The feasibility of renewable energy recovery from municipal solid wastes in Palestine based on different scenarios

Abstract

Management of municipal solid waste (MSW) and energy constraints are the most pressing issues for Palestine's sustainable development and environmental protection. Palestinians are harmed by the environmental and health risks associated with the dumpsite. In addition to imported electricity, natural gas and crude oil are also used to generate electricity in Palestine. This study aimed to assess the viability of recovering energy from MSW through various processes, such as anaerobic digestion, incineration, and gasification. Consequently, this study investigates the viability of recovering and utilizing landfill gas. In addition, the potential advantages of four types of energy generation technologies, namely incineration, gasification, landfilling, and anaerobic digestion, are evaluated. According to the findings, gasification and landfilling recovered about 1,027.5 and 634.1MWh per day, respectively, and incineration recovered about 1,772MWh per day on average. Anaerobic digestion produced the least amount, at about 345.5 MWh per day. Additionally, the environmental assessment revealed that gasification and incineration only produce about 5,240,042.1 and 10,143,446.5 tons of CO2 per year, respectively, while landfilling produces about 10,143,446.5 tons of emissions annually. Anaerobic digestion produces the least amount emissions, about 3,234,444.5 tons annually. As a result, the perfect scenario for generating energy includes both anaerobic digestion and incineration.

Keywords:

• Waste to energy
• energy recovery
• sustainable economy
• waste management
• landfilling
• emission

Disclosure statement

No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.