Garbage incinerators gaining attention (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Power generation using heat produced from garbage incineration is increasing this summer as an alternative energy source to offset the expected electricity shortages due to the ongoing crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

The local governments of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya plan to increase electricity output using heat from waste incinerators during this summer's peak periods of electricity consumption.

The total electricity output at the 20 garbage disposal plants operated by Clean Association of Tokyo 23 is about 250,000 kilowatts. This figure is equivalent to the output of a midsize thermal power plant.

Actual power output from the plants has been about half of the figure and the plants themselves consume electricity. The association planned to sell an average of 52,000 kilowatts between July and September this year via TEPCO's transmission grid.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110616004631.htm

[Bonobo]

1. So are "gel mats" and other gel products like pillowcases, etc.

I hear they are selling like hotcakes.

http://www.coolgelmat.com.au/about

http://www.xn--n8jub592phyirxv.jp/

[Art_from_Ark]

2. In Ibaraki Prefecture alone, there are 29 incinerator facilities

27 of these facilities recover the heat they produce, and 7 of them generate electricity, with a cumulative generating capacity of 15,410kW.

http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/haitai/3rdplan/3rdplan2.pdf