the Management Board of CNIM Company Nicolas Dmitrieff also delivered a speech at the event.
The Head of State praised the conditions created in the plant and wished the facility`s staff successes.

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