Hanoi: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Nui Thoong Waste-to-Energy Plant

On the morning of May 19th, in Xuan Mai commune, Hanoi, Xuan Mai Urban Environment Company and Green Marble Joint Stock Company (GMC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Nui Thoong High-Tech Environmental Treatment and Power Generation Plant Project, with a total investment of approximately 5,250 billion VND. The project is expected to help fill the waste treatment gap in the southwestern area of ​​the capital city.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Bui Duy Cuong and other delegates at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: PV

The Nui Thoong waste-to-energy plant has a processing capacity of 2,000 tons of waste per day and generates 45 MW of electricity for the national grid. This is the first high-tech waste-to-energy plant project located in the southwestern area of ​​Hanoi – an area that has long been considered to lack large-scale solid waste treatment infrastructure.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Nui Thoong High-Tech Environmental Treatment and Power Generation Plant Project, with a total investment of approximately 5,250 billion VND. Photo: PV

According to the project documents, the Nui Thoong Waste-to-Energy Plant will be implemented on an area of ​​103,138.9 m² in Xuan Mai commune, Hanoi. The project received an amended Investment Registration Certificate from the Hanoi Department of Finance on February 25, 2026, based on the initial investment certificate issued by the Hanoi People's Committee in 2014 to Xuan Mai Urban Environment Company.

The investor stated that the plant will receive, process, and dispose of non-hazardous waste, including household and general industrial waste; and will also generate electricity from recovered heat and produce construction materials from ash and slag after incineration.

Perspective view of the Nui Thoong Waste-to-Energy Plant project.

The project utilizes mechanical grate incineration technology for waste-to-energy generation and heat recovery – a technology currently in operation at many plants in Japan, South Korea, Germany, and the Nordic countries. The system meets European environmental standards Directive 2010/75/EU and Vietnamese regulations QCVN 30:2025/BNNMT.

The main components of the project include a weighing station, access bridge, main plant area, chimney, cooling tower, integrated pumping room, ash treatment plant, fly ash solidification area, leachate treatment plant, and other auxiliary facilities.

The project is expected to commence construction in Q2/2026, be completed and tested in Q3/2027, and begin commercial operation (COD) in Q4/2027. The project's operating period is 50 years from the date of initial investment certificate issuance.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Vu Ngoc Tu, representative of Green Marble Joint Stock Company ( thuộc GMC Group), the project's investor, stated that the company has experience operating two waste-to-energy plants in Bac Ninh , namely the T&J Waste-to-Energy Plant and the GCEP Waste-to-Energy Plant. According to the company representative, the Nui Thoong project will inherit the operational experience from previous projects and will be invested in on a larger and more modern scale.

Mr. Vu Ngoc Tu, representing the project's investor, made a commitment and guaranteed social responsibility to the local community throughout the project's lifespan. Photo: PV

The investor also made four commitments: commencing construction on schedule in June 2026; commencing commercial operation in Q4 2027; establishing an automated monitoring system that transmits data directly to the management agency; and ensuring social responsibility towards the local community throughout the project's lifespan.

According to the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment, as stated in the press release, the capital city generates more than 8,000 tons of household waste daily. Current waste-to-energy plants are mainly concentrated in the North and Northwest regions, such as the Soc Son waste-to-energy plant with a maximum capacity of 5,000 tons/day and 90 MW of electricity generation, and the Seraphin plant in Xuan Son with a capacity of 2,250 tons/day and 37 MW of electricity generation.

According to the company's calculations, when it begins commercial operation in Q1/2028, the plant could process approximately 660,000 tons of waste per year, contribute about 356 million kWh of electricity per year to the national grid, and create direct jobs for about 200 local workers.

The investor believes that adding the Nui Thoong waste-to-energy plant will help reduce the distance for transporting waste from the southwestern districts to the northern treatment area, and at the same time contribute to the formation of a "high-tech waste treatment triangle" comprising North - Northwest - Southwest Hanoi.

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