The prospects of electricity generation from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Ghana: A better waste management option

Ofori-Boateng, Cynthia; Lee, Keat Teong; Mensah, Moses

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.11.008

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“…Howeverthe project does not operate withits maximum capacity in the first phase. The electricity cost in other study, such as case of Ghana with the results showed that the cost of incineration plant with energy recovery is the most sensitive to discount variations with almost $0.200/kWh power at 15% discount while that of landfill power plantwith already existing engineered landfill site emerged the least sensitive with $0.046/kWh electricity generated at the same rate [9]. …”

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Waste to Electricity Generation in Thailand: Technology, Policy, Generation Cost, and Incentives of Investment

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Limmeechokchai

2016

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Abstract. Waste-to-Energy is a challenging management in developing countries. There are many different technologies to generate electricity or heat from wastes. However, reuse and recycling are first prioritized as left a fraction of waste can be used as energy recovery. The initial cost to generate electricity from solid waste incineration is prohibitively high due to its cost of advance technology and the cost of equipment to control emissions. Thailand is agricultural based country and has experiences of many technologies to utilize waste to energy. Landfill gas and thermal gasification are increasingly interesting alternatives to municipal solid waste incineration and it is recommended that biogas technology is suitable and is cost effective in management of organic waste or animal manure waste. This research studied in existing technologies in terms of electricity generated from waste, long term government policy, carbon dioxide reduction, electricity cost production and incentive investment. Until recently, Thailand has generated electricity from waste of 47 MW, from the target in 2021 with target capacity of 400 MW. Since Thailand has an incentive investment of electric power generated from renewable sources and wastes in terms of feed-in tariffs it can motivate private investors to invest and produce electricity to the grid. To generate electricity from waste it also has potential in reducing CO2 reduction and creates more potential jobs. In various agricultural based industries such as palm oil industry, cassava industry, in animal farm and in landfills gas have potential to generate electricity in Thailand. In case of landfill gas with the installed capacity of 3.0 MW, it can generate electricity of 13,492 MWh per year and produce potential of selling carbon credits of 60,532 ton-CO2 per year.

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Waste to Electricity Generation in Thailand: Technology, Policy, Generation Cost, and Incentives of Investment

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Limmeechokchai

2016

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“…The other option is bioconversion, where microorganisms decompose waste in the form of solids, sludge or gas. Anaerobic digestion and landfill gas are examples of biological conversion [5]. The following section briefly reviews the SW thermal conversion and bioconversion technologies mentioned above.…”

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“…A typical controlled incineration system (electricity and heat) is composed of a waste storage chamber, an incinerator/furnace, a vapor/generator turbine, a fuel-gas cleaning system and a waste treatment system. The calorific value of waste is an important parameter that greatly contributes to the efficiency of the incineration plant [5].…”

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“…Such biogas released by the dumps is gathered and burned to produce electricity. Generally, it is collected by pipes that reach the wells installed inside the landfills [5].…”

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“…In Ghana, for example, SW is incinerated or disposed of in limited outdoor landfills near cities, which brings along public health issues [5].…”

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The prospects of electricity generation from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Ghana: A better waste management option

Cited by 98 publications

References 30 publications

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