Parameter Summary of estimated parameters for different WtE technologies. Unit Description Incineration Gasification Pyrolysis Landfill CAP USD million Investment cost 13.846 18.889 Ck Qk USD million/year MWh/year Annual Marginal operations and management cost" 4.380 5.475 Electricity generated per year 21,353 24,090 33.333 5.475 24,090 0.730 - TF15 USD million/year Tipping Fee of USD 15/ton/day 0.548 0.548 0.548 0.548 TF2 TF3 TF4 TF4 Tk USD million/year USD million/year USD million/year USD million/year years Other Parameters pour Fe Pe min USD/kWh USD/kWh Pe max Pe step USD/kWh USD/kWh J H 8 Tp years Decision period Tipping Fee of USD 20/ton/day Tipping Fee of USD 10/ton/day Tipping Fee of USD 5/ton/day Tipping Fee of USD 0 /ton/day Lifetime of operations Current electricity price Minimum Initial electricity price Maximum Initial electricity price Steps for Initial electricity price Number of iterations for Monte Carlo Drift of electricity prices Volatility of electricity prices Discount rate 0.5 cents 10,000 0.028651 0.12192 10% 25 0.730 0.730 0.730 0.730 0.356 0.356 0.356 0.356 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0 20 0 0 0 20 20 20 11 cents 2 cents 40 cents