Currently, Asian WtE projects are expected to finance themselves through power sales.
But only a few projects have gone online so far. Most burn high energy materials only, leaving the rest - 80+% rotting untreated. No public sanitation, no environmental protection provided.
Tipping fees and feed-in tariffs have failed to provide incentive. But could change be here now?
'Affordable and Clean Energy tops the list of SDGs receiving funds from high net worth (HNW) and affluent investors in Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE and UK, followed by Clean Water and Sanitation' a March 26 survey by Standard Chartered Private Bank, looking at investment into the five key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) finds.
However, ‘investors want a robust measurement of their impact and ... metrics to track their contribution to the SDGs' according to SCB.
STOP WASTE NOW
is exactly what effective, profitable and clean WtE projects combine. They sanitize waste, stop emissions, create clean energy, avoid new pollution from stacks, leachate, ash. All measurable parameters and targets.
To me 'Sustainability Investment' looks like THE Game Changer to trigger competition for quality in an underregulated WtE sector.
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