WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY COMPARISON
Yenra | Updated September 7, 2026
Article: https://yenra.com/power/wte.html

Purpose: compare municipal-waste combustion with realistic alternatives managing the same waste. Complete one record per option. Obtain actual permits and operating reports; this is an evidence-organizing form, not an environmental approval.

Facility/location/technology and development stage:
Reporting period and document dates:
Waste source, composition and accepted annual mass:
Mass unit (metric tonnes or U.S. short tons):
Prevention/recycling/organics diversion assumed:
Alternative disposal facility and transport route:
Supply contract term and minimum tonnage:

ENERGY BOUNDARY
Gross generation (MWh per stated period):
Own-use electricity (MWh, same period):
Net export = gross minus own-use (MWh):
Useful heat delivered (MWh thermal), customer and temperature:
Waste energy input, HHV/LHV and moisture basis:
Biogenic fraction: mass or energy basis and method:
Fictional one-day balance: 180 metric tonnes; 144 MWh gross minus 24 MWh plant use = 120 MWh net, or average net 5 MW across 24 hours. Net export per tonne = 120,000 / 180 = about 667 kWh. Efficiency needs fuel-energy input too.

ENVIRONMENT AND RESIDUALS
Permit authority, document and relevant pollutant limits:
Measured emissions, units, averaging periods and dates:
Exceedances and corrective actions:
Bottom ash / fly ash / control residues: quantities, analyses, destinations:
Metals recovered and allowed reuse documentation:
Water, odor, noise and truck-traffic evidence:
Climate model, baseline, system boundary and displaced energy:

COST AND CONTINGENCY
Total cost and revenue with transport/disposal included:
Energy-customer contract and availability:
Downtime disposal arrangement and cost responsibility:
Lower-throughput or changed-composition case:
Unresolved item / responsible party / document needed:
Comparison conclusion and reason:

REFERENCE CONTEXT
The linked article explains the comparisons and limits. Check exact project or equipment documents before using a specification.
EPA’s municipal-waste combustion guidance
https://www.epa.gov/smm/energy-recovery-combustion-municipal-solid-waste-msw
EIA’s waste-to-energy explanation
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/waste-to-energy.php
EPA’s efficiency method
https://www.epa.gov/chp/methods-calculating-chp-efficiency
WARM management-practices documentation
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-01/warm_management_practices_v16_dec.pdf