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Waste to Energy, transforming strategy into reality Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 7 June 2016, Manila, Philippenes ______________________________________________________________
This interactive workshop will be hosted by ADB and Ricardo Energy & Environment to support Developing Member Countries in understanding the potential for generating clean energy from biomass and solid waste whilst mitigating national carbon emissions through the adoption of a waste management strategy incorporating Waste to Energy.
Workshop Agenda
Time Session Speakers/Panellists
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and opening remarks
Amy Leung, Deputy Director General, East Asia Department, ADB
Vijay Padmanabhan, Urban sector representative, ADB
Adam Read, Waste and Resource Management Director, Ricardo
09:30 – 10:10
Session A The Asian Waste Management Agenda
Speaker: Adam Read, Ricardo
Panellist:
Representative from ADB on waste issue and potential of WtE
Youngwoo Kim (TBC), Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea on volume-based waste fee system
Coffee break
10:30 – 12:30
Session B WtE Technology
Utilising landfill gas
Biological treatment
Fuel preparation
Thermal treatment
Includes group discussion
Speakers:
Mark Broomfield, Ricardo
Phil White, Ricardo
Tim Fill, Ricardo
Panellists: Representatives from international WtE developers and
operators who will provide case studies.
Lunch break
13:30 – 15:30
Session C
Drivers for, and potential barriers to, the development of WtE
Environmental and health impacts
Social impacts
Regulation
Revenue opportunities
Cost implications
Includes group discussion with guest speakers
Speakers:
Mark Broomfield
Phil White
Session D
Thinking Strategically
Institutional structure and economics of the waste management system
Waste, energy and climate change policy
INDC implementation
Infrastructure and service delivery and Power Purchase Agreements
Includes group discussion with guest speakers
Speakers:
Adam Read
Tim Fill
Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00 Session E
The way forward
Summary of Workshop by Adam Read, Ricardo
Closing Remarks by Ashok Bhargava, Director, East Asia Energy Division, ADB
Ricardo Energy & Environment
Ricardo Energy & Environment is a leading international consultancy delivering innovative solutions to overcome the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. For over 40 years Ricardo’s team of 450+ internationally recognised scientists and experts have been at the forefront of advising policy creation, delivering environmental programmes and implementing strategies that have created measurable value to its enviable client base of governments, international donors and multi-national organisations.
Ricardo’s expertise and experience covers the full sustainability and environmental agenda - from designing and implementing a comprehensive air quality and waste management strategy for ArRiyadh Development Authority in Saudi Arabia; creating and supporting a cloud-based sustainable transport policy development tool, proactively used to implement policy across Europe and in SE Asia; through to supporting the development of over 15 INDCs ahead of the UNFCCC 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).
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W: ee.ricardo.com
Dr Adam Read
Adam is Ricardo Energy & Environment’s Global Practice Director for Waste Management & Resource Efficiency. Adam is a respected ‘waste management’ academic holding visiting lectureships at a number of UK Universities, including Research Fellow at the Universities of Brighton and Kingston. He has spoken widely at practical waste management conferences around the world, and published extensively in the academic and practical press. He has spoken at all of the major international conferences including ISWA, the Sardinia Waste Symposium, and the R3 series of events. Adam is also on the Editorial Board of Sustain, a regular contributor to the CIWM Waste Management Journal, is Editorial Advisor to Resource and has had his own monthly column in MRW.
Phil White
Phil is a Chartered Waste Manager in the UK with 20 years' experience in the environment sector, including over 16 years in waste regulation, policy and consultancy. Phil is Business Area Manager for waste treatment technologies and technical and market due diligence, and is an experienced waste sector expert witness. Phil’s recent projects include waste to energy technology fore-sighting; mechanical biological treatment (MBT) performance expert advice; anaerobic digestion (AD) feasibility analysis and investor due diligence; refuse derived fuel (RDF) quality and export; organic waste treatment project monitoring; and market due diligence for overseas market entrants seeking to fund and develop advanced thermal treatment infrastructure in the UK.
Tim Fill
Tim is a waste manager, project manager and civil engineer in the Transaction Advisory business area - with over fifteen years experience in the engineering and environmental sectors. Tim has worked on a range of projects to help clients better understand potential liabilities and revenues generated by modern waste to energy infrastructure. He has advised Australian, British, Canadian, European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian clients on waste management strategies, the procurement of waste services and infrastructure, due diligence and the preparation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments. He has recently contributed to a PPP feasibility study for the development of a large scale WtE facility in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he focused on the volume and characteristics of the waste feedstock, suitability of WtE technologies, market offtake studies, capital and operational costs and the social impacts associated with the informal sector and the local economy.
Dr Mark Broomfield
Mark is an air quality, odour and health impacts specialist with a BA in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in atmospheric chemistry. He has 24 years’ experience in dealing with environmental and health risk issues associated with waste management infrastructure. Mark is an experienced expert witness on issues including odour and air quality impact assessment; environmental and health effects of waste management; perception of risks to health; and road traffic emissions. Mark was the lead author for the landmark UK Government study “Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management”. This remains a key influence on UK waste management policy. Mark has completed research for the UK Government and European Commission on topics including waste infrastructure, dioxins and furans, and shale gas development. He is a member of the UK Natural Environment Research Council Peer Review College.
Waste-to-Energy solutions from Ricardo Energy & Environment
Technical advice
Independent technical due diligence and technology options appraisal.
Advice on CHP and district heating/cooling schemes.
Pre-treatment requirements and waste derived fuel quality specification.
Financial support
Financial modelling to select the preferred option.
Evaluating capital and operating costs, cost benefit analysis and modelling.
Commercial due diligence.
Regulatory support
Policy support to optimise scheme benefits.
Insight and clear understanding of renewable energy incentives
Planning, permitting and regulatory compliance.
Procurement
Mass flow analysis of preferred technical solution and development of an outline specification.
Supplier selection and reference plant review, including contract preparation and technical contract review.
Independent technical advisor during competitive dialogue, bid development and bid evaluation.
Environmental advice
Treatment options and markets for IBA and air pollution control residues (APCr).
Environmental impact assessment, with unique specialist expertise in air quality and health risk aspects.
Environmental sustainability modelling.