Waste to Landfill
- landfilled waste suitable as a fuel
- plastics
- paper and cardboard
- wood
- textiles
- calorific value of ‘fuel’ in waste ~ 63 PJ/year
- could genrate13GJ / year of electricity
- assuming 20% efficiency
- Australia’s electricity consumption in 2014-15
- 700 TJ
- 13 GJ = 2% of annual demand
- Hazelwood supplies 5.4% of national demand
Current Emission Reduction Fund Methods
- Do not cover energy from burning waste
- ERF Methods available for Waste include
- Destruction of Landfill gas
- Source Separated Organic Waste
- Waste Water Treatment
- Alternative Waste Treatment
- Composting organic waste (avoiding anaerobic generation of methane)
- Anaerobic digestion where biogas is captured for heat or electricity generation
- Organic matter processed into a solid fuel alternative
Maryvale Mill – Energy from Waste plant
- Feasibility Study completed in 2018
Waste to Energy Kwinana WA
Phoenix Energy Incineration plant
- Rules govern what can be combusted. No:
- medical waste
- radioactive waste
- asbestos
- contaminated soils
- tyres
- animal carcasses
- corrosive or toxic
- liquids or gases
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
