Under the agreement, Blue Sphere and B Pure shall both be equal owners of the joint venture subsidiary responsible for those projects.
The first project in Kumasi, comprises of the installation of a gas collection system and flare at the open landfill site and a compost production facility, with the option of power generation.
The initial investment to commence the gas collection and flare component of the project is expected to be of about $1.8m.
The second project consists of the installation of a gas collection system and flare at the non-operational landfill sites Oblogo and Mallam, located one mile within each other in Accra.
The landfill gas extraction component consists of installing a flare to capture and destroy methane gas contained in both landfills, and the initial investment to begin the project is expected to be $1.6mm.
Blue Sphere CEO Shlomi Palas said as of now, Blue Sphere and B Pure are preparing the operational plan for the various stages of the projects’ implementation.
Israel based B Pure is a project management company specializing in green development projects.
