Waste to Energy

OUTLOOK FOR THE PHILIPPINES

GRACE P. SAPUAY
President
Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines
gpsapuay@gmail.com swappinc2017@gmail.com

Presented at the

Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Inc.

44th Annual National Convention and EXPO
Nov 29, 2019
SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City
 SWM Laws in the Philippines

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9513

Approved on December 16, 2008: An Act promoting the
Source: NSWMC)
development, utilization and commercialization of renewable
energy resources and for other purposes
 Solid Waste Management in the Philippines: Current Situation

Issues:
1. Huge waste generation
2. Open dumping
3. Not enough space for disposal (NIMBY attitude)
4. Mostly dominated by the informal waste sector (IWS)
 Issues on compliance to Republic Act 9003 (as of 2017)
31% of 42,000 (13,020)
barangays are served by
Materials Recovery Facilities
(MRFs)

Source: NSWMC)

Only 228 out of 1,634

LGUs have access to SLFs
SOLID WASTE GENERATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Source: NSWMC)
 Solid Waste generation and Urbanization
Metro Manila contributed 25% of PH Metro Manila is projected to contribute
Solid waste generation in 2010. 26.7% by 2020.
Data on the
infographic came
from the Ecological
Solid Waste
Management-NCR
section of the DENR
and shows a total
of 9,283,889
kilograms of waste
produced per
day…cited in
Madarang C.S. 2019
http://www.interaks
yon.com/politics-
issues/2019/02/28/
145000/garbage-
metro-manila-bay-
pollution-
environment/
Metro Manila dumps 9,284 tons per day or about
3,312,000 TPD annually (data as of 2018) Total waste generation = 9,283,889
 OUTLOOK OF WASTE TO ENERGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Regulations
on Waste
to Energy
Technology

Source: NSWMC)
 GROWING MARKET FOR WASTE TO ENERGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Initiatives from private sector investments on waste to energy using
municipal solid waste

Quezon City Project MOEJ (Envi. Ministry Japan)

Consortium: MPIC – COVANTA – MACQUARIE JV with QC
Gov (5%) FS done for cities like Davao
PhP 15B (GBP 212 million or US$287 million or Euros 243 Financial options for Davao being developed
million) investment, 13.4% IRR
MBT (Mech. Bio. Treatment) + Stoker Pangasinan
35 yr concession agreement + 15 yrs Green Atom Renewable Energy Corporation, under
(No notice of award as of todate) the Rublou Group of Companies – set to build
Mactan Island, Cebu PHP4.5-billion waste-to-energy (WTE) facility
Waste To Energy Facility Manila
By EnEco (TOPS) Alset Power
(Was not able to operate due to some internal issues among
shareholders), still meaning to start a new one inside MEPZ. Puerto Princesa, Palawan
San Jose, Nueva Ecija Wynergy plans to build a plasma gasification WTE plant
Producing energy from rice hull (biomass) in the city
Other investors

Aboitiz Power Corporation

For NAGA, CEBU
Green Atom Renewable Energy Corp.,
Cebu-based ARN Central Waste
Integrated Green Technology Visayas
Management Inc., the proponent of the
landfill and WTE facility that is now being New Sky Energy Inc.

constructed in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu Waste Management Inc.,

City.
Udenna Infrastructure Inc.,

Marubeni Philippines Corp.,

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/268879/11-firms-want-
to-build-wte-facility-in-naga#ixzz65uR7Ajng Metro Pacific Investment,

Mardee Renewable Energy Developers Corp., and

Fil Products Inc.

 WHAT ABOUT BIOGAS?
The Philippines - mainly an
agricultural country
Total land area - 30 million
hectares
(32.24% )- agricultural. The
total area devoted to
agricultural crops is
4.936million hectares
(16.45% arable land)
distributed among food
grains, food crops and non-
food crops; 0.129 million
pastureland
(http://countrystat.psa.gov.ph/)
➢ Biogas - biomass or biodegradable waste
(agricultural waste is included in RA 9003)
➢ Among those listed as renewable energy
under Republic Act 9513 (Approved on
December 16, 2008: An Act promoting the
development, utilization and
commercialization of renewable energy
resources and for other purposes)
➢ RA 9513 policy framework is outlined in the
National Renewable Energy Program (NREP)
The resources available in the Philippines can generate
biomass projects with a potential capacity of more than
200 MW. (https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/tag/biomass-energy-in-philippines/)
 CURRENT ENERGY SOURCES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
As can be seen, there is no
energy source yet from MSW in
the Philippines.

Infographic credit:
https://www.napocor.gov.phttps://www.napocor.gov.ph/index.php/advocacies/infographics/ene
rgy-sources-in-the-philippinesh/index.php/advocacies/infographics/energy-sources-in-the-
philippines Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142608056@N02/43756877871
 SOME INVESTMENTS IN PHILIPPINE BIOMASS INDUSTRY

FDR-IRRMI (Biogas), Naga, Cebu PlanET Biogas in Bantayan island

Philippines’ first hybrid Dry using animal manure from hogs
Anaerobic Digesting (DAD) http://en.planet-biogas.com/planet-
biogas-plant-starts-operation-on-the-
Biogas Plant philippines/

Alterna Verde in Bulacan

 Other INVESTMENTS IN PHILIPPINE BIOMASS INDUSTRY
La Suerte (San Miguel Isabela)
Photo credit:
http://conceptnewscentral.com/index.php/2
017/05/06/boi-okays-p410m-biomass-
power-plant-isabela/
The cogeneration plant , after
converting excess bagasse to energy,
generates approximately 19 megawatts
of renewable power, 13 megawatts of
which will be exported to the National way to financial health with a P1.1 billion
Grid in support of the Philippine
Government’s Energy Development
Program
Green Future Innovations, Inc.
(GFII) in San Mariano, Isabela
Joint Venture corporation by and among
Filipino, Japanese and Taiwanese
partners and is a domestic corporation
duly-registered under Philippine Laws
Added to the growing list:
Isabela Biomass Energy Corp. (IBEC) -20-
MW rice-husk-fired power plant in Alicia,
Isabela. IBEC has tapped local bank Banco
de Oro for a credit line of P1.8 billion to
help finance the power project and its link
to the national grid.
Victorias Milling Co. Inc. is energizing its
40MW biomass power project.in Victorias
City, Negros Occidental province.
First Quezon Biogas Corporation
(FQBC), a partner company in the
province of Yamato Technologies
based in Singapore – Quezon
Province
 Other INVESTMENTS IN PHILIPPINE BIOMASS INDUSTRY

12 MW project
SAN JOSE CITY
POWER
CORPORATION

(OWNED BY THE
OWNER OF
PUREGOLD)

https://centraluzon.wixsite.com/logical-destination/single-post/2017/06/23/San-Jose-City-I-Power-Corporation-
Expands-Operations
 MSW: Emerging Technologies for WTE

SOLID WASTE: A SOURCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY?

THE PROCESS OF USING SOLID WASTE AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL MATERIALS IN REFUSED DERIVED-
FUEL (RDF) shows that MSW can now be used as a substitute fuel for some industrial processing
although to a limited extent.

Source: https://www.doe.gov.ph/electric-power/power-situation-report-2014

Sources: http://afeo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Investment-Opportunities-Philippines.pdf
DOE
 What is the outlook for waste to energy from MSW?
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB):
THE DEVELOPMENT of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities in
the Philippines through public-private partnerships (PPPs)
may be plagued by uncertainty due to an inadequate legal
framework.
What did the Supreme Court say?
Supreme Court had already ruled in the case of MMDA v.
JanCom Environmental Corp. that "not
all incinerations violate the law.“
What’s in the news?
Waste-to-energy projects at LGUs seen as ‘next wave’ by
PPP center (Nov 2018)
DENR pursues waste-to-energy option (Feb. 2019)
11 firms want to build WTE facility in Naga, Cebu (Nov. 2019)
Why?
"That's our direction now, considering there's increasing
generation of waste in the country,” - DENR Undersecretary
Jonas Leones
CONCLUSION:
MSW - SHOULD BE DECLARED AS RENEWABLE
ENERGY (To provide an adequate legal
framework, with which WTE facility investors can
work on) – though it is considered as non-
biomass source of energy.
WTE OR ENERGY FROM WASTE – Can and should
be harnessed to add to the growing list of
sources of energy that we can use.
Using municipal solid waste as a renewable
energy source not only provides us with
additional source of energy but helps us to solve
the humungous problem of the current solid
waste situation and get rid of landfills that are
NOT ONLY space consuming BUT ALSO threaten
our groundwater sources, and with so much GHG
emissions (#3 emitters of GHGs).
 MARAMING
SALAMAT PO

THANK YOU. Photo credit:

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