In order to ensure a fast and secure path to waste-to-energy, Usitall has created a model that collects all the necessary processes and activities in what is called The Usitall Fast Track Development Process™. Simply put, this is a set of activities to ensure that the project will be feasible with regard to the prevailing market conditions, the best available technology and also that there is a solid contract structure. This is the key to successful capital intense infrastructural projects.

Despite a considerable demand for waste-to-energy capacity in Central and Eastern Europe, current expansion is far too slow. A successful waste-to-energy project requires not only technical, financial and legal expertise. It also demands in-depth knowledge about the capital market, the waste market and the energy markets including heat and power. Publicly initiated projects are scarce, costly and time consuming, mainly due to the lack of know-how, experience and capital. History has shown that the likeliness of receiving EU funding for such projects is rather small. The process of applying for these grants is exceedingly time consuming and requires considerable experience about both the waste-to-energy sector as well as the capital market.

Usitall offers a solution to this challenge by developing and financing waste-to-energy projects on its own initiative based on entirely commercial conditions. We can, as an independent waste-to-energy developer, with The Usitall Fast Track Development Process™, offer all stakeholders a fast and secure path to thermal treatment of waste.

In order to meet the Usitall development criteria there are a number of requirements that must be met. Apart from favourable regional conditions with regard to waste and potential energy clients, it is also necessary for the host municipality to be dedicated to the project and have a clearly stated desire to achieve changes in both the waste and energy systems towards more sustainable and eco-efficient solutions. If these conditions are met then the setting is right for successful and long term cooperation.