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The typical plant with a capacity of 400 GWh energy production annually costs about 440 million dollars to build. Waste-to-energy plants may have a significant cost advantage over traditional power options, as the waste-to-energy operator may receive revenue for receiving waste as an alternative to the cost of disposing of waste in a landfill, typically referred to as a "tipping fee" per ton ...
The US Air Force once tested a Transportable Plasma Waste to Energy System (TPWES) facility (PyroGenesis technology) at Hurlburt Field, Florida. [40] The plant, which cost $7.4 million to construct, [ 41 ] was closed and sold at a government liquidation auction in May 2013, less than three years after its commissioning.
The county estimated that costs to upgrade and modernize the existing incinerator could cost $300 million, while the cost of replacing it with a new one runs over $1 billion.
The State of Florida uses the term full-cost accounting for its solid waste management. In this instance, FCA is a systematic approach for identifying, summing, and reporting the actual costs of solid waste management. It takes into account past and future outlays, overhead (oversight and support services) costs, and operating costs. [3] [4]
The aging incinerator that burned down last year in Doral processed half of Miami-Dade’s trash, forcing the county to ship the garbage some 100 miles north.
Plasma gasification is in commercial use as a waste-to-energy system that converts municipal solid waste, tires, hazardous waste, and sewage sludge into synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be used to generate power. Municipal-scale waste disposal plasma arc facilities have been in operation in Japan and China since 2002.
Any suggestion that waste-to-energy be removed from Miami-Dade County’s toolbox, as proposed by the Aug. 10 op-ed “A new incinerator to burn waste in Miami-Dade is a toxic proposal” is ...