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Commercially Proven Commercial applications have been in operation in Japan since 2002. The Eco-Valley plant in Utashinai, Japan, which Hitachi Metals, Ltd. partially owns and fully operates, uses WPC technology. Eco-Valley transforms up to 280 tons per day (tpd) of MSW and auto shredder residue into steam and electricity. The Eco-Valley facility currently provides 1.5 MW of net electricity output to the grid. Maximizing power output isn’t the primary objective of the Eco-Valley facility, and if the plant was designed to optimize power output using a combined cycle mode, it could produce up to 12.0 MW. Hitachi Metals also commissioned a facility between the towns of Mihama and Mikata in Japan that processes 20 tpd of MSW and four tons per day of sewage sludge. Both Japanese facilities meet all environmental regulatory requirements including extremely low levels of dioxins and furans. Mihama-Mikata, Japan — MSW to Energy Facility Plasma gasification is commercially proven and viable, while also meeting all current regulatory requirements.
Plasma gasification is positioned to take hold as a practical,
economical and environmentally responsible alternative to conventional forms of
waste disposal and power generation. |
