Municipal Solid Waste Energy Conversion in Developing Countries: Technologies, Best Practices, Challenges and Policy

Municipal Solid Waste Energy Conversion in Emerging Countries: Technologies, Best Practices, Challenges and Policy presents contributions from authors from India, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and China who come together to present the most reliable technologies for the energy conversion of municipal solid waste. The book addresses existing economic and policy scenarios and possible pathways to increase energy access and reduce the negative impacts of inadequate disposal. The book’s authors discuss anaerobic digestion and other MSW conversion technologies, such as incineration and gasification. The environmental and social impacts of their introduction in small villages in emerging countries is also explored.

Due to its focus on local authors and its pragmatic approach, this book is indispensable for bioenergy researchers and practitioners in emerging economies, as well as researchers, graduate students and professionals interested in developing waste to energy technology that can be implemented in those regions. It is also particularly useful to professionals interested in energy policy and economics, due to its assessment of policy and recommendations.

Suani Teixeira Coelho acquired her M.Sc. and Ph.D in Energy at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), where she is a professor in the Energy Post-Graduate Program (PPGE). She is also a professor at the joint Ph.D Program in Bioenergy of USP, Universidade de Campinas (Unicamp) and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). She coordinates GBIO Bioenergy Research Group of USP’s Energy and Environment Institute, conduction research primarily in biomass and biomass energy generation, distributed energy generation, municipal and rural solid waste, cogeneration, biogas, life cycle analysis, external factors, and sugarcane. She is a recurring reviewer of several energy journals, including Energy Policy and Biomass and Bioenergy. She is also Bioenergy editor for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.