Japan

Two commercial WTE facilities in Japan (Hitachi Metals)

Hitachi’s largest plasma gasification waste-to-energy facility, located in Utashinai, Japan, was constructed in 2002 and has been fully operational since 2003.

• The facility processes a 220 tonnes-per-day mixture of auto shredder residue Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to produce electricity.
• The WPC technology has successfully proven that it meets strict environmental regulations.

The second facility, built near the neighboring cities of Mihama and Mikata, Japan, was commissioned in 2002 to treat 24 tons per day of MSW and four tons per day of sewage sludge for the production of heat utilized in a municipal waste water treatment facility.

Utashinai Plasmar Gasification