Author Profile
Chief Executive Officer. Chief Executive Officer with 30+ years in manufacturing, deal negotiation, and environmental solutions. Founder and CEO of The Waste Agency, leading waste-to-energy commercialization, bioenergy, and carbon-market strategy, with sustainable-manufacturing ventures at SmartWaste Systems and American Pellet Supply. Writes about the economics, deals, and supply chains that decide whether a waste project actually gets built. Published by Renewable Waste Energy.
Waste to energy project finance sizes debt off the PPA. That's the wrong number: the tipping fee is the only contractual line. Here's how to underwrite it.
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EU Waste Shipment Regulation 2024/1157 just kicked in. Here's what the 21 November plastic export ban actually does to domestic conversion economics.
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5.1Mt of refuse-derived fuel cross EU borders yearly - almost all to cement kilns. Specs, RDF market price, chloride failures, and what the data implies through 2027.
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Thirty years on the buying side: what good waste to energy consulting looks like, the red flags that signal a doomed project, and when to fire the advisor.
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Learn how waste-to-energy operators generate carbon credits worth $15-80 per ton CO2 avoided. Practical guide to verification, methodologies, and revenue.
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What waste-to-energy plants cost to build and operate, how revenue from tipping fees, syngas, fuel sales, and carbon credits drives ROI, and what determines project economics.
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How circular economy principles transform waste from disposal liability into feedstock for energy, fuel, and industrial materials through closed-loop conversion systems.
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