Belgian environmental technology company Keppel Seghers used last week's IFAT Munich 2026 to present a modular approach to waste-to-energy plant construction aimed at shortening project timelines and reducing on-site construction work. The new solution requires port access as the modules are transported to the construction site by ship.
Drawing on offshore drilling rig construction methods, the company examined whether larger sections of its waste treatment plants could be assembled off-site before transport to the final project location. The result is a concept under which a wte plant is assembled at a Keppel Seghers prefabrication yard in at least three separate modules.
The company has already demonstrated the viability of its concept in the construction of I.Park1, Hong Kong's first Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF), which was built on an artificial island off the coast of the Island of Shek Kwu Chau after pre-fabrication in Zhuhai. The plant's six boiler modules each measured 46 m long and 50 m in height and weighed 6,000 tonnes. A total of 17 modules were transported to the construction site, according to Keppel Seghers....
