Government launches tender for waste incinerator in Sofia

Bulgaria launched a tender for approximately EUR 149.4 million without VAT for the construction of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Sofia. The deadline for submitting offers is 15 April 2021.
The waste incinerator project plans to construct a facility for incinerating an alternative fuel derived from processed waste – RDF (Refuse-Derived Fuel). The RDF will be used by the Sofia Thermal Power Plant (TPP Sofia) as an alternative to natural gas. The waste incineration plant must be built on the TPP Sofia site and will burn fuel produced from Sofia residents’ waste.

The capacity of the future installation will be 180,000 tons of modified waste per year. The fuel will be provided by the Sofia Municipality free of charge, which in turn should reduce the costs of Toplofikacia Sofia (the Sofia district heating company). The incinerator plant is expected to save around 65 million cubic meters of natural gas per year, or EUR 15 to 18 million.