A new RDF-fueled CHP plant will be built in Odesa. What are the features of the project and technology?
23 April 16:35
Odesa is planning to build a combined heat and power plant (CHP) using fuel produced from waste. This was reported by the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
This infrastructure facility has already been approved by the relevant ministry and is included in the city’s Heat Supply Scheme.
Who will be involved in the construction
The Korean company Posco International has expressed its readiness to build the combined heat and power plant.
It has already built more than 30 waste incineration plants around the world. The most interesting experience is the construction of such a plant in Warsaw: it was built in accordance with European legislation and EU environmental standards. This was reported by Deputy Mayor of Odesa Hanna Pozdnyakova, who visited the plant in March.
“The integrated waste management approach implemented in Warsaw is in line with the concept that Odesa is studying,” the official said.
It is reported that “the Ukrainian and Korean parties have already begun preparing the Conceptual Document of the project.”
What is known about the preparation of construction and the project itself
The total cost of the project is estimated at USD 106 million (approximately UAH 3.9 billion at the current exchange rate), and the payback period is 6.5 years.
The city has already allocated a 4-hectare land plot, identified a responsible utility company, connected all the necessary engineering networks, including a gas pipeline, and agreed on a heat supply scheme with the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.
The new CHPP will have a capacity of 12 MW of electricity and 40 MW of heat.
The new CHP plant will meet energy and environmental challenges
Increasing the energy independence of communities and an environmentally friendly approach to waste recycling is a modern approach. And the Waste to Energy technology, which enables a thermal power plant to operate on fuel derived from waste recycling, ensures this. This is emphasized by the State Agency for Restoration.
“CHP on RDF is about decentralized supply of electricity and heat. This is a reduction in the burden on communities, because part of the garbage will not go to the landfill, but will be processed into RDF, and this fuel will be used to operate CHP. POSCO has done a lot to restore energy in the Republic of Korea. Today, this experience will help Ukrainian communities to recover and improve,” said Serhii Sukhomlyn, Head of the Recovery Agency, following the meeting with the Korean side.
The Agency reminded that a month ago, representatives of the communities selected for the pilot project on the construction of such CHP plants visited thermal power plants using recycled waste in Finland and Poland. In Warsaw, community representatives saw the inside of CHP plants built by the Korean company POSCO.
How Waste to Energy technology is used around the world
Experts often cite the experience of Sweden as a good example of successful waste management. In the country, 99% of waste is sorted and 50% of it is converted into energy using Waste to Energy technology. Another 50% is recycled and reused. As strange as it may sound, 800 thousand tons of waste is purchased additionally.
There is enough raw material for such thermal power plants. Every year, one person produces about 300-350 kg of household waste. According to estimates, out of 10 million tons of garbage that is taken to landfills, 3.5 million can be produced. Gcal of heat energy or 1.2 billion kWh of electricity, which is equal to about 1 billion cubic meters of gas.
