Bruxelles-Energie recovers energy from non-recyclable household and similar waste with maximum care for the environment.
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Bruxelles-Energie is ISO 9001, 14001 et 50001 certified.
2022 in figures
Performance
Quantity of waste processed
470 083 tonnes:
- 303 440 tonnes of household waste from the Brussels region
- 166 643 tonnes of waste from shops, municipalities, businesses, etc.
Energy production
Steam production: 1 357 182 tonnes at 385°C
- 1 232 830 tonnes sent to the turbines
- 124 352 tonnes for DeNOx and evaporative crystallisation
Electricity production: 274 472 000 KWh
- 232 774 000 KWh sent to the grid (= annual consumption of 65,000 households)
- 41 698 000 KWh used for plant operation
Heat production: 7 735 000 KWh
Reuse of recovered materials
- 74 542 tonnes of clinker (combustion residues)
- 6 652 tonnes of fly ash
- 5 231 tonnes of scrap metal
- 2 912 tonnes of salt
Only 716 tonnes – or 0.14% – of sludge from the treatment of the scrubbing water goes to landfill after stabilisation.