The Miaoli County Refuse Incineration Plant () is an
incinerator
Incineration is a list of solid waste treatment technologies, waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-ene ...
in
Zhunan Township,
Miaoli County
Miaoli is a county (Taiwan), county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is bordered by Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is Regions of Taiwan, classified as "central Taiwan" by t ...
,
Taiwan
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. As of December 2019, monthly the incinerator received about 14,260 tons of waste and 14,316 tons of them was incinerated. The plant produced 8.193 GWh of electricity and 83.79% of it was sold to
Taipower. It produced 2,454 tones of ashes.
History
The Miaoli County Refuse Incineration Plant is owned by
Miaoli County Government. The construction of the incinerator began on 13 September 2002 and completed on 28 February 2008. It began its commercial operation on 29 February 2008. In 2017, the incinerator began to promote
waste sorting before it reaches the plant.
On 3 July 2018, the incinerator was awarded the
Distinguished Honor Award in a ceremony held at Dragon Valley Hotel in
Heping District,
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Ce ...
.
Technical specifications
The incinerator has a daily capacity of 500 tones. It currently operates at 93.74% operation rate. The
waste
Waste are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor Value (economics), economic value. A wast ...
it receives can generate an annual power production of 95 GWh.
As of 2020, it received a total of 15,564 tons of garbage annually and incinerated 14,740 tons of them.
See also
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Air pollution in Taiwan
References
External links
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2008 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Miaoli County
Incinerators in Taiwan
Infrastructure completed in 2008
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