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(Rendering courtesy of Martino Associati Energia)

Macomer waste-to-energy plant

Enhancing waste to produce new value

Luca Macci, Monsud S.p.A.

aste-to-energy plants, such as treatment system”, are due to the technical assurance
the Macomer one, are plants of the plant, to the minimization on the environmental
designed with the goal to create impact in the neighborhood and in general (greenhouse
value. In facts, these plants, are effect), to the maximization of energy production for
capable of valorizing wastes to economic advantages, to the attention on hydric
Wproduce energy. This process, balance and water cycle, to the improvement in the
which requires a virtuous waste management, needs visual exposure, with the intention of architectural
specifical skills and technologies. The design complexity redevelopment, and to the decreasing the acoustic and
is linked to the presence of a heat recovery system the emissive effects. Thanks to the new technologies of
which results from waste combustion, unlike an reduction systems, the renovation of the plant, as the
incinerator plan that can only burn garbage. Autonomous Region of Sardinia reports, can lead to the
introduction of additional environmental safeguards,
“The project construction of a new which allow the emission to be much lower than the
30 MW waste-to-energy line at the values required by the standard, for all pollutants and
Macomer/Tossillo waste treatment especially for particles and dioxin. The renovation of the
system involves the design and waste-to-energy plant has become necessary to limit
construction of a new line that will plant shutdowns and to reduce the amount of waste
replace the two existing ones given to the landfill, which should be the last option
considered for the disposal. Currently, from a
The criteria governing the technical and management technological point of view, there are no better choices
choices of the project “construction a new line of waste- than a waster-to-energy. The true alternative would be
to-energy of 30 MWt at the Macomer/Tossilo waste to achieve a total recycling rate, but the evidence

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