Waste Incineration: How Waste-to-Energy Really Works

About this episode

Philipp Böhm explains the waste-to-energy process and its implications for the circular economy.

Do you know how a waste-to-energy plant actually turn household waste into electricity, heat, and steam? Philipp Böhm, Managing Director of NEEW Ventures walks through the full process at a plant in Premnitz, from the truck pulling up at the gate to energy entering the grid. What you'll hear in this episode: • How waste companies make money: they don't buy their fuel. They charge producers to take it off their hands. • Why no one knows what's actually in the waste once it hits the bunker, and why that's a real operational problem. • What comes out the other end: enough electricity for 40,000 homes, heat for a nearby city, and steam for surrounding industry, from a single plant. This is the first episode in "Incineration in the Circular Economy," a series sponsored by NEEW Ventures.

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Hypscher

Guest: Philipp Böhm

Topics covered

• waste-to-energy
• incineration
• circular economy
• electricity generation
• waste management

Keywords

• waste incineration
• energy production
• household waste
• electricity
• heat
• steam

Sponsors

NEEW Ventures

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