The main components of the Soc Son Waste-to-Energy Plant have been completed and are ready to receive and process a large volume of household waste daily from the capital.
After three years of construction, Thien Y Environmental Energy Company, the operator of the Soc Son Waste-to-Energy Plant, announced that the plant has finished its main components and is now qualified to receive waste from Hanoi.
Mr. Trinh Nhat Cuong, Deputy General Director of Thien Y Company, stated that the plant has received 9,000 tons of household waste since January 21. It is expected that in the next four days leading up to the Lunar New Year, Hanoi will transfer an additional 3,000 tons of waste to the plant.
A garbage truck entering the plant will pass through a scale to determine the incoming weight. After that, the truck will proceed to the ramp to unload the waste into the pit, following the guidance of the operational staff. On the way out, the truck will pass through an automatic washing bridge and weigh again. The incoming weight minus the outgoing weight will provide the total amount of waste received.
Trucks from localities will be equipped with chips for automatic identification.
The waste-to-energy plant is designed with two pits that have a total capacity of 40,000 tons of waste. The waste in the pit is sprayed with odor control chemicals and is left to decompose for about seven days. A robotic arm will pick waste from the storage pit to feed into the incinerator while also mixing the waste in the pit.
Leaders of Thien Y Company stated that receiving waste during this phase is aimed at calibrating the leachate treatment system while also assisting Hanoi in managing the large volume of waste during the Lunar New Year. After the trial operation period, the plant will officially come into operation upon receiving a license from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
The plant features a central control room that operates the entire system and monitors various metrics. The automatic emissions and wastewater monitoring system will send data directly to the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment for oversight and monitoring.
As of now, the third incinerator at the plant is ready to operate. An additional incinerator will be completed each month, with five incinerators expected to be operational by June. Each incinerator has a capacity to burn 800 tons of waste per day, ensuring a total processing capacity of 4,000 tons per day when all five incinerators are functioning simultaneously.
All procedures related to the operation and acceptance of the plant have been completed, including contracts for electricity sales to the Vietnam Electricity Group and waste acceptance contracts for Hanoi. The waste incineration process will generate thermal energy to operate three generating units with a capacity of 90 MW, of which 75 MW will be fed into the national grid.
Leaders of Thien Y Company stated that the Soc Son Waste-to-Energy Plant has the second-largest waste processing capacity in the world, surpassed only by a plant in Shanghai, China.
