Australia’s Trisun Plans to Build 20 Waste-to-Power Plants in Vietnam

Australia's Trisun Energy has aimed to build a series of power generating waste treatment plants in Vietnam, as the country looks to 'green energy'.

       

Sydney-based Trisun Energy Company has set a goal of building up between 12 to 20 electricity generating waste treatment plants capable of replacing coal-fired plants in Vietnam in the next five to ten years, the firm said on its website.

Trisun Energy will aim to provide Vietnam with a “stable, non-harmful source of clean and green energy,” says the statement.

“Trisun’s intention over the next few years is to be the main supplier of electricity for Vietnam, helping to eliminate or greatly reduce the burning of fossil fuels which produce toxic emissions and pollutants, thereby improving the air quality and eliminating the need for landfills which leach chemicals into groundwater,” it adds.

The company in February secured a $520 million treatment plant on the skirts of Ho Chi Minh City, capable of consuming 40% of the city’s daily waste volume.

The waste treatment plants use electrical energy and high temperatures created by an electric arc or plasma gasification. The electric arc breaks down the waste into gas and solid waste (slag) in a device known as a plasma converter.

Trisun says the next step is to build a second plant in Hanoi, "and spread to other regions and locations throughout the country".

Waste treatment is a thorny problem in Vietnam given fast urbanization, especially in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two most populous cities in the country where landfill method is mainly used. 

Japan-headquarters Toyobo Co., Ltd. last year planned to invest in a plant to convert waste into power instead of landfill in Ho Chi Minh City. Toyobo proposed treating waste in the city by using microbial fermentation and then converting it into organic material and energy.

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