TITLE:
Energy Planning: Brazilian Potential of Generation of Electric Power from Urban Solid Wastes—Under “Waste Production Liturgy” Point of View
AUTHORS:
Neilton Fidelis da Silva, Angela Oliveira da Costa, Rachel Martins Henriques, Marcio Giannini Pereira, Marcos Aurelio Freitas Vasconcelos
KEYWORDS:
Urban Solid Wastes, Renewable Energy, Energy Planning, Brazil
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.7 No.5,
May
14,
2015
ABSTRACT: The use of Urban Solid Waste (USW) as sources of energy has acquired rising importance in current discussions of alternative energy supplies, in particular in Brazil. This paper brings to these discussions an examination of the concept of solid wastes, including their historic origins and formation, taking their social, economic and cultural characteristics into account, including point view of waste production liturgy. Consequently, a spendthrift society slanted towards the decreasing marginal utility of assets must make efficient use of its USW in order to reduce excessive output. Besides that, this document presents the Brazilian potential of urban solid waste to produce electric power.