In order to wean off coal and nuclear, many European countries turned to the clean incineration of waste to produce power. Sweden and Germany are large importers of MSW (primarily from the UK) which includes plastics, C + D material, home furnishings and food waste. By keeping the high BTU value plastics and C + D material (excl stone) in the mix, they get better productivity.
The EU already sells larger systems into the Middle East.
Only when an older plant is up for replacement will they consider pyrolysis. The question will come down to use what they know and already make versus a new large scale pyrolysis plant.
In the long run, the demand for imported oil will come down as more people use EV over ICE cars. Shifting plastics away from incineration for power to plastics derived fuels for cars using a pyrolysis system does not make long term commercial sense,
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