SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present an effective example of waste management that integrates different systems.
The Veritas Integrated treatment plant is located in Fusina, an industrial area near Venice, but far enough from residential areas. It is well connected with the main roads and provided with a pier to dock the barges coming from Venice. The integrated center includes a waste to energy plant, a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) production plant for co-combustion with coal in electric energy power plant

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
Veritas S.p.A. - Veneziana Energia Risorse Idriche Territorio Ambiente Servizi - is the largest multi-utility in the Veneto region for residents served in the sector of waste management and the integrated water cycle.
This wholly-owned public company supplies to 29 municipalities and 700.000 residents (over 75% in the province of Venice and 15% in the Veneto) in addition to the more than 23 million tourists who visit Venice, Lido and the surrounding areas each year.
Veritas provides integrated water and waste management cycle services and sells and distributes energy through its subsidiaries. It also provides urban, community, territorial and industrial services and handles management of integrated cemetery and funerary services, wholesale markets and environmental reclamation work.
Fusina integrated treatment plant has a daily load of 6,5 t/h (160 t/d), with calorific value of 24000 Kcal/Kg. The heating produced by the combustion of waste is transformed into electric energy in part utilised by the plant itself, in part introduced into the national grid.
Some characteristics of the production cycle:
• Gross electric power produced 2150 Kw
• Autoconsumption (power absorbed by the plant) 950 Kw
• distributable Power 1200 Kw
• Annual distributable energy 9.216.000 Kwh/year