2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.056
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The state-of-the-art of organic waste to energy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and opportunities

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“…Again, these results are supported by the previous findings of literature, too. For instance, Silva‐Martínez et al 32 find that gasification technologies are the most promising technologies in view of the combined economic and environmental advantages they offer.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Again, these results are supported by the previous findings of literature, too. For instance, Silva‐Martínez et al 32 find that gasification technologies are the most promising technologies in view of the combined economic and environmental advantages they offer.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They evaluate various WtE technologies both on their economic and environmental impacts. Potential and cost of electricity generation from MSW have been considered in many studies, tailored to different countries 28‐34 . However, most of these studies limit their analyses on a particular region and usually do not use optimization algorithms.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding bioenergy development, the main difference between LAC, but especially CA, and the European Union is that ono one hand, the European Union predicts the direct diminution of the significance of bioenergy and the increase of the relevance of biomaterials by 2050 [17], while on the other hand, in the case of Central America, sugarcane bagasse and straw are currently agricultural residues that produce energy on a large scale with a positive trend, especially in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. At the LAC scale, Brazil counts with different sources of bioenergy coming from agricultural waste with significant level of power; for example, black liquor (1.7 GW), wood residues (371 MW), rice husk (36 MW), charcoal (35 MW), elephant grass (32 MW) and palm oil (4 MW) [7]. On the other hand, bioeconomy applied for environmental remediation can have a place in LAC and CA.…”
Section: Limitation Of Bioeconomy Development In Latin Americamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides compost production, first-generation biofuels are another growing industry in tropical and subtropical climates in LAC [22,33]. Although organic waste to energy (OWtE) technologies have been implemented in Latin America, they are insufficient, not only for the amount of waste volume but also to significantly supply the regional energy demand and meet national sustainability goals [7]. This phenomenon is due to a series of factors: the technological difficulties that this kind of infrastructure requires, along with a lack of research and education, unaffordable economic investment and weak political legislation.…”
Section: Waste-to-energy Alternative: Biogas Productionmentioning
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