#61 Florida s Energy from Waste Industry: Utilizing One of Florida s Indigenous Fuel Sources

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1 #61 Florida s Energy from Waste Industry: Utilizing One of Florida s Indigenous Fuel Sources Joseph R. Treshler Vice President Business Management & Development FESC Summit Technical Session #2 10 AM Noon September 28, 2011

2 Corporate Headquarters: Morristown, NJ 44 EfW facilities worldwide (240 to 3,000 TPD) 22 Martin Mass Burn 18 Other Mass Burn EfWs 4 Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) 13 Transfer Stations 2 Ashfills and 2 landfills 8 Biomass-to-electricity facilities 3 Landfill gas-to-energy facilities 2 Hydroelectric facilities Over 4000 employees world wide Covanta Operates 41 EfW Facilities in 16 States and 1 Canadian Province Covanta operates and maintains more combustion technologies than any other company. 2

3 87 Facilities Nationally

4 Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA) World s largest Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator North America, Asia & Europe 4,000+ employees Florida Employs ~ 400 people directly in the State Operate five EfW facilities Hillsborough County EfW Facility (1800TPD) Lake County EfW Facility (528 TPD) Lee County EfW Facility (1836 TPD) Pasco County EfW Facility (1050 TPD) Miami Dade Facility (3000 TPD) Hillsborough County, FL In-state generator of over 217 MW s of renewable electricity Enough to continuously power approximately 160,000 Homes 4

5 Converting Waste Into Clean Renewable Power Helps Solve Three of the Nation s Biggest Challenges Green Jobs Nationally $1 Billion of economic activity potential Clean Energy Renewable energy available in every region of U.S Climate Change One ton of trash reduces one ton of CO2 eq. Energy-from-Waste is a specially designed energy generation facility that uses household waste as fuel and helps solve some of society s big challenges Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): 1 ton Power: up to 750 kwh Metal: 50 lbs Ash: 10% of original volume

6 ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM ONE NEW 1,500 TPD EFW FACILITY IN FLORIDA* Construction Costs $400 Million Primary Construction Jobs (For 3 years) 250 Secondary Construction Jobs (For 3 years) 625 Total Economic Impact of Construction $652 Million Permanent Jobs Created (Primary and Secondary) 115 Total Annual Economic Impact of Operations $22 Million / Year *Source: The Existing and Potential Economic Impact of the Energy-from-Waste Industry in Florida By Thomas Conoscenti, PhD, New York University, March

7 Simple household trash Heat combustion creates steam which is routed to a turbine to continuously create electricity Trash is reduced to 10% of its original volume Generates nearly 9% of U.S. renewable electricity For every ton of waste processed, one barrel of oil is not imported; or, a quarter ton of coal is not mined. In aggregate, the U.S. EfW industry saves the equivalent of 30 million barrels of oil per year 7

8 Environmentally Sustainable Waste Disposal Replace landfills as primary disposal for post-recycled waste Energy-from-Waste preferred over landfills by the U.S. EPA Reduces Greenhouse gases; combats global warming Every ton of waste processed reduces one ton of CO 2 equivalent Methane from landfills: global warming capacity 21/25/72 times more potent over 20 years than CO2 Reduce the volume of waste by 90% Reduces future long haul transportation Extend the life of the landfill 10 times its current life

9 Hillsborough County, FL 1,800 TPD EfW Facility Three 400 TPD Martin combustion units plus new 600 TPD unit Originally designed as 1,200 TPD facility completed in TPD 4 th unit completed September MW electrical generating capability Publicly-owned facility

10 Modern Energy-from-Waste

11 Environmental Performance of EfW The EPA requires incinerators to use the best control technologies, but unfortunately, the best control technology is a poor technology and ineffective of removing the toxins from an incinerators emissions. on/zw/incineration.html Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 The performance of the MACT retrofit has been outstanding. USEPA 8/10/2007 Pollutant % reduction Dioxin 99 Mercury 96 Cadmium 96 Lead 97 Particulate Matter 96 HCl 94 SO2 88 NOx 24

12 Outstanding Environmental Performance Technology, operating protocols, employee incentives and skilled operators result in superior environmental performance Typical operation 60-80% below EPA limits Leadership in developing/applying technologies LN TM (low NO x Technology) Carbon injection for mercury control Numerous awards 28 EPA Performance Track facilities Sustainable Florida Leadership Michigan Clean Corporate Citizen Virginia Environmental Excellence New Jersey Clean Communities Year Year Average Operating Hours 612, , , , , , , ,217 Compliance % , % Our goal is 100% compliance Culture of sustainability driven by Clean World Initiative

13 Public Views: EfW v. Landfill Florida TaxWatch, a statewide nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute, commissioned a survey that shows that there is an overwhelming majority of Floridians that want the Legislature to pass a bill that will increase renewable energy production in the State. McLaughlin & Associates partnered with Anzalone Liszt Research to develop and conduct a bipartisan survey on November 3-4, The accuracy of the sample of 800 likely general election voters, who pay their electric bill, is within +/- 3.4% at a 95% confidence interval. 13

14 More EFW Potential Florida is still heavily dependent on landfilling.* There are 66 active MSW landfills in Florida burying the energy equivalent of over 15 million barrels of oil annually. Orange County 1,602,017 TPY Duval County 1,009,028 TPY Brevard County 830,317 TPY Polk County 785,227 TPY Volusia County 476,045 TPY Collier 390,180 TPY Sarasota County 382,288 TPY Escambia County 380,396 TPY Seminole County 349,781 TPY Manatee County 276,486 TPY Osceola County 265,141 TPY * FDEP 2009 Data 14

15 Report to FL PSC identifies renewable energy generation potential of municipal solid waste in Florida to be 1,330 to 2,273 new MWs 15 by 2020 Navagant Dec 2008