While a new waste-to-energy plant driven by plasma gasification technology is now operational in the UK, Hong Kong is still considering setting up incinerators as a waste management solution, against all known health risks and environmental pollution caused by incinerators, which, incidentally, are resolved for plasma plants. Can Hong Kong realistically stay competitive if it fails to progress?
UK Officials and representatives of the energy sector tour the newly operational plasma waste-to-energy plant on Teesside, Middlesbrough (Ian McIntyre/GazetteLive)
Clear The Air has prepared a collection of articles updating on the plasma progress in the past year, on plants setting up in India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.