MSW Power Asia
Among Asian countries, Singapore has been following much advanced MSW management practices for more than 2 decades. Most of the MSWs are disposed of in the incinerators which also produce considerable quantity of electricity (above 150 MW). In addition to that, the biodegradable wastes are used for biogas generation which in turn is used in gas engine for power generation. Other MSW wastes are being land filled. Singapore follows the concept of “reduce-reuse-recycle” and the Government is keen in creating awareness among the public in this regard.
In other Asian countries, MSW management started picking up only after 2000, especially after the development of CDM concept.
 30 MW MSW plant |
 large scale MSW plant |
 biogas plant from MSW |
 MSW transport truck |
Several CDM project developers were attracted with the MSW landfill sites in Asian cities that were in operation for more than 10 years.
These sites provide excellent opportunity to recover methane at low cost and the methane can be used to produce electricity using gas engine. Apart from this, most of the recent landfill sites are engineered properly to assist better landfill gas recovery and separation of leachate.
Incineration concept is slowly picking up in Asia. Thailand has installed an incineration plant with electricity generation facility in Phuket. In India, RDF fired power plants are in operation.
New concepts like segregating biodegradable wastes from MSW and producing biogas in anaerobic digestion are also getting popular. Such biogas power plants are already in operation in Singapore, Thailand, India, etc.
Though considerable development has taken place in MSW management in Asian cities, still it is far away from perfection. In the coming years, more and more development is likely to take place in this field in Asia. We have experience in developing MSW projects. Whoever interested in Renewable Cogen Asia’s assistance in developing MSW projects, can contact us.