The 16th International Specialized Conference
Waste to Energy 2025
Conference subtitle: Energy recovery of waste, waste management
The conference is organized in cooperation with STEO
(STEO - Association of Operators of Technologies for Ecological Waste Utilization)
12 - 13 May 2025, Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
12. 5. 2025, Monday
8.15 Registration
9.00 - 9.30 Opening of the conference and welcome to participants
Opening speeches
Aleš Bláha, Board of Directors, STEO (Association of Operators of Tech. for Eco. Waste Utilization)
Siegfried Scholz, President, ESWET (European Suppliers of WtE Technology)
Lukáš Vlček, Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic (video greeting)
Pavel Janda, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
9.30 - 10.40 TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS OF CZECH WTE OPERATORS, Chairman: Aleš Bláha
Operational experience after technology modernization
Tomáš Žižka, WtE Malešice
Planned outage (maintenance) once every two years
Pavel Veselý, WtE Plzeň
New methodology for CO2 monitoring (ESG reporting)
Tuan Anh Lee, WtE Liberec, (TERMIZO a. s.)
Title: ...
Representative, WtE Brno, (SAKO Brno, a. s.)
10.40 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.50 TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, Chairmen: Aleš Bláha and Siegfried Scholz
EU ETS, CCS and Waste to Energy
Siegfried Scholz, President, ESWET (European Suppliers of WtE Technology)
Innovative approach to gas filtration in waste incineration - a sophisticated product line of filter elements: PROwaste and PROhazard, forming part of the comprehensive SMART Filtration solution.
Petr Musil, Remark Kayser
EcoFlex: Kanadevia Inova standardised Waste to Energy design
Saba Bussjaeger, Product & Marketing Director, Kanadevia INOVA
wasteWOIMA® - A Modular and Scalable WtE Solution for Decentralized Energy and Waste Management
Joona Piirto, Sumitomo SHI-FW
Bialystok waste to energy plant: lessons learned after 9 years of operation
Representative, Keppel Seghers
Approaches to flue gas cleaning solutions for the full range of BREF/IED required values
Rüdiger Margraf, CEO, LUER FILTER
Efficiency and reliability of steam turbines in WtE systems
Jakub Janovský and Vlastimil Pilař, Siemens Energy
12.50 - 13.40 Lunch
13.40 - 15.30 Exchange of experience through country reports between regions with established WtE systems and EU candidate countries (especially Central Europe and Western Balkans)
Chairs: Vojtěch Doležal, Helga Stoiber
White Books on Waste-to-Energy
Helga Stoiber, Senior Partner UVP GmbH, (Austria)
Experience of the Czech Republic with the implementation of WtE
Vojtěch Doležal, senior consultant SEWACO s.r.o Czech Republic
The development and current situation of the thermal waste treatment in Germany
Marcus Gleis, Umweltbundesamt (Germany)
The actual state of the «Waste-to-X», Development in the urban waste treatment
Mirek Spicar, CEO spicar-consulting, (Switzerland)
Significance of and challenges for flue gas treatment systems in waste incineration
Rudi Karpf, CEO ete.a Ingenieurgesellschaft, (Germany)
Relevance of Waste Incineration for Energy Supply and Circular Economy - Conclusions from Best Practice WtE Projects in Austria
Friedrich Kirnbauer, Senior Partner, UVP GmbH
The state of the art of waste management strategies (waste-to-energy) in the candidate countries in the Balkans
Tarik Altumbabić, Honorary Consul of Bosna and Herzegovina in CR
PANEL DISCUSSION - experience with the implementation and operation of efficient waste management
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.00 Finance, legislation, regulation, Chairmen: Vojtěch Doležal
Subsidy support for WtE projects in the Czech Republic by the EU Modernisation Fund
Oldřich Mužík, State Environmental Fund of the ČR, Department Modernisation Fund EU
Title: ...
Jaromír Manhart, State Environmental Fund of the ČR, Department of Waste Management
What a bank wants to see to be able to finance a WtE
Pavel Beran, Energy Finance Director, KB
News from European legislation
Ella Stengler, Managing Director, CEWEP (Confederation of European WtE Plants)
Status of discussions in the European Parliament (EP) on the EU ETS after the election of the new EP
Ondřej Krutílek, Member of European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy,
Committee on Public Health, Committee on Transport and Tourism
News from Czech legislation
David Surý*, Jan Maršák, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
17.00 - 18.30 PANEL DISCUSSION - on the conference topics, Moderator: Vojtěch Doležal
Ella Stengler, Managing Director, CEWEP (Confederation of European WtE Plants)
Siegfried Scholz, President, ESWET (European Suppliers of WtE Technology)
Ondřej Krutílek, European Parliament
Jiří Vecka, Executive Director, Association for District Heating of the CR
Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director, ČAObH (Czech Circular Economy Association)
Petr Havelka, Executive Director, Czech Association of Waste Management
18.30 - 24.00 BNW - Banquet, Networking, Wine (hotel restaurant Zodiac)
13. 5. 2025, Tuesday
8.00 Registration
9.00 Opening
9.10 TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, Chairwomen: Ella Stengler
Title: ...
Arto Hujanen, Konecranes
100-year tradition in WtE technology
Steffen Scholz, Senior Sales Manager, MARTIN GmbH
Robust and flexible waste combustion system
Ole H. Madsen, Managing Director Babcock & Wilcox A/S
From organic waste to Products, The transfer of the organic fraction of waste to Power, Bio-Methane, Liquid CO2, Bio-Hydrogen and E-Methanol
Reinhard Goeschl, CEO, VIA SOLUTIONS, Austria.
Phosphorus Recovery from Sewage Sludge - Update on Legal Regulations, Technology and Projects
Helga Stoiber, Senior Partner UVP GmbH, (Austria)
10.40 Coffee Break
11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION of WtE facility directors and management and upcoming WtE projects in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Moderator: Blahoslav Němeček
Topics:
- Trends in waste management, CO2
- The importance of WtE facility in the context of energy and heating sector
- Comprehensive overview of upcoming projects
- State Energy Policy, Amendment to the Energy Act
Introductory presentations:
Blahoslav Němeček, Partner, EY
Panelists:
Aleš Bláha, Director, WtE Malešice
Pavel Bernát, Director, WtE Liberec
Miroslav Krpec, Director, WtE Mělník
Pavel Veselý, Director, WtE Plzeň
Representatives, WtE (Brno, Planá, Vráto, Komořany)
Representative, Slovakia
13.00 End of the conference, joint lunch