Vietnam’s Ca Mau to build $65mn waste-to-energy plant

The Nam Can waste-to-energy plant is expected to mainly treat household waste, while its secondary goal will be generating electricity.

The facility is planned to be built in Dat Moi Commune, spanning some 20 hectares of both land and water surfaces.

Under the design plan, the plant will be capable of processing some 600 metric tons of waste per day and is expected to have an electricity generation capacity of six megawatts.

Once in place, the plant will collect and treat household waste from several communes, including Phan Ngoc Hien, Tan An, Dat Mui, Nam Can, Dat Moi, and Tam Giang.

The investor for the project will be selected through a public bidding process.

Apart from the newly-approved Nam Can project, the province is also calling for investment in a solid waste treatment complex.

This planned complex includes another waste-to-energy plant to be located in Khanh An Commune, covering an area of around 10 hectares.

Ca Mau Province has only one waste treatment plant, located in the former Ca Mau City, but it has been shut down for more than six months.

As a result, most domestic waste across the province is now being buried.

In addition, a project aimed at rehabilitating and treating pollution at a landfill site in Hoa Binh District, formerly part of Bac Lieu Province, has also been suspended.

This has further limited the area’s ability to fully manage the daily volume of waste.

The new Ca Mau Province was formed by merging the old province with the former Bac Lieu Province on July 1.