Japan plans to generate electricity from earthquake disaster garbage

The Japanese government intends to build several power plants in the March earthquake and tsunami-hit areas, using the wood in the rubble as fuel, which can reduce the amount of earthquake-hazard waste and also make up for power shortages to some extent.

"Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reported on the 16th that the site of the power plant, including the hardest-hit areas Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, may have five seats. It is expected that the power generation capacity of each power station will be approximately 10,000 kilowatts, which can be used by 3,000 families.

Wood is a common building material in Japan. The earthquake disaster produced 20 to 30 million tons of garbage, and about 5 million tons of wood.

Compared to wind or solar power generation, these plants have higher operating costs and the government will provide subsidies. After the wood is used up, these power plants will use local forestry by-products as fuel to generate electricity.

Nuclear power generation in Japan accounts for about one-third of the total power generation. Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was damaged and shut down, there was a shortage of electricity in Japan and the government called for energy conservation.