Waste-to-Energy Plants in Belgium and the Netherlands

 

 

Antwerp Indaver
Location: Belgium
Operator: Indaver nv
Configuration: 1 X 3.3 MW, 1 X 18 MW
Operation: 1991-1997
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: DTI, Seghers
T/G supplier: ABB

Photograph courtesy of Indaver nv
Posted 17 Aug 2004

Hengelo
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Twence bv
Configuration: 1 X 26 MW
Operation: 1997
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: Stork
T/G supplier: Austrian Energy, Holec
Quick Facts: The plant is owned by Regio Twente (81.9%), Vuilverwerkingsbedrijf Noord-Groningen (3.1%), and Essent (15%).

Photograph by Fotostudio Peter Venema 
and courtesy of Twence bv
Posted 24 Mar 2001

Oostende
Location: Belgium
Operator: IVOO
Configuration: 1 X 5.6 MW
Operation: 1983
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: Seghers, Denaeyer
T/G supplier: ACEC
Quick facts: The two furnaces can burn 5.5 tph of refuse. Alstom supplied a spray-dry gas scrubber and SCR.

Photograph courtesy of IVOO
Posted 13 Nov 2004

AVR Rozenburg
Location: Netherlands
Operator: AVR Holding
Configuration: 54.7 MW
Operation: 1972
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: Durr
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Comprimo
Quick Facts: Standardkessel is adding a 22-MW extension to the Rozenbrug plant for service in 2008.

Photograph courtesy of AVR Holding
Re-posted 9 Dec 2007

EM Wijster
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Essent Milieu
Configuration: 3 X 6 MW
Operation: 1996
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: Lurgi
T/G supplier: Delaval
EPC: Lurgi
Quick Facts: The plant has three incineration lines, each with a water-cooled reciprocating grate, ESP, spray dryer, baghouse, two-stage scrubber, and two-stage oxidation catalyst.  The plant is a zero water discharge facility.

Photograph courtesy of Essent Milieu
Re-posted 2 Dec 2007

Abbreviations: BFB = bubbling fluidized bed, CFB = circulating fluidized bed, FW = Foster Wheeler, T/G = turbine generator, tph = tons per hour, WTE = waste-to-energy

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 12/09/07

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