Улаанбаатар
Waste-to-Energy Plant to Generate 35 MW Annually
Society
Ulaanbaatar, November 18, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The planned
“Waste-to-Energy Plant” will operate 8,000 hours per year and supply 35
megawatts of electric power once commissioned.
The Governor’s Office of the Capital City of Ulaanbaatar stated that it
signed the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement for building the facility
last month, marking one of the first major projects to be implemented under the
Law on Public-Private Partnership. Renshou Sichuan LLC was selected as the
project contractor. The plant, designed to incinerate 1,500 tonnes of waste per
day, will be constructed on a 10-hectare site in Moringiin Davaa, 12th khoroo
of Khan-Uul District. The project represents an investment of USD 206.5
million. Construction will take 30 months, after which the facility will be
transferred to the Government after a 28-year operating period.
Currently, only 11.4 percent of waste delivered to Ulaanbaatar’s three
central landfill sites is recycled, while 88.6 percent is buried. Landfilling
releases high levels of methane gas and poses significant environmental risks.
The new facility will introduce advanced waste-to-energy technology that
eliminates the need for landfilling by incinerating waste to generate
electricity. Over the past few years, the concept of urban mining has been
expanding globally, referring to the practice of extracting previously buried
waste, incinerating it for energy production, and fully restoring affected
ecosystems.
The project carries major environmental significance for Mongolia. The plant will incinerate not only Ulaanbaatar’s municipal waste but also waste from Zuunmod, Altanbulag, and Sergelen soums in Tuv aimag, free of charge. Additionally, waste accumulated over the past decade at the Ulaanchuluut and Tsagaandavaa landfill sites will be excavated and incinerated, allowing the surrounding environment to be fully restored.
