Czech waste-to-energy plants burned a record amount of waste last year, growth expected to continue

The volume of solid municipal waste burned at waste-to-energy (ZEVO) facilities in the Czech Republic reached a new all-time high last year. Growth over the past two years has been driven by the ZEVO Malešice facility, which, thanks to gradual capacity increases, burned a record 371 thousand tonnes of solid municipal waste last year and accounted for roughly a 45% share of the total municipal waste burned at such facilities in the Czech Republic.

Four large waste-to-energy facilities are currently in operation in the Czech Republic. The oldest is SAKO Brno, with a capacity of 248 thousand tonnes per year. The largest is Prague's ZEVO Malešice, whose capacity has increased significantly over the past two years, from the original 330 thousand tonnes per year to the current 480 thousand tonnes per year. One ZEVO facility with a capacity of 96 thousand tonnes per year also operates in Liberec, while another with a capacity of 120 thousand tonnes per year is located in Chotíkov near Plzeň.