A Study for Energy Supply Options Utilizing Refuse

An Evaluation of Regional Electricity Supply Potentials by ROSE Model

Abstract

We developed an optimization-type energy model named ROSE (Refuse Option for Supplying Energy) to evaluate the energy-use technologies of the refuse in the city. ROSE is applied to the 23 wards in Tokyo. We evaluate the future potentials of the conventional refuse power generation, the large-scale refuse power generation and the RDF power generation from the views of cost and CO₂ emission reduction.
Without increasing system cost, CO₂ emission can be reduced by refuse energy systems (refuse power generation, RDF power generation). When the large-scale refuse power generation system was assumed to be available, the system cost could be reduced largely. RDF power generation was introduced in case of the CO₂ emission was limited.