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In Portugal, Valorsul is the municipal waste treatment entity responsible for the recovery and treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced in 19 municipalities in the Lisbon area. This paper highlights the impact of the new Portuguese electricity remuneration scheme for electricity from waste on Valorsul\u2019s WtE plant. For this purpose, the new remuneration scheme is modeled and simulated based on electricity spot market price scenarios, which are compared with the base case scenario of the former remuneration scheme. Considering different electricity prices for the electricity produced by the WtE plant, the present study anticipates the consequences of the gate-fee of such regulatory changes. Results show that any price changes in the electricity remuneration scheme are offset by equivalent changes in the waste gate-fee. Consequently, the change in the remuneration of the electricity from the WtE plant is, in fact, neutral for the Valorsul accounts and lower revenues from the electricity generation activity of the WtE will negatively impact the gate-fee prices paid by the waste users.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en16186624","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,15]],"date-time":"2023-09-15T04:06:13Z","timestamp":1694750773000},"page":"6624","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Impact of the New Electricity Remuneration Scheme on the Waste-to-Energy Recovery Activity in Portugal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"M\u00e1rio","family":"Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Valorsul\u2014Valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o e Tratamento de Res\u00edduos S\u00f3lidos das Regi\u00f5es de Lisboa e do Oeste, Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Mercadorias Bobadela, Plataforma Ribeirinha CP Lisboa, 2696-801 S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Talha, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7047-6210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Lagarto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"INESC-ID\u2014Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Desenvolvimento, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1110-6586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"INESC-ID\u2014Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Desenvolvimento, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Feliz","family":"Mil-Homens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5096-1633","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carla","family":"Viveiros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1019-3646","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filipe","family":"Barata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Energy and Automation Department (DEEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Lisboa (IPL), Rua Conselheiro Em\u00eddio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"European Commission (2021). \u2018Fit for 55\u2019: Delivering the EU\u2019s 2030 Climate Target on the Way to Climate Neutrality (Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions No. 550), European Commission."},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"European Commission (2020). 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