Illustrative photo (Photo: vncpc.org) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City authorities have agreed to build a large-scale projecton producing electricity from waste, aiming to cut the volume of buried wasteby 50 percent by 2020.
He city’s landfillsreceive 1.5 million tonnes of industrial waste and 8,300 tonnes of domesticwaste a day. The volume is expected to increase in the time to come as the citywitnesses the growth of its population and economy.
During a field trip to Go Cat landfill in the city on July 11, which houses a pilot waste-to-power plant, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phongacknowledged the project’s effectiveness.
However, he asked the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environmentto set up a scientific council to assess the pilot, which will be a foundationfor units to build an expanded project soon.
Investors need to consider management work in the process of expanding theproject to avoid causing pollution, he stressed.
The project, which usesVietnamese technology, is jointly invested by the Hydraulic MachineLtd Company and the HCMCity Urban EnvironmentOne-member Co., Ltd.
According to Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the Department,the Go Cat landfill received a total of 5.3 million tonnes of waste until itclosed in 2007.
In March this year, the municipal authority approved a plan to build the pilotproject. Power produced by the plant was connected to the national grid onApril 22, 2017.
The plant has so far processed 500 tonnes of industrial waste, generating 7MW forthe national grid.
The pilot project is hoped to promote the transfer of the “made-in-Vietnam” technologyin producing electricity from waste to waste-treatment companies in HCM City.
Vice director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen PhuongDong said under the electricity development plan in 2015-2020, with a vision to2030, the city aims to produce 100MW of clean electricity from biomass, wind,waste and solar energy.
Increasing the productivity of clean electricity from waste is a must to hitthe goal, he said.-VNA
He city’s landfillsreceive 1.5 million tonnes of industrial waste and 8,300 tonnes of domesticwaste a day. The volume is expected to increase in the time to come as the citywitnesses the growth of its population and economy.
During a field trip to Go Cat landfill in the city on July 11, which houses a pilot waste-to-power plant, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phongacknowledged the project’s effectiveness.
However, he asked the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environmentto set up a scientific council to assess the pilot, which will be a foundationfor units to build an expanded project soon.
Investors need to consider management work in the process of expanding theproject to avoid causing pollution, he stressed.
The project, which usesVietnamese technology, is jointly invested by the Hydraulic MachineLtd Company and the HCMCity Urban EnvironmentOne-member Co., Ltd.
According to Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the Department,the Go Cat landfill received a total of 5.3 million tonnes of waste until itclosed in 2007.
In March this year, the municipal authority approved a plan to build the pilotproject. Power produced by the plant was connected to the national grid onApril 22, 2017.
The plant has so far processed 500 tonnes of industrial waste, generating 7MW forthe national grid.
The pilot project is hoped to promote the transfer of the “made-in-Vietnam” technologyin producing electricity from waste to waste-treatment companies in HCM City.
Vice director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen PhuongDong said under the electricity development plan in 2015-2020, with a vision to2030, the city aims to produce 100MW of clean electricity from biomass, wind,waste and solar energy.
Increasing the productivity of clean electricity from waste is a must to hitthe goal, he said.-VNA
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