Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan
Due to the economic inefficiency of material recycling of general industrial waste and urban waste, the use of solid recovered fuels (SRFs) not only mitigates the environmental loadings from waste incineration plants and sanitary landfills but also creates green electricity and/or heat and thus redu...
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| description | Due to the economic inefficiency of material recycling of general industrial waste and urban waste, the use of solid recovered fuels (SRFs) not only mitigates the environmental loadings from waste incineration plants and sanitary landfills but also creates green electricity and/or heat and thus reduces the use of fossil fuels. In this regard, the Taiwan government formulated the “Solid Recovered Fuel Manufacturing Guidelines and Quality Standards” in 2020 to ensure the manufacturing quality of SRFs. This paper focused on the status of waste management and energy supply, the current regulations for adopting SRFs, and the challenges in the development of SRFs from the viewpoints (or life cycle) of the environmental, economic, and engineering (or technological) characters in Taiwan. Based on the database of the official handbook/yearbook, the energy supply from indigenous biomass and waste was 1678.7 × 10<sup>3</sup> kiloliters of oil equivalent (KLOE) in 2021, which only accounted for about 1.2% of the total energy supply. Obviously, available indigenous biomass and waste for producing SRFs were mostly from waste wood, sugarcane bagasse, and mixtures containing wood/paper. Finally, some suggestions for the increasing use of SRFs in the energy and industrial sectors were addressed to keep in step with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in 2030, especially in the mitigation of GHG emissions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97e928335c194d6eb97a9187529b9c7e2023-11-17T16:35:15ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-03-01167294410.3390/en16072944Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in TaiwanWen-Tien Tsai0Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, TaiwanDue to the economic inefficiency of material recycling of general industrial waste and urban waste, the use of solid recovered fuels (SRFs) not only mitigates the environmental loadings from waste incineration plants and sanitary landfills but also creates green electricity and/or heat and thus reduces the use of fossil fuels. In this regard, the Taiwan government formulated the “Solid Recovered Fuel Manufacturing Guidelines and Quality Standards” in 2020 to ensure the manufacturing quality of SRFs. This paper focused on the status of waste management and energy supply, the current regulations for adopting SRFs, and the challenges in the development of SRFs from the viewpoints (or life cycle) of the environmental, economic, and engineering (or technological) characters in Taiwan. Based on the database of the official handbook/yearbook, the energy supply from indigenous biomass and waste was 1678.7 × 10<sup>3</sup> kiloliters of oil equivalent (KLOE) in 2021, which only accounted for about 1.2% of the total energy supply. Obviously, available indigenous biomass and waste for producing SRFs were mostly from waste wood, sugarcane bagasse, and mixtures containing wood/paper. Finally, some suggestions for the increasing use of SRFs in the energy and industrial sectors were addressed to keep in step with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in 2030, especially in the mitigation of GHG emissions.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/7/2944solid recovered fuelalternative energyregulatory promotionquality standardTaiwan |
| spellingShingle | Wen-Tien Tsai Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan Energies solid recovered fuel alternative energy regulatory promotion quality standard Taiwan |
| title | Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan |
| title_full | Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan |
| title_short | Perspectives on the Promotion of Solid Recovered Fuels in Taiwan |
| title_sort | perspectives on the promotion of solid recovered fuels in taiwan |
| topic | solid recovered fuel alternative energy regulatory promotion quality standard Taiwan |
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