PROTEUS

Project PROTEUS is a one-year project funded by the Department of Science and Technology – National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) and is currently implemented by the Laboratory of Electrochemical Engineering (LEE) of the UP Diliman Department of Chemical Engineering. The project aims to develop technical-economic and sustainability assessment tools to help policy-makers in crafting a national energy framework on Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in the Philippines. Along with research publications, Project PROTEUS aims to construct a primer and policy brief in WtE and coordinate with government agencies such as Congress on these policies. This document will be based on the G-PESTLE framework (Geographical, Political, Economical, Social, Technological, Environmental) to ensure a holistic assessment and approach to WtE projects. Furthermore, Project PROTEUS aims to extend the functionalities of the LEE-developed Island Systems LCOEmin Algorithm (ISLA).

In addition, the techno-economic model and dataset will then be utilized to conduct financial studies on the effect of incentives and tipping fees on the profitability of WtE plants and life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on the environmental impacts of the plants.