International Journal of Research in Advanced Electronics Engineering
2026, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part A
Waste-to-energy conversion technologies: A comprehensive global analysis
Author(s): Moawia Ibrahim Ahmed Hamed
Abstract: The technology of municipal solid waste globally these days is in excess of a billion tonnes each year. That is expected to experience considerable growth with the quick urbanisation and the trade in intake conduct. This unrelenting enlargement has accelerated the strain on the environment, economic system, and the fitness of the population, and made landfilling and open dumping less sustainable. (WtE) Technology has emerged as a key element in comprehensive waste management structures, which offer an aggregate of waste and power financial savings in the form of electricity, heat, or gasoline. This analysis combines recent literature (2015 to date) regarding the pathways of WtE conversion to take a look at both thermal methods (incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, and plasma arc) and organic methods (anaerobic digestion and a series of landfill gases). It measures their technical performance, strength-conversion efficiency, environmental impacts, and monetary viability in wider global electricity-protection and round-financial system agendas. The paper additionally examines coverage frameworks, market developments, and more recent facts on waste generation that have an effect on WtE adoption within the international context. In Europe, Asia, and Africa, case studies suggest variable operational consequences and provide a focus for what needs to be learned by the developing regions. The proof indicates that WtE has the potential to maintain weather-change discount, reduce reliance on landfills, and additionally grow proper resource healing, but problems concerning emissions manipulation, capital depth, and feedstock best continue to be. The paper defines future projections in superior gasification, progressed waste sorting, and integration of carbon capture to be able to beautify the subsequent-generation WtE sustainability.
DOI: 10.22271/27084558.2026.v7.i1a.70
Pages: 07-13 | Views: 115 | Downloads: 48
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Moawia Ibrahim Ahmed Hamed. Waste-to-energy conversion technologies: A comprehensive global analysis. Int J Res Adv Electron Eng 2026;7(1):07-13. DOI: 10.22271/27084558.2026.v7.i1a.70
