The news that Jiangxi is set to build its first garbage incineration power plant, comes as welcoming news as I spent last week driving by farmland on fire.
The Urban Appearance and Environmental Administration Bureau of Nanchang City recently signed an agreement with the Hong Kong-based Biomax Green Energy Group to build Jiangxi Province’s first domestic waste incineration power plant—the Nanchang Quanling Domestic Waste Incineration Power Plant—in Liangjiadu, Quanling Township, Jinxian County of Nanchang City.
It will be a BOT (build-operate-transfer) project with a scheduled construction period of 2 years and an operation period of 25 years. After the project is completed, it will be able to deal with a maximum of 1,200 tons of waste per day. With a maximum power generating capacity of 108.3 million kilowatt-hours per year, it will be able to provide 84.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to power grids after deducting the power consumption required for the incineration process.
It is a common sight in China, burning garbage and rice husks, and it represents a huge opportunity to reduce pollution and provide energy to those off the grid: