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Central city Da Nang to develop waste-to-energy project

The central city of Da Nang plans to build its first waste-to-energy project at Khanh Son dump.
Central city Da Nang to develop waste-to-energy project ảnh 1A waste processing system is seen at the Khanh Son waste recycled plant. (Photo: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang plans to build itsfirst waste-to-energy project at Khanh Son dump.

The 2.3 trillion VND (101.7million USD) project, which will be developed from the already invested firstphase of a rubbish recycled plant from 2015, will help process 1,000 tonnes ofgarbage each day to supply fuel for power generation from 2022.

Director of the Vietnam Environment Joint-Stock Company, Nguyen Van Tuan, theinvestor of the Khanh Son waste recycled plant, said the plant, which was builton 20ha from 2015, will process 200 tonnes of garbage including plastic wasteinto fuel oil, bricks and compost with an investment of 400 billion VND (19million USD) initially.

He said the plant will build a waste incineration in the second stage tocombust waste into electricity from 2022 as the city looks to become a moreenvironmentally friendly city.

Tuan said the project is currently completing environmental impact assessmentsbefore construction begins.

Once operational, 100 tonnes of solid garbage could be used to produce from1.5MW (megawatt) to 2MW of power.

According to the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature andEnvironment, incineration technology could cut 80 percent of solid waste as ituses thermal energy from the garbage furnace to generate power.

Da Nang produces 870 tonnes of garbage each day, of which 95 percent iscollected, and only 10 percent recycled, while an incineration system onlyprocesses 200kg of medical solid waste in one hour.

In 2017, Da Nang and the Asia Development Bank signed an agreement to develop anew landfill and waste treatment facility, using a public-private-partnershipscheme in which the private sector will design, build, finance, operate andmaintain the waste disposal and treatment facilities.-VNA

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