Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy
• Proven Commercial Technology
• Environmentally-Sound; Sustainable
• Economic
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Wheelabrator Experience and
Qualifications
• Wheelabrator
– a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management
– WM has been on island for more than 15 years
• Operate 21 facilities
– 16 Waste –to-Energy – 609 MW
– 5 other energy plants – 227 MW
• Over 30 years of operating experience
• Serves more than 500 municipalities
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy
• A key component of a well developed solid waste
management plan
• Reduces waste volume by over 90%, conserving
landfill capacity while providing renewable energy
to the island
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Waste-to-energy plants generate electricity “with
less environmental impact than almost any other
source of electricity.”
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy
Provides More than Just Disposal
• Reduces:
- greenhouse gases (European Environmental
Agency Briefing 01-2008, ISSN 1830-2246)
- dependence on imported oil
• Complements Hawaii’s sustainability goals
and recycling
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste to Energy
• What would the plant accept?
– County municipal solid waste remaining after recycling
– confidential documents/records (assured destruction)
– Incidental waste tires
• What would the plant not accept?
– Green waste
– Post-sorted recyclables
– Hazardous waste
– Medical waste
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Location of Project
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste to Energy Plant
(attached to County Sort Station)
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste to Energy Plant
(not attached to County Sort Station)
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy Technology
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy
Environmentally-Sound
Sustainable
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Environmental Compliance
•Highly regulated facility – Oversight would be by:
•County
•Hawaii Department of Health (multiple branches)
•U.S. EPA (multiple branches)
•Continuous emissions monitors
•Extensive, annual emissions testing with DOH oversight
•An initial Environmental Analysis Report to be completed
under the initial contract phase.
•If project moves forward after initial period, the permit
process will occur over 1-2 year period with much public
input
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy Overview
• Full time Environmental, Health and Safety
specialist at all Wheelabrator facilities
• All of Wheelabrator’s facilities certified by OSHA as
among the safest worksites in the Country
– Voluntary Protection Program Star workplaces
– New plants will be, too
• All workers are subject to initial and annual health
screenings
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Recently Raised Issues
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy Technology
“Old Technology”???
• Constantly improving the Technology
– Fourth generation of boiler design since the 1970’s
– Reduced maintanence
– Improved energy per ton of trash
• Collaboration between Wheelabrator and Von
Roll (Switzerland)
– Von Roll : second largest waste-to-energy vendor in the world
– Working relationship for more than 30 years
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy
“No one’s building these plants
anymore”
• Europe - 100 new waste-to-energy plants by 2020
• Finland plans to triple it’s waste-to-energy
capacity by 2016
• A new waste-to-energy unit began operation in
2007 in Florida, with another to be completed by
2009
• Expect contracts for three more plants to be issued
in
US in 2008
Wheelabrator
Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy and Recycling
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
• Recycling needs to be addressed
regardless of Disposal Method
chosen by County
• Recycling and Waste-to-Energy
are NOT mutually exclusive
- Waste-to-energy and recycling are
compatible and complimentary
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste Management in Europe
Source: European Environmental Agency, 2007
%Recycling + Composting
%Waste-to-Energy
Landfilling
120
100
8
18
12
8
6
20
13
32
80
22
35
36
25
55
47
54
48
60
35
40
10
60
57
55
52
20
45
40
39
35
33
Denmark
Switzerland
Finland
France
0
Austria
Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Sweden
Waste-to-Energy
Economic
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Economic
• Total Cost of Project includes:
– Construction Cost
– Operating cost (offset by tip fee and electric
revenues)
• Wheelabrator has estimate of construction cost
– working to refine and firm-up guaranteed
number
• County does not have a firm power price yet
– Power Price drives final economics
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Economics
•Waste-to-Energy
- higher capital cost
- lower operating costs
•New Landfill
-high capital cost
-high, and escalating, operating cost
•Trucking to West Side Landfill
- low capital cost
- high, and escalating, operating cost
•Barging to Mainland
-low capital cost
- high, and escalating, operating cost
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Impact of Energy Price Increases
on Costs of Alternatives
•Between 1997 and 2007,
oil prices increased at 14%
per year.
Annual Average World Oil Price
(U.S. Department of Energy)
80
70
World oil prices
increased at an
average of 14%
annually from 1997
through 2007.
60
50
40
Oil prices presently
over $100 per barrel.
30
20
10
•Increasing oil prices
increase the cost of
landfilling, trucking and
barging.
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
19
99
19
98
19
97
0
•Increasing oil prices
decrease the cost of wasteto-energy
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Impact of Energy Price Increases
on Waste-to-Energy Income
Lifetime cost of new
landfill is $263 million
County of Hawaii Landfill vs WTE#5 and WTE#6
335.00
285.00
Landfill
Energy Price Escalating @ 1%
185.00
Energy Price Escalating @ 3%
135.00
85.00
35
33
31
29
27
25
23
21
19
17
15
13
9
11
7
5
3
35.00
1
Tipping Fees
235.00
Years
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
At 1% increase in energy
price, waste-to-energy
lifetime cost is $251
million
At 3% energy price
increase, waste-to-energy
lifetime cost is $169
million
Finishing the Process
• Within 180 days after signing contract:
- Wheelabrator refines lump sum capital cost
- County negotiates with HELCO on electric sales
Both numbers are needed so County can make an informed
decision. County can make a “go” or “no go” decision on
cost.
• Within 270 days after signing contract:
- Wheelabrator completes Environmental Analysis Report
County makes a “go” or “no go” decision with this
information
• County can terminate at each step -- at no cost to
County
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company