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Book SynopsisGenerating energy from waste is an attractive solution, as governments around the world grapple with the challenges of providing energy security, mitigating carbon emissions and disposing of increasing waste volume. It offers the possibility of recovering energy from resources that would otherwise be landfilled and contributing to renewable energy generation capacity. A number of different technologies are available, but developing waste-to-energy projects can be complex and can sometimes meet with public opposition. Successful delivery of a waste-to-energy project requires careful structuring and a good understanding of how both the power generation sector and the waste management industry operate and are regulated. Understand this increasingly important and diverse sector with this authoritative title, which features contributions from operators of energy-from-waste plants, engineering firms that have built energy-from-waste plants, consultancies and law firms. Chapters are written by practitioners with many years of experience of working on energy-from-waste projects. The book covers the policy framework within which the sector operates in the United Kingdom, the main technologies currently available, the main issues that need to be addressed when developing a project (eg, structuring, site selection and planning), construction issues and issues for funders and investors, as well as key commercial issues such as securing feedstocks and exit routes for outputs. The focus is on the practical elements of energy-from-waste projects, to help you advise your clients on their actual concerns. The book provides a thorough insight into the practicalities and complexities of developing and operating an energy-from-waste project and forms a useful source of reference for anyone involved in the sector, including lawyers, financiers, developers, engineers, consultants and accountants.
Table of ContentsForeword 5 Angus Evers King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin Adam Read Anastasia Sousanoglou Ricardo – AEA Part I – Introduction Why energy from waste? 9 Adam Read Ricardo – AEA Part II – Regulation and policy Policy drivers, incentives and complexities of the EfW market 19 Faisal Qayium Mark Ramsay Adam Read Ricardo – AEA Issues for funders and investors 33 Nigel Mattravers Independent waste consultant Part III – Energy from waste technologies and issues arising from them Conventional incineration 45 Jarno Stet City of Westminster Advanced thermal treatments: pyrolysis and gasification 63 Paul Levett Waste Transition Limited Keith Riley Vismundi Limited Anaerobic digestion 81 Dan Poulson Tamar Energy Part IV – Project development issues Project structuring 91 Angus Evers King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin Site selection and planning 105 Steve Molnar Terence O’Rourke Ltd Environmental regulation of energy-from-waste facilities 123 Angus Evers King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin Construction issues 135 Martin Hopkins Costain Operation and maintenance issues 151 Martin Hopkins Costain Part V – Commercial issues The wider context of energy from waste: the economics of the waste to resource transition, 1990-2015 161 Peter Jones Ecolateral Ltd To 2025 and beoynd 183 Peter Jones Ecolateral Ltd Conclusion 191 Adam Read Kathryn Warren Ricardo – AEA Angus Evers King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin Appendix: Case studies 199 Glossary 217 About the authors 221
