Annual Report 2010 - AdP

Geographic Concession Area
System Area (km 2 ) %
Valorminho 951 2%
Resulima 1,743 4%
Resinorte 8,031 17%
Resiestrela 6,133 13%
Suldouro 384 1%
Ersuc 6,694 14%
Valorlis 2,160 4%
Valorsul 3,378 7%
Amarsul 1,559 3%
Valnor 11,981 25%
Algar 4,996 10%
Total EGF 48,009 100%
Others
48%
Resulima
4%
Valorminho
2%
Resinorte
17%
The following represent the main key events taking place at the Waste BU in 2010:
Resiestrela
13%
Suldouro
1%
Ersuc
14%
Valorlis
4%
Valorsul
7%
Amarsul
3%
• The founding of, following the merger of the Valorsul and Resioeste companies, the new Valorsul— Valorização e Tratamento de
Resíduos Sólidos das Regiões de Lisboa e do Oeste, S.A., and the respective multi-municipal system under the auspices of Decree
Law No. 68/2010 of 15 June, and for a period of 25 year;
• Expansion of Valnor to the municipalities making up Raia Pinhal (Beira Interior), through Dispatch 16510/2010, of 29 October, duly
recognising the public interest in this merger and the increase in the company capital through the incorporation of reserves and
carried over results as well as the issuing of new shares in order to restructure permanent capital within a period of high investment
levels in accordance with the respective signing of the Addendum to the Concessionary Contract, on 27 December 2010;
• Authorisation by the sector regulatory entities and the Ministry of Finance for expanding the Ersuc concessionary period through
to 2030 and for the correction adjustments to company capital through the incorporation of reserves and carried over results as
well as the issuing of new shares in order to restructure permanent capital within a period of high investment levels in accordance
with the respective signing of the Addendum to the Concessionary Contract, on 29 December 2010;
• Supervision of the sub-contracting work on the construction of the Mechanical Biological Treatment Plants and Organic Recovery
Plants making recourse to a new generation in anaerobic digestion technologies, taking place at Valnor, with the tendering of the
expansion of the site (at the civil construction phase, specifically land moving, foundations and structures); at Valorlis (undergoing
an experimental service phase, running tests and operational procedures with wastes); at Algar (in the final phase of civil
construction); at Amarsul (at the stage of civil construction with project negotiations and equipment approval processes ongoing);
in Suldouro (in an experimental service phase, running tests and operational procedures with different waste types); and at Ersuc,
in Aveiro and Coimbra (at the stage of civil construction with project negotiations and equipment approval processes ongoing);
• Supervising, within the scope of landfill biogas energy recovery projects, the subcontracted construction and installation of energy
recovery units at the following companies: Valorminho, Resulima, Suldouro, Ersuc, Resiestrela, Valorsul, Valnor, Amarsul and Algar.
With the operational start-up of these new installations, installed EGF Group landfill biogas capacity will rise to 21.8 MW.
• Within the framework of the decontamination of the soils of the former national steel foundry and a chemicals plant, applications
were submitted and approved by the POVT for the implementation of phase two - Removal, transport and deposit in a
contaminated soil landfill, with this work due to begin in the first quarter of 2011;
• Accompanying the contracting of EIB - European Investment Bank financing for ongoing investments at Amarsul, Algar, Suldouro,
Valorlis, Valnor and Ersuc, with a total contractual sum of € 145 million;
• Design and development of a set of incentive initiatives combating the production of waste with the objective of contributing
towards achieving the national target of cutting the production of urban waste by 10% through to 2016, and under the auspices
of the Cooperation Protocol signed in November 2009 with the Portuguese Environment Agency. Of the diverse range of actions
taking place, one highlight was the Fraldinhas (Diapers) Project, staged during Waste Prevention Week between 20 and 28
November. The project consisted of distributing reusable diaper kits to recently born babies at 24 state hospitals within the scope
of the multi-municipal network and extending from the north to the south of the country and reaching out to 1,800 babies.
• EGF is represented on the Executive Committee of the Commission for Climate Change with the nomination of two members
of staff for its respective Technical Secretariat. The Commission’s mission is the technical management of the Portuguese Carbon
Fund and ensuring the monitoring of the National Climate Change Plan.
Algar
10%
EGF
52%
Valnor
25%
AdP Group_Annual Report 2010_98|99