Incineration in the Circular Economy

What role does waste incineration play in the circular economy and in the transition away from fossil fuels?

Sebastian Siewers, Head of Energy at EEW, talks about the contribution of waste-to-energy plants to the circular economy, and the energy system.

What you'll hear in this episode: • The business model behind waste to energy: where the revenue comes from, what drives costs, and why CO2 is becoming a major factor. • What grid flexibility means, why it has become more important than total energy supply, and how negative pricing hours in Germany have more than doubled since 2023. • Why heat and steam are local infrastructure products and how German municipalities are starting to plan around them.

This is the second episode in "Incineration in the Circular Economy," a series sponsored by NEEW Ventures.

People Sebastian Siewers, Head of Energy at EEW https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-siewers-2494731b4/

Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:43 Role of Waste Incineration in Circular Economy 4:36 Business Model Behind Waste-to-Energy 7:40 Costs and Carbon Regulation 10:29 Energy Transition Impacts 14:02 Steam and Heat Infrastructure 20:25 Flexibility Needs 23:34 Flexibility Infrastructure 28:28 What Consumers Can Do 30:52 Outro

About EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (EEW) is one of Europe’s leading companies in the field of thermal waste and sewage sludge recovery. Today, EEW makes an important contribution to climate and resource protection and is therefore an essential part of the circular economy. At the company’s 17 current sites, around 5 million tonnes of waste per year can be used for energy recovery.

More than 1,400 employees take responsibility for using the energy in waste, reducing waste volumes, safely and harmlessly eliminating hazards from waste, and recycling scrap metal and composite materials. In addition, the energy contained in waste is used efficiently to generate process steam for industrial plants, district heating for residential areas and electricity produced in an environmentally friendly way.

Further Links https://www.neew-ventures.com/

https://www.eew-energyfromwaste.com/

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