Ottowa Set To Build North America's First Garbage Energy Plant (boilers, greenhouse)

[Six Foot Three]

Ottowa Canada is set to build rhe first Waste to Energy plant in North America that will turn 400 metric tons of garbage a day into 21 megawatts of net electricity or 19,000 homes daily. Others are planned in the USA.

Here's the story.
Technology Review: Garbage In, Megawatts Out

Plasco Energy Group site.
Plasco Energy Group

[my54ford]

Originally Posted by 6/3

Ottowa Canada is set to build rhe first Waste to Energy plant in North America that will turn 400 metric tons of garbage a day into 21 megawatts of net electricity or 19,000 homes daily. Others are planned in the USA.

Here's the story.
Technology Review: Garbage In, Megawatts Out

Plasco Energy Group site.
Plasco Energy Group

The first????
I don't think so..... Waste to energy is old tech, there are several here in Minnesota already with more planned. Olmsted county runs one (OWEF) NSP has a big one in Elk River and SMMPA is planning a 50MW unit in Fairmont MN........

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by my54ford

The first????
I don't think so..... Waste to energy is old tech, there are several here in Minnesota already with more planned. Olmsted county runs one (OWEF) NSP has a big one in Elk River and SMMPA is planning a 50MW unit in Fairmont MN........

Are these NON Incinerator plants you listed as most garbage to waste plants are as most incinerate trash to generate heat while these in the story are using electric plasma torches to gasify the waste to generate electricity as the process uses far less energy than current technology in this field.

Read the story as it explains this technology and how it's different from the current ''old tech'' waste to energy plants in use in North America.

[my54ford]

Originally Posted by 6/3

Are these NON Incinerator plants you listed as most garbage to waste plants are as most incinerate trash to generate heat while these in the story are using electric plasma torches to gasify the waste to generate electricity as the process uses far less electricity than current technology in this field.

Read the story as it explains this technology and how it's different from the current ''old tech'' waste to energy plants in use in North America.

OWEF is an incinerator, SMMPA is putting in a fluidized bed boiler that will burn RDF (pelletized MSW) among other things

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by my54ford

OWEF is an incinerator, SMMPA is putting in a fluidized bed boiler that will burn RDF (pelletized MSW) among other things

SO.......MIT Technology Review and this author of the story are incorrect??

[my54ford]

I'm saying that waste to energy is not a new thing. IT's just useing trash to make steam to make electricity........Or gasification to make fuel to run a CT. Anything new is just a refinment of an old process

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by my54ford

I'm saying that waste to energy is not a new thing. IT's just useing trash to make steam to make electricity........Or gasification to make fuel to run a CT. Anything new is just a refinment of an old process

Right on man and thanks for the info.

6/3

[jason baptiste]

With all the research and experiments scientists and researchers came to this result that it has many advantages over fossil fuels and it does help in reducing greenhouse effect.
Biomass(garbage) is biological material that was once living, or still is living, that can be used to produce energy. Even household trash can be considered biomass, as can “landfill gas”, produced when garbage decomposes in landfills.Biomass energy is produced when these materials are burned as fuel to produce energy. Some biomass materials are burned to produce steam, which is then used with generators to produce energy and heat.

Using discarded and waste products can help to reduce the amount of trash going into our landfills, as well as cut down on our need to use fossil fuels. This, in turn, will not only help the environment but also the world's economy.



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[Omaha Rocks]

This sounds like a great deal. It'd be interesting to see the actual financial breakdown of it all - to see if it's really fiscally profitable.