Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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Recycling

45.3%

Anaerobic Digestion

42.6%

Other

10.0%

Incineration (with

energy recovery)

2.2%

Est. Value of New Projects by Facility Type (w/e 13 Dec 2015)

New/Updated Projects Reported (w/e 13 Dec 2015)

Number

Estimated Value (all projects)

Estimated Value (new projects only)

US$ millions US$ millions

Anaerobic Digestion 6 99 49

Biofuel 3 183 -

Biogas 3 66 66

Gasification 5 687 -

Incineration (with energy recovery) 10 1,270 2

Incineration (without energy recovery) - - -

Integrated/mixed facilities 2 371 -

Landfill - - -

MBT 1 69 -

Other 3 207 11

Recycling 8 106 52

Waste processing 3 107 -

Total 44 3,165 180

In the week ended 13th December 2015, AcuComm added 44 new or updated waste projects

to our Business Database, worth an estimated US$3,165 million and waste capacity of just

under 10 million tonnes.

This takes the cumulative total to 3,706 active projects since 2013,

with a total estimated investment value of US$318 billion.

To find out more information about the projects and investments

covered in this update, click here

Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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New/Updated Projects Reported (w/e 13 Dec 2015)

Number Capacity (tonnes) MW

Anaerobic Digestion 6 585,817 19

Biofuel 3 1,585,752 78

Biogas 3 129,098 12

Gasification 5 717,444 125

Incineration (with energy recovery) 10 3,979,505 261

Incineration (without energy recovery) - - -

Integrated/mixed facilities 2 1,130,654 50

Landfill - - -

MBT 1 52,688 4

Other 3 401,991 9

Recycling 8 993,846 25

Waste processing 3 407,433 6

Total 44 9,984,229 589

The total estimated waste capacity of projects reported on

in the past week is just under 10.0 million tonnes.

Incineration with energy recovery was the largest category,

accounting for just under 4.0 million tonnes.

The total estimated power generation from these projects

was 589 MW. WtE incineration was the largest category,

accounting for 261 MW.

Incineration (with

energy recovery)

39.9%

Biofuel

15.9%

Integrated/mixed

facilities

11.3%

Others

32.9%

Reported Capacity of Projects by Facility Type (w/e

13 Dec 2015)

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Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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New Projects Reported by Waste Types (w/e 13 Dec 2015)

Number Capacity (tonnes) MW

Animal 2 333,112 8

Clinical - - -

Construction/Demolition - - -

e-Waste - - -

Food 1 54,059 2

Gas 1 136,261 -

Glass - - -

Hazardous 1 91,167 3

Heat 1 345,991 5

Industrial 3 693,020 18

Metals 1 50,000 22

MSW 15 5,182,730 323

Oil - - -

Organic (general/unspecified) 3 129,930 7

Other 1 26,280 -

Paper - - -

Plant biomass (non-waste) 2 805,824 41

Plant biomass (waste) 6 1,382,700 96

Plastics - - -

Radioactive 1 267 -

Rubber - - -

Sewage/wastewater 2 147,675 9

Wood 4 605,214 56

Total 44 9,984,229 589

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) accounted for

the largest share of projects by feedstock type

in the past week, with an annualised figure of

just under 5.2 million tonnes.

MSW

51.9%

Plant biomass

(waste)

13.8%

Plant biomass

(non-waste)

8.1%

Others

26.2%

Reported Capacity of Projects by Waste Type (w/e

13 Dec 2015)

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Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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New/Updated Projects, Country Coverage, (w/e 13 Dec 2015)

Projects

UK 10

USA 9

France 3

Netherlands 2

Denmark 2

others 18

Total 44

The leading countries in the past week were the UK with

ten projects and the USA with nine projects.

These were followed by France with three, and the

Netherlands/Denmark with two each.

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Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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Average Project Values by Facility Type

US$ millions

Anaerobic Digestion 24

Biofuel 120

Biogas 28

Gasification 176

Incineration (with energy recovery) 106

Incineration (without energy recovery) 85

Integrated/mixed facilities 184

Landfill 23

MBT 67

Other 329

Recycling 27

Waste processing 67

All Projects 86

Average Project Values by Feedstock Type

US$ millions

Animal 20

Clinical 34

Construction/Demolition 7

e-Waste 27

Food 19

Gas 219

Glass 12

Hazardous 88

Heat 26

Industrial 122

Metals 41

MSW 96

Oil 59

Organic (general/unspecified) 85

Other 71

Paper 89

Plant biomass (non-waste) 95

Plant biomass (waste) 83

Plastics 17

Radioactive 603

Rubber 44

Sewage/wastewater 46

Wood 82

All Projects 86

The average waste project is worth US$86 million. There are naturally

wide variations in average project value, due to the size, duration and

complexity of different types of project. The figures on this page

represent our latest estimates, based on data from 2013 to the most

recent week. To find out more information about the projects and investments

covered in this update, click here

Weekly Waste Projects Update – week ending 13th

December 2015

Weekly Waste Projects Update: week ending 13th

December 2015 Source: AcuComm Business Database

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Top Five New/Updated Projects in Latest Week by Estimated US$m Value Click the flag for more information on each project

1 UK 337 Construction of a >30 MW WtE facility.

2 USA 200 Construction of a biomass-to-fuel plant.

3 USA 185 RFEOI invited for municipal solid waste project.

4 UK 185 Construction of an integrated waste management facility.

5 Ireland 181 Proposed construction of a waste gasification facility.

Top Five New/Updated Projects in Latest Week by Reported Waste Capacity

1 Japan 1,243,920 Construction of a WtE & recycling facility.

2 UK 853,500 Construction of an integrated waste management facility.

3 UK 550,000 Construction of a 550,000 tpa WtE plant.

4 China 430,000 Construction of a WtE plant.

5 Ireland 350,000 Proposed construction of a waste gasification facility.

Top Five New/Updated Projects in Latest Week by Reported MW Power Generation

1 Ethiopia 50 Construction of a 50 MW waste-to-energy plant.

2 UK 45 Construction of a 550,000 tpa WtE plant.

3 UK 40 Construction of 40 MW biomass plant.

4 Zimbabwe 36 Construction of a 120 million litre bioethanol plant.

5 Ireland 36 Proposed construction of a waste gasification facility.

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