Archive for ‘News’

Report: Waste-to-Energy and Social Acceptance: Copenhill Waste-to-Energy plant in Copenhagen
Apr 2021
Our report “Waste-to-Energy and Social Acceptance: Copenhill Waste-to-Energy plant in Copenhagen” is now availalbe. This report describes technical and economic aspects of the Copenhill plant, and how Amager Resource Center (ARC), owners of Copenhill, and the residents in the city of Copenhagen found the way to share a common area in which everyone could […]
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A compliation of case studies: Lessons learnt on material and energy valorisation
Mar 2021
A compliation of case studies: Lessons learnt on material and energy valorisation During 2021, IEA Bioenergy Task 36 will publish a compilation of case studies aiming at explore lessons on material and energy valorisation of waste within the framework of the task. The set of case studies will cover social and public acceptance aspects, barriers […]
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Trends & Drivers in WtE report in Waste Management World
Mar 2021
We are glad to share that our report Trends & Drives in Waste-to-Energy was highlighed in an article in Waste Management World. If you still haven’t had the opportuntity to read it, clink on this link. or if you prefer, you can watch the seminar about this topic given by our colleague Prof. Dieter Stapf […]
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More than $60m USD have been devoted to projects for paving the way to a circular economy in the US
Dec 2020
The United States Department of Energy announced a handful of new projects related to the circular economy this past fall. In the Bioenergy Technologies Office multi-topic funding opportunity, several projects were selected to work on organic waste. In this funding opportunity, projects cover a variety of technology areas including development of logistical and sorting systems […]
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Biogas turned on at KwaZulu-Natal Creches
Dec 2020
The South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate Change (SARCHI WaCC) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced the commissioning and handover of five custom-designed waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion plants located at early childhood development centers (ECDCs) in the rural Ndwedwe Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The project was funded by the National Lotteries Commission […]
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Ireland’s first electric refuse collection vehicle
Dec 2020
Waste management company, Panda, which is part of the Beauparc utilities group, has announced two significant firsts in the drive to make Ireland a fully circular economy. The arrival of Ireland’s first ever fully electric, zero emission waste collection vehicle (eRCV) is the first of its kind for a municipal waste and recycling operator in Ireland. […]
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What is happening in Norway in the WtE/Circular Economy Sector?
Dec 2020
The Government is planning to implement a CO2 tax on waste incineration in 2021 (149 NOK per ton fossil CO2, i.e. 82 NOK per ton MSW). The stated goal is to reduce CO2 emissions from non-ETS sectors. Many in the sector are sceptical on the efficiency of the measure. Launch of ‘Longship’ for full-scale carbon […]
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Turning organic waste into sustainable aviation fuel
Dec 2020
Hydrothermal liquefaction can convert food waste, manure, or municipal waste wate residues into renewable bio-oil to be used as aviation fuel In November 2020, the Bioenergy Technologies Office, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington State University, and Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative hosted a workshop on production of sustainable aviation fuel using a technology known as […]
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Australia: initiatives for adoption of the circular economy
Dec 2020
A few reports have lately been published in Australia that are considering various aspects of a move towards greater adoption of circular economy principles. Earlier this year KPMG put out a report which began to consider the economic benefits of a transition to a circular economy in Australia. This work suggests that even without significant […]
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