The waste to energy process
The waste to energy process
Waste to energy plant
Waste to energy plant
TRM
How does it works
How does it works
Burning the waste at a temperature above 1000°C, the TRM waste to energy plant recover the waste energy, producing electricity and thermal energy (hot water) for district heating.
The plant can generate only electricity or, in cogeneration mode, it can produce both electricity and thermal energy.
In cogeneration mode, each year it produces about 133,000 MWh of thermal energy capable of heating 10,000 homes of 100 m2 and 358,000 MWh of electricity capable of meeting the demand of around 180,000 families.
The energy recovery allows a saving of 78,000 tons of fossil-fuel per year, contributing to protection of the environment and generation of a sustainable economy.
Waste acceptance
Waste acceptance
The plant is authorised to treat residual municipal solid waste from separate collection and special waste assimilable to municipal waste - in both cases exclusively non-hazardous.
For waste acceptance, the Piedmont Waste Authority - AR Piemonte - in implementation of Regional Council Resolution No. 10-3125 of 23 April 2021 entitled "Regional Law 7/2012, Article 8.Regional Law 44/2000, Article 49.Guidelines and reference criteria to support the assessments of the Associazione di Ambito Torinese per il Governo dei Rifiuti - ATO-R on the priorities of access to urban waste and waste resulting from the treatment of urban waste produced in the regional territory relating to the TRM S.p.A. energy recovery plant in Turin", has defined the following priorities for waste access to the Gerbido waste-to-energy plant:
- Residual municipal waste from the Turin area;
- Waste derived from the treatment of municipal waste from the Turin area;
- Residual municipal waste from other provinces of the Piedmont Region;
- Waste derived from the treatment of municipal waste from other provinces of the Piedmont Region;
- Residual municipal waste from other regions.
In accordance with the published Piano d'Ambito, the following graphs show the origin of waste from the Piedmont Wide Area Consortia (CAV) for:
- Unsorted Municipal Waste
- Residual from sorted waste collection.
Production data
Production data
The waste to energy plant numbers
The waste to energy plant numbers
Energy production
Energy production
Environmental authorisations
Environmental authorisations
Since the project start, TRM has payed attention to environmental sustainability, i.e. the impact of its choices on the environment and on the population involved in the management of the waste-to-energy plant.
TRM operates according to principles of safety, environmental protection and social responsibility
TRM S.p.A.
Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani
TRM S.p.A.
Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani
Headquarters:
Via Paolo Gorini 50 10137 Torino
IT tax ID 08566440015
Contacts:
tel. +39 011.3013701
fax +39 011.3013771
info@trm.to.it
Company managed and coordinated by IREN SpA
IT Tax ID 07129470014
Company part of Iren VAT Group
VAT no. of Group 02863660359