Technologies that burn municipal solid waste (MSW) with energy recovery have come a long way in the past 100 years. Although the last new MSW-processing waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities constructed in the United States commenced operations in 1996, recent years have witnessed a renaissance of interest and activity, some of it in traditional mass-burn combustion but more in new conversion technologies. This presentation will provide an update on these renewable energy technologies and highlight several projects under development.

Volume Subject Area:
Advancing Waste To Energy Through Research and Technology
Topics:
Waste-to-energy, Municipal solid wastes, Combustion, Energy recovery, Renewable energy
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