Start-ups and finishing works are underway at the Białystok incineration plant

The Municipal Waste Disposal Plant in Białystok is an investment thanks to which from over 90 to approx. 12 per cent. the amount of municipal waste that ends up in the municipal landfill in nearby Hryniewicze will decrease. Annually, the new incineration plant will dispose of approx. 120 thousand tons of waste. In addition, electricity (8.6 MWe) and heat (17.5 MWc) will be generated from waste incineration.

The contract covering the design and construction of the incineration plant, worth PLN 332.9 million net, is being executed by Budimex (leader, 50.4% shares) in a consortium with Keppel Seghers Belgium N.V and Cespa Compania Espanola de Servicios Publicos Auxiliares SA. The investor is Przedsiębiorstwo Usługowo-Handlowo-Produkcyjne “LECH”.

Currently, finishing works and commissioning are underway at the Białystok incineration plant. Individual devices are commissioned and checked. Pressure tests of the pipelines are carried out and the installation is prepared for steam supply. The boiler is being burned out.

The contract for the design and construction of the incineration plant was signed on 31 August 2012. On 11 September 2013, the City Hall in Białystok issued a building permit for the Municipal Waste Disposal Plant. The completion date of the works is scheduled for the end of December 2015.

The scope of construction works includes land development (administrative and office building, roads, parking lots, squares, networks, fences) and the construction of one complete municipal waste thermal treatment line, which consists of:

• the segment of acceptance and temporary storage of delivered municipal waste,
• segments of thermal waste treatment through incineration and energy recovery from incinerated waste,
• the segment of recovered energy processing and discharge to the grid in the form of heat and electricity,
• flue gas treatment segment,
• slag processing segment with recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
• segment for stabilization and solidification of ashes and solid residues from flue gas treatment.

Budimex is interested in the implementation of further energy contracts. The company participates in tender procedures for the construction of flue gas treatment installations (for the Białystok CHP Plant, the Lower Odra – Pomorzan CHP Plant and the Nowa CHP Plant), incineration plants (in Rzeszów and Vilnius) and CCGT units (in the Żerań CHP Plant, the Łagisza Power Plant in Będzin and Grudziądz). Budimex is also participating in a tender for the supply of a turbine for PKN Orlen in Płock.

Due to the company’s development in this area, Budimex is increasing the employment of professionals from the energy sector.