Nanchang Municipal City Appearance and Environment Management Bureau has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based Baimashi Green Energy Investment Company to build a waste-burning power plant in Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi.

This is reported by local media to be to be the first project of its kind in Jiangxi province.

The construction of the project, which is called Nanchang Quanling Waste Generated Power Plant, will commence at the first half of 2009 with a total investment of about CNY480 million. The project is scheduled to be completed in two years and to have a daily production capacity of 108.3 megawatts.

Featuring advanced waste burning and pollution control technology, Nanchang Quanling Waste Generated Power Plant can effectively control water, gas, and noise pollution during waste burning, and will consume waste from surrounding areas including Jinxian county, Nanchang county, and Qingyunpu district.