Under the contract, China Everbright International will invest, construct and operate an agricultural waste integrated utilisation and central heating project in the Xuyi Economic Development Zone.

The CNY170m ($27.6m) Xuyi Project, with the help of the "Pellet Fuel & Central Heating" model, will effectively solve three problems – the prohibition of straw burning, dispersed supply of heating, and coal-fired boilers – facilitating conversion of waste into usable energy.

It will include advanced biomass central heating and gas treatment technology, and installs three 45t/h furnaces.

The gas emission standard of the project will be comparatively higher than the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Coal–Burning Oil-burning Gas-fired Boilers.

The project has an annual agricultural waste and straw processing capacity of about 150,000 tons, with a 30-year operating period.