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Official description
About Orchidean One
ReEnergy is the company developing Orchidean One, a waste-to-energy plant proposed in Cartago, Costa Rica. The plant will turn 1,000 tonnes a day of ordinary solid waste — which today ends up in landfills — into 20 MW of electricity for the national grid. The investment is 100% private, flue-gas treatment is designed to European Union limits, and emissions readings will be published online and on public screens. A second plant is planned in Alajuela.
Key messages
Five ideas.
Data and sources are on every page of the site: the crisis, air & health, the world.
- Costa Rica is running out of room for its trash: 8 in 10 tonnes are buried and Central Valley landfills are at their limit.
- Orchidean One turns into electricity the trash that can’t be recycled and is buried today, with no public money.
- It’s proven technology: more than 3,000 plants worldwide, many in the center of cities like Copenhagen, Vienna and Tokyo.
- Air comes first: European Union limits, independent audits and public readings online and on screens.
- It complements recycling, it doesn’t replace it — as Costa Rica’s Law 8839 sets out.
Brand
Logos to download.
Use each logo on its intended background. Don’t distort it or change its colors.
Brand typefaces: Poppins (titles) and Georgia (text). Colors: Lago Blue #1b47b2 · Sprout #d1f462 · Mountain Verde #a1c93e · Cartago Sky #f9f6e4 · Volcano #e03b47.
Press contact
Interviews and requests.
Spokespeople, technical visits, data and images.