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This thesis is about “Technoeconomic assessment of waste to energy production. Study cases Rhodes, Kos, Kalymnos and Lipsi.” The purpose of the assignment is to techno-economically assess a potential route for valorizing solid waste in the island regions with a construction of a CHP plant in Rhodes, which are remote areas quite often encumbered by transportation difficulties. Therefore, there is an urgency to minimize waste production and use it in order to produce heat and power from waste (cogeneration). Having referred to different waste treating management methods, the most suitable and effective is incineration with a Fluidized bed boiler. Furthermore, this new renewable system will not only benefit the environment by creating less CO2 emissions, landscape disruption and general pollution (soil and water), but it will also improve life quality and create new jobs. I obtained information for the purpose of the study, which is waste to energy production, from the MSW of Kos, Kalymnos and Lipsi taking into account real economic data that supports a cost efficient and affordable project. The dissertation includes six main chapters, the first of which is the introduction regarding treating methods of MSW, particularly which method is the most environmentally and socially suitable. The second chapter deals with the current situation of waste management in Greece and in Europe and which treatment method is the most compatible with the thesis, taking into consideration the relevant EU legislation. The third chapter is the preview to understand and learn about the (CHP) Combined Heat and Power technology and the methods that we can use in order to treat the (MSW) Municipal Solid Waste, as well as, which method is the most efficient, has better operating availability, and generates power and better steam turbine technology. The fourth chapter is about the case studies selected, regarding four Dodecanese islands Rhodes, Kos, Kalymnos, Lipsi and referring to their physical and chemical characteristics of MSW and the treating method used. Following, is a technoeconomic analysis of the waste to energy in order to be useful for remote islands to produce their own energy from MSW with the specific technology mentioned in a previous chapter. The last chapter pertains to the overall conclusion and the results of the research determining the feasibility of its implementation.