Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 03rd
June 2016
Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
June 2016 Source: AcuComm Business Database
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New/Updated Projects Reported (w/e 3rd June 2016)
Number
Estimated Value (all projects)
Estimated Value (new projects only)
US$ millions US$ millions
Anaerobic Digestion 3 48 48
Biofuel 3 223 55
Biogas 5 73 59
Gasification 3 587 -
Incineration (with energy recovery) 16 1,494 398
Incineration (without energy recovery) - - -
Integrated/mixed facilities 2 376 -
Landfill 8 112 84
MBT - - -
Other 1 38 -
Recycling 5 73 36
Waste processing 6 1,078 293
Total 52 4,102 973
In the week ended 3rd June 2016, AcuComm added 52 new or updated waste projects to our
Business Database, worth an estimated US$4,102 million and waste capacity of just under
13.1 million tonnes.
This takes the cumulative total to 4,118 active projects since 2013,
with a total estimated investment value of US$314 billion.
Waste processing
50.9%
Landfill
14.6%
Biogas
10.3%
Biofuel
9.6%
Anaerobic Digestion
8.3%
Others
6.3%
Est. Value of New Projects by Facility Type (w/e 3rd Jun 2016)
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Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
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New/Updated Projects Reported (w/e 3rd June 2016)
Number Capacity (tonnes) MW
Anaerobic Digestion 3 271,090 9
Biofuel 3 902,595 70
Biogas 5 240,710 17
Gasification 3 296,949 94
Incineration (with energy recovery) 16 5,300,298 822
Incineration (without energy recovery) - - -
Integrated/mixed facilities 2 351,905 42
Landfill 8 4,725,963 1
MBT - - -
Other 1 46,266 -
Recycling 5 399,378 -
Waste processing 6 519,045 -
Total 52 13,054,200 1,055
The total estimated waste capacity of projects reported on
in the past week is just under 13.1 million tonnes. WtE
incineration was the largest category, accounting for just
over 5.3 million tonnes.
The total estimated power generation from these projects
was 1,055 MW. WtE incineration was the largest category,
accounting for 822 MW.
Incineration (with
energy recovery)
40.6%
Landfill
36.2%
Biofuel
6.9%
Others
16.3%
Reported Capacity of Projects by Facility Type (w/e
3rd Jun 2016)
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Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
June 2016 Source: AcuComm Business Database
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New Projects Reported by Waste Types (w/e 3rd June 2016)
Number Capacity (tonnes) MW
Animal - - -
Clinical - - -
Construction/Demolition 2 501,351 -
e-Waste - - -
Food 3 137,724 9
Gas 1 - 1
Glass - - -
Hazardous 1 91,167 -
Heat - - -
Industrial 2 1,431,064 -
Metals - - -
MSW 17 5,449,030 169
Oil - - -
Organic (general/unspecified) 7 2,339,371 513
Other - - -
Paper - - -
Plant biomass (non-waste) - - -
Plant biomass (waste) 6 1,655,885 185
Plastics 1 26,308 -
Radioactive 1 267 -
Rubber - - -
Sewage/wastewater 3 150,690 6
Wood 8 1,271,343 172
Total 52 13,054,200 1,055
Municipal Solid Waste and general organic materials
were the leading feedstocks in the past week,
accounting for 5.4 million tonnes and 2.3 million
tonnes respectively.
MSW
41.7%
Organic
(general/unspecified)
17.9%
Plant biomass (waste)
12.7%
Others
27.7%
Reported Capacity of Projects by Waste Type (w/e
3rd Jun 2016)
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Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
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New/Updated Projects, Country Coverage, (w/e 3rd June 2016)
Projects
USA 13
UK 9
China 3
Canada 2
Thailand 2
Kyrgyzstan 2
Australia 2
Italy 2
Others 17
Total 52
The leading countries in the past week were the
USA with 13 projects and the UK with nine.
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Average Project Values by Facility Type
US$ millions
Anaerobic Digestion 23
Biofuel 122
Biogas 27
Gasification 154
Incineration (with energy recovery) 109
Incineration (without energy recovery) 58
Integrated/mixed facilities 184
Landfill 22
MBT 67
Other 109
Recycling 27
Waste processing 67
All Projects 76
Average Project Values by Feedstock Type
US$ millions
Animal 17
Clinical 30
Construction/Demolition 9
e-Waste 26
Food 19
Gas 48
Glass 12
Hazardous 75
Heat 25
Industrial 104
Metals 51
MSW 91
Oil 41
Organic (general/unspecified) 89
Other 67
Paper 84
Plant biomass (non-waste) 115
Plant biomass (waste) 79
Plastics 19
Radioactive 564
Rubber 33
Sewage/wastewater 49
Wood 86
All Projects 76
The average active waste project is worth US$76 million. There are naturally
wide variations in average project value, due to the size, duration and
complexity of different types of project. The figures on this page represent
our latest estimates, based on data from 2013 to the current week.
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Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
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Top Five Projects, week ending 03rd June 2016, by Estimated Value (US$ millions) Click the flag for more information on each project
1 Bulgaria 444 Construction of a national nuclear waste repository.
2 USA 300 Construction of a US$300 million biomass-to-fertiliser project.
3 USA 300 Construction of a biomass-to-fertiliser plant.
4 UAE 293 Construction of an industrial waste treatment plant.
5 UK 271 Construction of a WtE facility to process 240,000 tpa of household waste.
Top Five Projects, week ending 03rd June 2016, by Reported Waste Capacity (tonnes)
1 Australia 1,500,000 Expansion to create world's largest landfill site.
2 UK 1,400,000 Conversion of power station to biomass.
3 Canada 1,300,000 Expansion of a landfill and development of a biogas facility.
4 India 474,500 Construction of a 24 MW WtE facility.
5 China 328,500 Construction of a household WtE facility.
Top Five Projects, week ending 03rd June 2016, by Reported Power Generation (MW)
1 UK 390 Conversion of power station to biomass.
2 UK 78 Construction of a 78 MW biomass energy facility.
3 Brazil 48 Expansion of a bagasse-fuelled cogeneration facility.
4 China 30 Construction of a 30 MW biomass plant.
5 India 24 Construction of a 24 MW WtE facility.
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Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 03rd
June 2016 Source: AcuComm Business Database
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