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Table 5 Energy recovery from waste (own elaboration)

From: The potential of a sustainable municipal waste management system for Santiago de Chile, including energy production from waste

 

Biogas/landfill gas collected (million Nm3year−1)

Net energy production (GWh year−1)

Alternative fuel (RDF) production (thousand Mg)

Thermal recovery (substitution of conventional fuels (GWh year−1)

 

BAU

CR

MI

BAU

CR

MI

BAU

CR

MI

BAU

CR

MI

Anaerobic digestion

47

65

-

63

88

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Anaerobic digestion in MBT plants

-

37

-

-

44

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

RDF from MBT

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

265

-

-

1,057

-

Landfill gas collected (2030)

440

377

489

890

763

989

-

 

-

-

-

-