This review presents a detailed assessment of China Tianying (CNTY) and its operational record in the waste-to-energy (WtE) sector, with particular reference to the company’s proposed majority-owned project in New Zealand, Project Kea.
To evaluate China Tianying’s (CNTY) operational record, data was compiled from sixteen (16) CNTY-operated waste-to-energy (WtE) plants across China, covering a twelve-month period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. These facilities together represent 40 incineration lines of varying capacity, combustion technology, and commissioning year (2011–2023).
The performance assessment focuses on emissions compliance, temperature stability, and operational reliability, comparing Chinese plant data to the benchmark limits established by the European Union Industrial Emissions Directive (EU IED) 2010/75/EU, Annex VI.
While CNTY claims to design its facilities to “European standards,” this review finds that only a single plant — Shenzhen Tianying — consistently met those standards across all measured pollutants. The remaining facilities demonstrated multiple exceedances, operational failures, and suboptimal pollution control performance.