$100m Polish Waste to Energy Contract for Keppel Seghers Consortium
Image Credit: Shutterstock/ Nightman1965 03 September 2012 A consortium including waste to energy technology developer, Keppel Seghers Belgium, a part of the Keppel Corporation (KPLM.SI), has secured a contract to build a combined heat and power (CHP) waste to energy project in Bialystok, Poland. The company said that the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract, awarded to the consortium for the 372 tonnes per day WTE CHP plant, is worth 333 million Zloty ($100 million) and has been awarded by Bialystok's municipal solid waste management company PrzedsiÄbiorstwo UsÅugowo-Handlowo-Produkcyjne (LECH). According to Eurostat1, in 2010, Poland produced 315 kg of waste per person of which around 73% was landfilled, 18% was recycled, 8% composted and 1% incinerated. However, since joining the European Union (EU) in 2004, Poland is committed to the implementation of EU Landfill Directive which involves reducing landfilling of biodegradable waste. Under the contract Keppel Seghers will execute 49.6% (by project value) of the work scope and supply its proprietary waste to energy technology to the facility. The remaining work will be undertaken by its consortium partners Polish construction company, Budimex (WA: BDX) and Spanish waste management company Compania Espanola de Servicios Publicos Auxiliares (CESPA). According to Keppel Seghers the plant will process approximately 120,000 tonnes of waste per year, reducing the amount of municipal waste sent to the landfill site in Hryniewicze from over 90% to about 12%. The facility is expected to generate approximately 7.5 MW of electricity during summer and supply 17.5 MW of thermal energy to the Bialystok's district heating in Winter and supply 5 MW of electricity to the grid. Subject to the requisite permits, construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2013, with the project completion in 2015. The facility will feature Keppel Seghers' air-cooled grate and vertical boiler, which it said are designed to achieve efficient energy recovery and operational reliability. Read More New Law Opens Polish Waste to Energy Market For many years Poland has been facing a serious problem of waste management and disposal, with the current system failing to reduce landfilled waste. Adam Koz?owski explains how new legislation aims to address the situation and how it could drive the country's adoption of waste to energy technology. Large Energy and Material Recovery Facility in Warsaw Imtech has been commissioned by Polish waste company Finalsa S.A. as a technical solutions provider to a 120,000 tpa advanced waste processing plant being built near Warsaw. Biogas Plant Under Construction in Poland - More to Follow Vechta, Germany based organic waste to biogas technology supplier, Weltec Biopower has begun construction of a 2.4 MW biogas plant in Darzyno, Poland. Free Magazine Subscription Free Email Newsletter