Nanjing Shuige Landfill Gas Power Plant

Nanjing Shuige Landfill Gas Power Plant, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is owned by Nanjing City Govt and built and operated by Australian Cleanway Co.

Completed in 2001, the plant has 4 generators with 1.3 MW of capacity, each one costing 10 million RMB. It has signed a 15 year contract for gas from an adjacent municipal solid waste landfill, free of charge; the landfill owner would otherwise face fees under environmental regulations.
Biofuel plants receive a 0.25 RMB/kWh subsidy from the Chinese government, and the energy tariff set by Jiangsu province is 0.38 RMB/kWh, giving the plant a total price of 0.63 RMB/kWh.

Foreign investors play a dominant role in Chinese LGP projects because of Clean Development Mechanism credits. Moreover, the plant engineer we spoke to claimed that often domestic projects fall short of expectations due to poorer management. A key reason for underproduction lies in the amount of gas which can be harness from landfills. Poor management could result in gas being flared; many smaller Chinese landfills do not meet standards for proper waste burial and may leak gas into surrounding water bodies.