Ash generated from thermal power plants up to 12.2 million tonnesVietNamNet Bridge – The country’s thermal power plants generated up to 12.2 million tones of coal ash last year, while treating only 4 million tonnes, meaning inventory rose to 25.2 million tonnes, according to the Department of Industrial Safety and Environment (DISE) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. To produce 1kWh of electricity using coal dust, from 0.9 to 1.5kg of coal ash will be emitted. Thus, coal ash generated annually from the 23 operational thermal power plants measures about 12.2 million tonnes. The first reason was that most people and construction enterprises are wary of the quality of unburnt brick made from coal ash. For example, at the Dong Trieu Thermo Power Plant in Quang Ninh, the average annual output of Mao Khe Thermal Power Plant is about 650,000 tonnes of ash.

Source: VietNamNet News April 24, 2018 09:45 UTC