Techno-economic analysis of waste-to-energy in an integrated green economy - Ghana.
| dc.contributor.author | Asante, Kwame | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-14T14:59:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-14T14:59:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement For Award Of Master Of Science In Economics. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ever since the United Nation Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992, sustainable development has been the all-embracing objective of the Member States. Green Economy has been proposed as a means for supporting sustainable progress. One proposition which has the abilities of fixing three of above problems even is using MSW as an energy supply to enhance power convey. This will not only reduce the volumes of dense excess going into landfills but will also maintain the eco-balance between the amounts of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and its uptake by plants. The objectives of this study was therefore to assess the contemporary waste management systems in Ghana; to design a waste management system that identifies cost & environmental-effective when efficiently combining scientific and engineering tools to manage solid waste; and to conduct Techno-economic analysis (TEA) of Waste-To-Energy (WTE) pathways to estimate their economic viability and environmental sustainability. This was accomplished by using the NPV and DPI under different scenarios. Proposing WTE plant capacity similar to that of United States Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No. 2, the findings of this study reveals that: the current waste management is not environmentally sustainable because there are high emissions of hazardous volatile organic and chlorinated hydrocarbons from the landfill and open burning. This study therefore recommended the metropolis to collaborate and coordinate with the government to develop a waste treatment and disposal infrastructure such as United States – Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No.2. Also, there is the need for intensive public education, public alertness and public connexion to change the public assertiveness towards solid waste management in the metropolis for successful ISWM system. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/16893 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KNUST | |
| dc.title | Techno-economic analysis of waste-to-energy in an integrated green economy - Ghana. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |