Waste to Energy:U.S. market and investment opportunities

Page Title: Page Numbers: U.S. Profile & Facts 5Disadvantages & Advantages 19State Profile 23Incentive & Concerns 44Cost 51Technology 56Conversion Process 65Types of Facilities Used In the U.S. 88Company Profile 91Industry Agencies Law & More 94Market Overview 104Investor Outlook 115Work Cited 123

State Profiles:Showcasing the states with the most WTE facilities in the U.S.

Waste to Energy:States Define WTE as

Renewable-Alabama MichiganArizona MinnesotaArkansas MissouriCalifornia MontanaColorado NevadaConnecticut New JerseyDistrict of Columbia New YorkFlorida North Mariana IslandsHawaii OhioIndiana OklahomaIowa OregonLouisiana PennsylvaniaMaine Puerto RicoMaryland South CarolinaMassachusetts South DakotaUtah WashingtonVirginia Wisconsin

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

Waste to Energy:States with WTE Facilities-

Florida New York Minnesota Massachusetts

Connecticut Washington

Oregon California Utah Oklahoma Hawaii Alabama

North Carolina Virginia Maryland Pennsylvan

ia New Jersey New Hampshire

Maine Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Iowa

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

Waste to Energy:State Profiles- Florida

WTE Facilities: 11 Total Waste Capacity: 19,364

Tons per Day Total Electric Capacity: 532 MW MSW Managed in 2011:

27,040,919 tons Energy Produced can Power:

430,038 Homes Jobs at WTE Facilities: 885 FTE

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

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22%

27%

51%

MSW (Percentage) WTE Recycling/CompostingLandfill

Waste to Energy:State Profiles- New York

WTE Facilities: 10 Total Waste Capacity: 11,131

Tons per Day Total Electric Capacity: 285.1

MW MSW Managed in 2011:

17,349,855 tons Energy Produced can Power:

265,896 Homes Jobs at WTE Facilities: 522 FTE

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

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21%

20%59%

MSW (Percentage) WTE Recycling/CompostingLandfill

Waste to Energy:State Profiles- Minnesota

WTE Facilities: 9 Total Waste Capacity: 4,668

Tons per Day Total Electric Capacity: 123.2

MW MSW Managed in 2011:

5,710,304 tons Energy Produced can Power:

111,422 Homes Jobs at WTE Facilities: 322 FTE

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

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20%

49%

31%

MSW (Percentage) WTE Recycling/CompostingLandfill

Waste to Energy: State Profiles-

Massachusetts WTE Facilities: 7 Total Waste Capacity: 9,490

Tons per Day Total Electric Capacity: 256.9

MW MSW Managed in 2011:

7,520,771 tons Energy Produced can Power:

212,060 Homes Jobs at WTE Facilities: 489 FTE

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

42%

38%

20%

MSW (Percentage) WTE Recycling/CompostingLandfill

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Waste to Energy:State Profiles- Connecticut

WTE Facilities: 6 Total Waste Capacity: 7,359

Tons per Day Total Electric Capacity: 195.3

MW MSW Managed in 2011:

3,208,768 tons Energy Produced can Power:

157,869 Homes Jobs at WTE Facilities: 360 FTE

Compiled by author sourced from WTE.ORG

69%

23%

8%

MSW (Percentage) WTE Recycling/CompostingLandfill

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Incentives and Concerns:Things the U.S. is implementing to drive demand of WTE’s in the Country

Incentives:

Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)- Provides a tax credit for the production & sale of renewable electricity

Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System (MACRS)-  Businesses may recover investments in property through depreciation deductions

Federal 1603 Grant Program- Offers renewable energy project developers cash payments instead of investment tax credits

Rural Utility Service Loans and Grants- Low-interest loans and grants to fund renewable energy development projects for rural areas

Incentives:

Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Innovative Clean Energy Technologies- Issues loan guarantees to projects that avoid, reduce, or sequester emissions of greenhouse gases

New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds- Qualified tax credit bonds for renewable energy facilities

Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds- Qualified tax credit bonds for government programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other conservation purposes

Incentives:

Credits for Carbon Reductions

WTE plants displace fossil fuels producing electricity and decrease methane production in landfills generating tradable carbon credits

WTE facilities have sold credits to the Federal Government

Lee County, Florida’s WTE facility is the first in the U.S. to be approved under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), to sell carbon credits

Concerns:

During the 1970s and 1980s WTE programs were considered “dirty”

Financial benefits take longer to recap

WTE plants tend to produce varying chemical constituency of energy products

Permitting of MSW conversion technologies is arduous and complex

Cost:An overview of the cost to build and operate a WTE facility

Cost:How Much to Build-

Financing and contracts Finding a site Construction

Overall Cost:

About $200,000 per daily ton of capacity 1,000 daily ton capacity plant = $2,000,000 to build The new WTE plant in FL has a daily capacity of 3,000 tons

Cost:How Much to Operate-

It will cost about $38.8 million to operate a 2,000 TPD facility annually

Revenues from heat and electricity sale can off-set operating costs by as much as 30%-45%

Economics of scale- larger plants have lower cost per ton but will need a large enough supply to fuel it

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