Lhasa to use biogas for power generation

10:31, April 09, 2009  

Tibet will launch a pilot project to use biogas released from garbage disposal plants for power generation, according to Lhasa Environmental Protection and Health Bureau Tuesday.

As a well-developed technology in China, usually for areas of lower altitudes, biogas power generation is a systematic engineering, including landfill operation, estimate of biogas production, power line communication and supporting facilities.

People drive on the square in front of the Potala Palace bathed in spring sunshine in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 31, 2009. The city of Lhasa is welcoming the spring season. (Xinhua/Zhang Quan)

Hitting millions of tons yearly, Lhasa's household garbage contains an enormous volume of biogas, which has never been utilized.

Now an area of 500 meter square around a disposal plant has been designated for a pilot station, in which small factories to collect, transport, and dispose garbage will be established, the bureau said.

With related infrastructure well under way, the experimental result of the project is to come out at the end of this year.

Great economic and social benefits are expected for Lhasa once the project proves successful, the bureau added.

Source: Xinhua

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