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Municipality revisits mass‑burn waste‑to‑energy plan as staff outline benefits, costs and 3–6 year timeline
Summary
Deputy Municipal Manager Mark Spafford briefed the body on a renewed mass‑burn waste‑to‑energy proposal for the Anchorage Regional Landfill, citing potential generation of 20–30 MW from about 1,000–1,200 tons per day, major landfill volume reduction and possible PFAS treatment; staff recommended updated feasibility and finance work.
Mark Spafford, the Municipality of Anchorage’s deputy municipal manager, reintroduced a mass‑burn waste‑to‑energy proposal during a briefing that framed the project as a tool to extend the life of the Anchorage Regional Landfill and add local, reliable electricity generation.
Spafford told the body the mass‑burn, or clean‑burn, technology is a mature approach with about 75 facilities in the United States and many more worldwide. Based on the municipality’s prior analysis, a plant sized for Anchorage would handle roughly 1,000 to 1,200 tons of municipal solid waste per day and produce an estimated 20 to 30 megawatts of power, he said. “If we started now … best case scenario would be 3 years” to an RFP package and another two to three years for construction and logistics — “3 to 6 years if we started, like, January,” Spafford said.
Spafford emphasized three principal benefits: extending landfill life…
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