According to the plan, the Thong Nhat Waste-to-power Plant project is expected to start construction at the end of 2025. This plant is located in the solid waste treatment center project in Thong Nhat commune, with a total investment capital after adjustment of VND 5,200 billion. Of which, the capital for the construction of Thong Nhat Waste-to-energy Plant alone is about VND3,200 billion, invested by Thuan Thanh Environmental Joint Stock Company - a unit that already has a number of waste-to-energy plants in some other provinces and cities.
The construction location of Thong Nhat Waste-to- Waste Power Plant is right next to Vu Oai Solid Waste Treatment Plant of INDEVCO Group Joint Stock Company, which was completed a long time ago but could not be put into operation due to not meeting the previous standards of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
According to the proposal, the Thong Nhat Waste-to- Waste Power Plant project is built on an area of 11 hectares, located in a planned area of land for waste dumps and solid waste treatment and was previously assigned by the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province to INVVCO Group Joint Stock Company.
Accordingly, the investor will build a new solid waste treatment plant using modern incineration technology to meet the requirements of solid waste treatment of localities in Quang Ninh province.
The plant has a capacity to burn and process 1,300 tons/day and night and a power generation capacity of 25 MW.
The project's operation period is 41 years. The plant is expected to be officially operational from the fourth quarter of 2028.
According to calculations, with the domestic solid waste treatment fee of about 440,000 VND/ton and the electricity selling price of 2,575.18 VND/kWh (excluding value added tax), the expected payback period is 16 years.
With a capacity of 1,300 tons/day and night, this plant can handle all domestic solid waste in the old Ha Long City and the old Cam Pha City, and gradually handle the landfill buried nearby, which has now reached about 1.3 million tons.
Although it is a province with economic conditions, up to now, Quang Ninh province has only a few solid waste treatment plants operating in the form of garbage incineration, the rest are mainly landfills. In recent times, landfills have often encountered problems, causing garbage "crisis".
According to the Department of Construction of Quang Ninh province, currently, the total capacity of incineration and landfill of factories, landfills, and domestic solid waste treatment areas in the whole Quang Ninh province is about 1,182 tons/day. In addition, in some communes, small-scale incinerators have been invested in to serve the incineration of domestic solid waste in rural areas.
Meanwhile, on average, the whole province generates about 1,300 tons of domestic solid waste per day. It is forecasted that by 2030, the total volume of solid waste generated in the whole province of Quang Ninh will be about 2,948,074 tons/year. Of which, the volume of domestic solid waste generated is about 1,445,620 tons/year, the volume of industrial solid waste generated is about 1,319,273 tons/year.
