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Alter NRG Corp. announces the commissioning of an incinerator ash vitrification facility in China
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nTSX -\n NRG                                                                                                           \nOTCQX - ANRGF\n\n\nCALGARY, Jan. 28, 2014 /CNW/ - Alter NRG Corp. (\"Alter NRG\" or the\n \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has successfully commissioned\n the Westinghouse Plasma torch systems and participated in the recent\n Grand Opening of an incinerator ash vitrification facility (the\n \"Facility\") constructed by GTS Energy in Shanghai, China. The facility\n is co-located with Shanghai Environmental, a subsidiary of large,\n state-owned enterprise Shanghai Chengtou Holding Co. Ltd., who operates\n businesses that transport domestic wastes to landfills and\n incinerators.  The recent Grand Opening of the Facility was well\n attended by local media, environmental groups, interested incineration\n and other industrial companies, as well as government officials.\n\n\nAccording to Dean Mao, Deputy General Manager of GTS Energy, \"GTS has\n successfully commissioned the plasma torch systems with the support of\n Alter NRG. The success of the torch commissioning was a very important,\n key step in the success of the project. The project has been well\n received in China and was highlighted at the World Environmental\n Protection Exposition held in Beijing in July 2013.  Since that event\n the project has generated significant interest in China and we believe\n the project will establish a new way for solid waste treatment in\n China.\"\n\n\nIn China and many other countries, incinerator ash is considered a\n hazardous waste which is a growing, expensive problem that requires\n special treatment which can cost up to $USD300 per tonne.  The\n Westinghouse Plasma Technology is able to treat the ash, turning the\n majority of it into a benign glass-like slag t...