Electricity from waste incinerators
Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 13:35
The UK now has 38 electricity generating waste incinerators, reportedly producing 3.5% of UK electricity at an average CO2 emissions of 720gCO2/KWh,
making it the most carbon intensive source of UK electricity after we ended coal, if we ignore LNG, and probably DRAX biomass, which are both far worse than officially recorded.
The concentration of plastic in the waste is rising , leading to the increased net CO2, because far more organic waste is composted or goes to biodigesters for methane production. Also, with many countries refusing to take UK plastic waste as toxic and impossible to recycle, more and more is being burnt, as land fill is now heavily taxed.
All this shows that reqching net zero electricity or all energy will be virtually impossible in the UK, and we , like almost every other country, to a greater or lesser extent fudge or blatently lie about their true levels of emissions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3wxgje5pwo
making it the most carbon intensive source of UK electricity after we ended coal, if we ignore LNG, and probably DRAX biomass, which are both far worse than officially recorded.
The concentration of plastic in the waste is rising , leading to the increased net CO2, because far more organic waste is composted or goes to biodigesters for methane production. Also, with many countries refusing to take UK plastic waste as toxic and impossible to recycle, more and more is being burnt, as land fill is now heavily taxed.
All this shows that reqching net zero electricity or all energy will be virtually impossible in the UK, and we , like almost every other country, to a greater or lesser extent fudge or blatently lie about their true levels of emissions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3wxgje5pwo