Integrated assessment of a new Waste-to-Energy facility in Central Greece in the context of regional perspectives

Perkoulidis, G.; Papageorgiou, Asterios; Karagiannidis, A.; Kalogirou, Soteris A.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.021

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“…The main reasons for this can be found in failures to implement the legislation properly, administrative issues, poor quality of environmental information and problems with public acceptance in terms of site selection [141]. The lack of a Landfill Tax is another factor resulting in the lack of motivation for the implementation of WtE technologies in Greece [142]. On the other hand, the EU legislation for Sanitary Landfills (1999/31/EC) is pushing the Greek MSW management to decrease the amount of biodegradable waste deposited to sanitary landfills (further details are provided in Table 8) [143].…”

Section: Waste-to-energy In Greecementioning

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Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Czajczyńska

et al. 2017

Energy

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a b s t r a c tThis paper proposes an overarching review of national municipal waste management systems and wasteto-energy as an important part of it in the context of circular economy in the selected countries in Europe. The growth of population and rising standards of living means that the consumption of goods and energy is increasing. On the one hand, consumption leads to an increase in the generation of waste. On the other hand, the correlation between increased wealth and increased energy consumption is very strong as well. Given that the average heating value of municipal solid waste (MSW) is approximately 10 MJ/kg, it seems logical to use waste as a source of energy. Traditionally, waste-to-energy (WtE) has been associated with incineration. Yet, the term is much broader, embracing various waste treatment processes generating energy (for instance, in the form of electricity and/or heat or producing a wastederived fuel). Turning waste into energy can be one key to a circular economy enabling the value of products, materials, and resources to be maintained on the market for as long as possible, minimising waste and resource use. As the circular economy is at the top of the EU agenda, all Member States of the EU (including the EEA countries) should move away from the old-fashioned disposal of waste to a more intelligent waste treatment encompassing the circular economy approach in their waste policies. Therefore, the article examines how these EU policies are implemented in practice. Given that WtE traditionally is attached to the MSW management and organisation, the focus of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to identify the different practices of municipal waste management employed in selected countries and their approaches in embracing the circular economy and, secondly, the extent to which WtE technologies play any role in this context. The following countries, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK were chosen to depict a broad European context.

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Section: Waste-to-energy In Greecementioning

confidence: 99%

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Czajczyńska

et al. 2017

Energy

678

298

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“…In their integrated assessment of a WtE plant to be built in central Greece, Perkoulidis et al (2010) evaluated expected performances by extrapolating data on existing plants or in earlier studies, rather than by a model accounting for site conditions and the type of technology considered. Also Gohlke (2009) conducted a critical analysis on the resultant effect of energy recovery efficiency on the greenhouse gas balance based on data of existing plants, rather than by a comprehensive model of WtE plant.…”

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Material and energy recovery in integrated waste management systems: The potential for energy recovery

Consonni

Viganò

2011

Waste Management

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“…Some authors have researched the issue of locating WtE facilities. Perkoulidis et al (2010) presented a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model for the determination of optimum locations of transfer stations, for an efficient supply chain between the waste producers and the WtE facility, aiming at minimum cost supply of the facility, focusing though solely on electricity generation. The facility location problem has also been dealt with in the biomass logistics literature.…”

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Combined Municipal Solid Waste and biomass system optimization for district energy applications

2014

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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal has been a controversial issue in many countries over the past years, due to disagreement among the various stakeholders on the waste management policies and technologies to be adopted. One of the ways of treating/disposing MSW is energy recovery, as waste is considered to contain a considerable amount of bio-waste and therefore can lead to renewable energy production. The overall efficiency can be very high in the cases of co-generation or tri-generation. In this paper a model is presented, aiming to support decision makers in issues relating to Municipal Solid Waste energy recovery. The idea of using more fuel sources, including MSW and agricultural residue biomass that may exist in a rural area, is explored. The model aims at optimizing the system specifications, such as the capacity of the base-load Waste-to-Energy facility, the capacity of the peak-load biomass boiler and the location of the facility. Furthermore, it defines the quantity of each potential fuel source that should be used annually, in order to maximize the financial yield of the investment. The results of an energy tri-generation case study application at a rural area of Greece, using mixed MSW and biomass, indicate positive financial yield of investment. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is performed on the effect of the most important parameters of the model on the optimum solution, pinpointing the parameters of interest rate, investment cost and heating oil price, as those requiring the attention of the decision makers. Finally, the sensitivity analysis is enhanced by a stochastic analysis to determine the effect of the volatility of parameters on the robustness of the model and the solution obtained.

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Integrated assessment of a new Waste-to-Energy facility in Central Greece in the context of regional perspectives

Cited by 51 publications

References 23 publications

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Material and energy recovery in integrated waste management systems: The potential for energy recovery

Combined Municipal Solid Waste and biomass system optimization for district energy applications

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