Westenergy refines waste into district heat, electricity and recovered materials.
Westenergy’s primary mission is to safely process non-recyclable municipal waste and convert it into electricity, district heating, and recycled materials – in this, we have succeeded exceptionally well. In 2024, our plant operated steadily, maintaining a high usability rate of 95.5 percent. Overall, we produced 390 gigawatt-hours of district heating and 75 gigawatt-hours of electricity.
Westenergy’s long-term strategy is carbon-neutral energy production, and in 2024, we took significant steps toward achieving this goal. Progress in our carbon capture and utilisation project (ECCU) will enable us to reduce emissions from the chimney of Westenergy’s plant and promote the industrial-scale reuse of carbon dioxide in the future. Over the past year, the project advanced as planned, moving into the FEED (front-end engineering design) phase through successful collaboration with Prime Capital AG and CPC Finland Oy. The international technology company Andritz AG was selected as the project’s lead designer, while Ramboll Denmark A/S was chosen as the construction management consultant. The implementation of this project supports Westenergy’s mission to be a leader in sustainable waste-to-energy solutions in Europe.
Over the past year, we also made significant investments in the development of waste utilisation and recycling. We launched the Ekoälyä project, aimed at gaining a more detailed understanding of the composition of the waste material we receive and their recycling potential.
Read more about the events of 2024 in the annual report at https://2024.westenergy.fi/en/ !