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ENR > Power & Industrial > Changing Economics Improve Plasma Technology’s Outlook - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
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Orders are piling up for a technology that creates energy from garbage, with two new projects announced in recent months and several more under consideration. Plasma gasification breaks waste into molecular matter with torches operating at temperatures up to 5,000°F, turning organic matter into synthetic gas and inorganic material into a lava-like slag that can be used for things such as concrete aggregate. Changes in pricing dynamics and carbon-emission worries are making the decades-old technology competitive, says a plasma researcher.
In November, Tallahassee, Fla., Municipal Utilities announced it would purchase 35 MW from a plant that will consume 1,000 tons of landfill waste per day. That $165-million plant, being developed ...
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