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Five Energy-from-Waste Plants Operated& Managed by ECOVE Honored with the Excellence Awards in EPA 2017-2018 Annual Appraisal

ECOVE, has long been dedicated to improve resource cycling efficiency; the efforts have been recognized with the annual evaluations for incineration plants organized by Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). ECOVE Miaoli Plant honored with the premium award; Keelung Plant, Taoyuan Plant, Houli Plant, and Wujih Plant honored with the Excellence Award. The award ceremony was held on July 3rd.

Miaoli Plant, having been awarded six years successively and set a record, deals with 170,000 metric tons of waste every year and generates 95,000 MWh of energy which could supply 26,000 household with electricity throughout the year. Also, the plant commits to lower greenhouse gases and reduces 40,000 metric tons of carbon emission.

In terms of community development, the major environmental education site built by ECOVE adopted the neighboring beach and invited coworkers as well as local residents for cleaning campaign. In the meantime, the plant was rated as a 5-Star environmental education facility title by EPA for turning into an environmental classroom where enthusiastic volunteers offered guided tours. .

Houli and Wujih Plant, taking  lead in the performance among the 24 incineration plants in Taiwan evaluated, cooperatively process 590,000 metric tons of waste annually, generate 350,000 MWh of energy which could supply electricity to 98,000 households for one year. In terms of electricity selling rate, Houli Plant is 82.83% while Wujih Plant is 80.36%; both of the two numbers are higher than national average.

Furthermore, Taoyuan Plant, having won its 8th award, rated as No. 1  in terms of the amount of waste annually (440,000 metric tons) and electricity selling rate (87.4%).
The committee also praised the good operating performances for waste control and the certification of environmental education site at Keelung Plant. The plant has also been actively involved in good-neighbor activities to enhance public awareness of environmental protection and neighborhood caring.

Criteria of the nationwide annual evaluations for incineration plants include operating performance, waste landing inspection, incineration plant slag, and stabilized fly ash control, all of which are conducted on site randomly. 

The 5 awards confirm the long-term commitment and performance of ECOVE. In the days to comes, ECOVE will continuously commit to improve operating performance, environmental protection, pollution prevention, carbon reduction, and technical upgrading to contribute to the community.

On behalf of ECOVE Miaoli Energy Corporation, President Chu (the 3rd from the right) receives the award from the Minister of EPA, Mr. Ying-Yuan Lee (the 4th from the right).

On behalf of ECOVE Keelung Plant, President Tiao (the 3rd from the left) receives the award from the Minister of EPA, Mr. Ying-Yuan Lee (the 5th from the left).

On behalf of ECOVE Houli Plant, President Tiao (the 2nd from the left) receives the award from the Minister of EPA, Mr. Ying-Yuan Lee (the 5th from the left).

On behalf of ECOVE Taoyuan Plant, President Tiao (the 1st from the left) receives the award from the Minister of EPA, Mr. Ying-Yuan Lee (the 4th from the right).

On behalf of ECOVE Wujih Energy Corporation, President Chu (the 2nd from the right) receives the award from the Minister of EPA, Mr. Ying-Yuan Lee (the 3rd from the left).