Future Smart Cities: Chapter 8 - Energy recovery from municipal solid waste incineration: Benghazi Libya—case study

Elsevier, Future Smart Cities: A Blueprint for Inclusive and Sustainable Living, Volume , 1 January 2026
Authors: 
M., Elmnifi, Monaem, D.T., Aleksandrovna, Duyun Tatyana, M.M., Khaleel, Mohamed Mohamed, Y.F., Nassar, Y. Fathi, A., Ibrahim, Adnan

Waste-to-Energy (WTE) is a potential sustainable renewable energy source for Libya's Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management. The current waste management approach involves collecting and dumping waste in landfills. According to a research study, Libya is exploring the use of Waste Treatment Empowerment as a source of renewable energy to meet its electricity demand and offer an alternative to landfill-based waste management. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Benghazi City's WTE facility's ability to satisfy the city's power needs and offer an alternative to landfill-based waste management. Mass-burn incineration was used to create a situation for WTE use, revealing that Benghazi could produce about 20MW of electricity through a WTE facility by 2030 using the incineration scenario.