jazyk / language:   ČJ EN


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

Freyova 33, Prague 9, Czech Republic


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









 






 










 


 

    Partners
 
  ESWET


CEWEP


Komerční banka


RK


MARTIN GmbH


SIEMENS ENERGY


Konecranes


Kanadevia Inova


SES TLMACE (new)


KEPPEL SEGHERS


United Energy


VALMET


SUMITOMO


Doosan Škoda Power


Metrostav DIZ


LUEHR FILTER


ERITECH


Eveco


PEWAG


Randa Havel Legal


SEWACO


CAOK 2


SDIC - Sdružení dodavatelů investičních celků


  Media partners
 
  All for POWER


Com4In


KONSTRUKCE Media