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WtE plant

1. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company

2. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
•Proven Commercial Technology
•Environmentally-Sound; Sustainable
•Economic
Waste-to-Energy

3. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
•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 Experience and
Qualifications

4. 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.”

5. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
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
Waste-to-Energy

6. 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

7. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Location of Project

8. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste to Energy Plant
(attached to County Sort Station)

9. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste to Energy Plant
(not attached to County Sort Station)

10. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy Technology

11. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Environmentally-Sound
Sustainable
Waste-to-Energy

12. 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

13. 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

14. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Recently Raised Issues

15. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
•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
Waste-to-Energy Technology
“Old Technology”???

16. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
“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
Waste-to-Energy

17. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Waste-to-Energy and Recycling

18. 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

19. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management CompanyWaste Management in Europe
Source: European Environmental Agency, 2007
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%Recycling + Composting %Waste-to-Energy Landfilling

20. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
Economic
Waste-to-Energy

21. 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

22. 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

23. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management CompanyAnnual Average World Oil Price
(U.S. Department of Energy)
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World oil prices
increased at an
average of 14%
annually from 1997
through 2007.
Oil prices presently
over $100 per barrel.
•Between 1997 and 2007,
oil prices increased at 14%
per year.
•Increasing oil prices
increase the cost of
landfilling, trucking and
barging.
•Increasing oil prices
decrease the cost of waste-
to-energy
Impact of Energy Price Increases
on Costs of Alternatives

24. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management CompanyCounty of Hawaii Landfill vs WTE#5 and WTE#6
35.00
85.00
135.00
185.00
235.00
285.00
335.00
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11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35
Years
Tipping Fees
Landfill
Energy Price Escalating @ 1%
Energy Price Escalating @ 3%
Impact of Energy Price Increases
on Waste-to-Energy Income
Lifetime cost of new
landfill is $263 million
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

25. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
A Waste Management Company
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