**4. Conclusions**

Increased attention on MSW to energy has resulted in the increasing need for the characteristics and potential of this material. In Indonesia, this attention is more focused on the organic fraction of MSW or their biomass components. Various methods can be used to determine the energy potential and the amount of electrical energy that can be generated from the organic fraction of MSW. These methods can be developed through an empirical relationship between elementary constituents of waste by energy content, theoretical approach, or through measurement using a bomb calorimeter. This chapter concluded that each approach provides different results of energy recovery potential. The thermochemical process has given the highest calorific value (18.21 MJ/kg) and electric energy recovery (0.92 kWh/kg).

*Estimating the Calorific Value and Potential of Electrical Energy Recovery of Organic… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108232*
