An investment of approximately 110 million, of which 45 are intended for plants that allow a further cut in emissions, to make the Brescia waste-to-energy plant even more efficient and sustainable and which will provide thermal energy to another 12,500 families.
It is the result of the new "flue gas cleaning" project, with the launch of new fume treatment and energy recovery systems by A2A on all three lines and which was inaugurated today in the Lombard city.
Thanks to an innovative technology it will be possible to generate additional thermal energy for 12,500 families for the same amount of waste treated, thus reducing the use of gas to power the district heating network and bringing the system's efficiency from 84% to 98% and allowing it to be fed into the network district heating 164 GWh/year of additional heat with zero environmental impact.
"With the new flue gas line, which maximizes the efficiency of the waste-to-energy plant, we increase the thermal energy produced by the TU intended for heating Brescia families. A project that confirms A2A's commitment to the decarbonisation of the urban fabric and the reuse of the energy available in the area. A circularity model in which Brescia is a pioneer but which we want to export to other territories" declared Renato Mazzoncini, CEO of A2A.
The plant, which is the first district heating network in Italy, recovers electrical and thermal energy every year from approximately 720,000 tons of waste that is not otherwise recyclable.
The three lines of the waste-to-energy plant generate over 70% of the heat distributed by the district heating network, with 861 thermal Gwh in 2023, and electricity equal to the needs of 180,000 families, i.e. 506 Gwh in 2023. Numbers that make it possible to save around 160 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent per year , avoiding the emission of 830 thousand tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
In Italy today, around 19% of waste is disposed of in landfill, a value far from the European target of 10% set for 2035, while in Brescia 0% has been reached and with this target the new industrial plan will be approved on 11 March.
"You have to have a little patience to know the details but you will have several new features. Certainly our north star remains the contribution to the decarbonisation of the planet, the increase in value of our company and also the happiness of the members" said Mazzoncini on the sidelines of the inauguration " The Brescia model can be exported to bring European objectives closer."
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