ECOVE Secures Bid for Chiayi Green Energy Sustainable Circulation Center BOT Project

“The Green Energy Sustainable Circulation Center BOT Project in Chiayi City” was successfully secured by ECOVE Environment Corporation and its member ECOVE Environment Services Corporation, in collaboration with their parent company CTCI, and a concessionaire called ECOVE Chiayi Energy Corporation was established for the investment, construction and operation of this project.

This project is to establish an Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plant powered by green energy through demolishing the existing EfW plant, with a concession period of 27 years that include 3 years of construction and 24 years of operation. The EfW plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, starting operation in 2028. By then, the daily waste disposal capacity will increase to 500 tons, up from 300 tons processed by the existing plant. The increased waste disposal capacity will help Chiayi City achieve the demand for independent treatment of waste. 

Cutting-edge technology and equipment will be introduced in this project for incineration and pollution prevention that contributes to high efficiency of heat recovery, power generation, and the lowest emission concentration of NOx among incinerators in Taiwan. Several water-saving and energy-saving technologies will also be applied to reduce pollution and energy consumption in this project.

Moreover, the administrative building of this project will adopt the Nearly Zero Carbon Buildings standard, the highest standard of the building energy efficiency rating system developed by the Ministry of the Interior, and installed solar panels to achieve low energy consumption and 100% independent power supply in an effort to further meet net-zero goals.  In alignment with the trend of net-zero buildings, the administrative building of this project will set a new example of low-carbon building. 

Currently, ECOVE operates 9 EfW plants domestically and 2 municipal EfW plants in Macau. Combined with CTCI’s remarkable track record in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, ECOVE has helped governments and owners address waste treatment through EPC, O&M, annual maintenance, system and equipment upgrade, and commissioning, servicing over two-thirds of EfW plants across Taiwan. Through waste incineration that turns waste into energy, ECOVE turns roughly 2,500,000 tons of waste into electricity, equivalent to replacing 550,000 tons of fossil fuels, as a stable renewable base power of the country.