Krakow waste-to-energy (WTE) in Poland is a company that incinerates wastes generated in Krakow, an area located approximately 250 km from the capital of Poland, Warsaw, in an eco-friendly method. Based on the experience of and expertise built on EPC projects for incineration plants, POSCO E&C succeeded in winning the contract for this project.
This eco-friendly incineration and power generation project ordered by Krakow City of Poland was aimed at supplying a treatment facility with a capacity of 110,000 tons/year × 2 series together with power generation by 10.9 MWh. With this project, POSCO E&C expanded the base for WTE business in the European, Middle Eastern, and Southeast Asian markets. In particular, this was the second project implemented in Europe, which has the most advanced incineration technologies.
Following completion of this project, we secured a foundation for entry into the global WTE market. (The scale of global incineration market is growing rapidly at the rate of 6.5% on an average a year. It is expected to grow to $35.5 billion by 2024.)