The Renwu 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
Renwu District
Renwu District or Jenwu District () is a district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.
History
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Renwu was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 Decembe ...
,
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
.
History
The construction of the plant was completed in February 2000 led by
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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and
CTCI Corporation. In December 2012, the plant implemented a computerized maintenance management system. The project started in January 2013 and went online in September later that year.
Technical details
The plant can treat 1,350 tons of garbage per day and produce 809 MWh of electricity per day. Its operation is run by Swire SITA Waste Services.
As of 2020, it received a total of 35,430 tons of garbage annually and incinerated 36,887 tons of them.
See also
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Air pollution in Taiwan
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Waste management in Taiwan
Waste management in Taiwan refers to the management and disposal of waste in Taiwan. It is regulated by the Department of Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment of the Executive Yuan.
History
Waste management was not centrally regulat ...
References
2000 establishments in Taiwan
Incinerators in Kaohsiung
Infrastructure completed in 2000
Renwu District
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