s - Waste-to-Energy plant
Here, a process is followed to recover energy from the different types of waste generated in the MBT plant and other coming from outside.
Thanks to the heat generated in the combustion of the waste in the 2 furnaces-boilers, high pressure steam is obtained and it is sent to a turbine to produce electric energy.
The resulting gas of the combustion coming out from the furnaces is duly depurated in accordance with the strictest regulations before releasing them into the atmosphere. In the depuration process several reactives are used (lime, active carbon, urea, ammonia, etc.) to combine different chemical and physical processes that ensure the elimination of pollutants.
The electricity production that can be exported to the power network is close to 85 milion kWh/year, equivalent to the domestic electric consumption of 85,000 people (population formed by adding together that of Masnou, Premià de Mar, Calella and Arenys de Mar).
