Simply stated, WTE technology provides low-cost, low-pollution, and large scale power production.
The WTE™ technology produces far less pollution than fossil-fuel power plants– without the addition of expensive pollution control equipment – thereby reducing the impact of these problems if WTE™ were adopted on a large-scale basis. With the practical age limit for coal-fired power plants being 35 years, the life of over 500 of these plants can be extended by retrofitting them with WTE™ technology, presenting a major opportunity for EPS. Furthermore, recent federal and state laws will stimulate the demands for WTE™ power plants because they provide significant economic incentives for using renewable resources and net-zero carbon, low-pollution emitting techniques to produce electricity.
Today many utilities in the United States and foreign countries are planning how to meet mandated renewable energy portfolio standards. Biomass offers the best opportunity for dispatchable renewable power, because new hydropower opportunities are limited, and wind and solar energy are intermittent and non-dispatchable. For steam power plants in the 50 MW to 400 MW range, waste wood and dedicated tree crops are the most cost effective renewable fuel.