Case Studies

IEA Bioenergy is one of the implementing agreement set up in 1978 by the International Energy Agency (IEA) with the aim of improving cooperation and information exchange between countries that have national programs in bioenergy research, development and deployment.

Case studies are provided below:

Technoeconomic assessment of fluidised bed combustors as municipal solid waste incinerators: a summary of six case-studies. As part of the activities of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Agreement, members of Task 23: Energy Recovery from Thermal Conversion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), visited and prepared technoeconomic case studies for several fluidized bed incinerator plants worldwide. Among the plants evaluated were: the Robbins Resource Recovery Facility (Robbins, IL); the Toshima Incineration Plant (Tokyo, Japan); the TIRMadrid Plant (Madrid, Spain); the Valene Plant (Mantes la Jolie, France); the DERL Energy-from-Waste Facility (Dundee, Scotland); and the Lidköping Waste-to-Energy Plant (Lidköping, Sweden). The case studies, on which this summary report is based, follow this summary report. Click here to view

DERL Energy from Waste Facility, Dundee, Scotland. This report charts the events leading up to the commencement of daily operation of the Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) energy from waste (EfW) facility, which is the first in the UK to use bubbling fluidised bed technology for waste treatment. At the time of writing, the DERL plant is due to begin accepting waste in autumn 1999. Click here to view

Case study: Lidköping Waste-to-Energy Plant. Lidköpings Värmeverk is the main production plant for district heating in the city of Lidköping, situated alongside Lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden. It is 100% owned by the municipality of Lidköping. The plant consists of two 20 MW and one 8 MW oil-fueled boilers and two 17 MW bio/waste-fueled boilers. The maximum capacity of the plant is 82 MWth (thermal). In addition, there are two electrically-fired boilers, rarely in operation. Click here to view

Toshima Incineration plant, Tokyo, Japan. The incineration facility in the Toshima ward was constructed under the philosophy of disposing waste in the area in which it is generated, while minimizing the associated environmental and social burden, thereby Coexisting with the Global and Regional Environment. Click here to view