Waste to Energy: A Sustainable Energy Strategy

In February 2015 the European Commission presented the highly anticipated Energy Union Package and by the end of 2015 a “more ambitious” Circular Economy proposal is to be introduced.

by Dr. Ella Stengler

The Circular Economy “addresses climate change and contributes to a reduction in the use of energy in line with our Energy Union Strategy”, it was pointed out in the recent article by Frans Timmermans, Jyrki Katainen, Elżbieta Bieńkowska and Karmenu Vella – the commissioner team that is currently working on the new proposal. Both proposals address the fact that Europe could benefit environmentally and economically if it made better use of its resources. In this context Waste-to-Energy (waste incineration with energy recovery) can be seen as a vital part of the solution to this complicated puzzle.

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published: Eigenbeiträge der Autoren, Jahrgang 2015 (December 2015), 9|2015
Keywords: Energy Recovery, Policy Tax Instruments