Construction starts on $60.7 million waste-to-energy plant in Gia Lai
Construction of a waste-to-energy facility in western Quy Nhơn of Gia Lai Province has officially started, marking a key step in the province’s environmental infrastructure upgrading. The project is set to drive local green growth and circular economy development while addressing the long-standing urban domestic waste treatment challenges in the central Vietnamese locality.
Known as the Long Mỹ Domestic Solid Waste Treatment Plant, the project boasts a total investment of nearly 1.6 trillion Vietnamese Dong (over 60.7 million US dollars). Covering a land area of approximately 10 hectares, the plant is designed with a daily waste treatment capacity of 800 tonnes and an installed power generation capacity of 15 megawatts. Scheduled for commissioning in 2028, the facility will provide a sustainable solution to household waste disposal issues across eastern Gia Lai Province.
Beyond resolving waste treatment demands, the plant will convert urban solid waste into clean
Rapid socio-economic progress, ongoing urban expansion and population growth have made standardized household waste treatment a pressing development priority across Vietnam’s local regions. Modern waste management is widely recognized as a critical undertaking that underpins environmental quality protection, public health safeguarding, urban landscape optimization and long-term sustainable development, rather than a simple waste disposal service.
Gia Lai has continuously upgraded its waste collection, transportation and processing systems in recent years. However, conventional waste treatment methods can no longer meet updated development requirements, failing to satisfy rising demands for processing capacity, environmental protection efficiency and the national goals of green and circular economic transformation. The construction of the new modern waste treatment facility will address current practical needs and lay a solid environmental infrastructure foundation for the province’s future green, smart and sustainable urban construction.
Situated within the Long Mỹ Waste Treatment Complex, the project site falls within the key development zone of the expanded Quy Nhơn urban area, which is positioned as a comprehensive hub for administrative services, commercial tourism, technological innovation and artificial intelligence industry development in Gia Lai Province.
The plant will adopt advanced German MARTIN waste-to-energy incineration technology, a mature and leading global solution for solid waste disposal and energy recovery. Strict environmental control standards have been embedded into the project’s overall design. Flue gas generated during incineration will be fully treated to comply with Vietnam’s strict domestic environmental regulations and the 2010 European Union emission standards. All landfill leachate and industrial wastewater produced in operation will be processed to meet national Class A water quality standards and fully recycled for reuse on-site.
In line with circular economy principles, incineration residues including ash and slag will undergo further professional processing and recycling. Valuable metals will be extracted from the residues, and processed solid materials will be reused as filling materials for construction purposes. This comprehensive resource recycling mechanism will drastically reduce the volume of waste requiring landfill disposal and maximize the efficiency of solid waste resource utilization.
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