Title

Economic Benefits From Landfill Gas To Energy Production

Keywords

Carbon credit; Carbon tax; Economic benefit; Energy; Landfill gas to energy

Abstract

An approach was used to analyze economic benefits, modeled based on a single-cell traditionally-operated landfill in the state of Florida, assumed to be receiving waste for 5 yr for the base case (Scenario 1). Costs and revenues were calculated using a modified version of the Bioreactor Landfill Economic Model.3 An increase in operating costs based on the addition of a carbon tax at a rate of $21.00/ton fugitive greenhouse gas for uncontrolled LFG was evaluated in Scenario 2. Economic benefits from a LFG to energy facility were evaluated in Scenario 3, assuming produced electricity would be sold to the grid at a 2010 unit price of $0.055/kw-hr, plus revenue from renewable energy production tax credit at $0.01/kw-hr as per the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In Scenario 4, it was assumed that carbon trading is established and the landfill would be benefiting from prevented fugitive emissions beyond the regulated limit at 2010 value of $2.00 per credit. Overall, cost of achieving high lifetime collection efficiencies are unlikely to be recovered by revenues from tipping fee, electricity sales, tax credits, and carbon credit trading. Under scenarios where high collection efficiencies are required, such as carbon tax or cap-and-trade policies, other alternatives, such as thermal conversion, may be required to avoid methane emissions from waste management. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 104th AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition 2011 (Orlando, FL 6/21-24/2011).

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA

Volume

3

Number of Pages

2005-2009

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84859206058 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84859206058

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