Belgium’s Thumaide waste-to-energy plant burned fewer tonnes in 2025 than at any point in years – yet its furnaces ran at near-record availability and its electricity exports covered tens of thousands of households. How does that add up?
The answer lies in the waste itself, and it is changing. The 2025 figures from operator Ipalle tell a story of a plant adjusting to a richer fuel, of a carbon balance that doubled on paper without a single extra tonne of emissions from the chimney, and of a pilot installation on site that could shape how the sector deals with CO2 long before Brussels makes a decision that may double the cost of incineration.
There is also a new battery with a name, a fire at a cement works that forced a rapid change of plans, and a bottom line that keeps an entire network of recycling centres afloat. The full article in our updated company profile breaks down the tonnages, the energy flows and the carbon arithmetic — and explains why less waste in the furnace is not the setback it appears to be.
Read all the facts and figures in our updated company report here.
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