A growing global population and rising living standards are producing ever greater quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW). This same growth in population and living standards is also driving ever-larger demand for energy, especially electricity. A key solution to increasing quantities of waste, rising energy demand and methane emissions from MSW is Waste-to-Energy (WtE); the generation of energy – in the form of electricity and heat – from the processing of waste. The addition of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to WtE has the potential to make waste a zero or even negative emissions energy source, depending upon the origin of the wastes utilised.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/waste-energy-ccs-pathway-carbon-negative-power-generation
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Waste-to-Energy-Perspective.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/global-ccs-institute
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-energy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-capture-and-storage
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-solid-waste
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide