Helge has over 30 years of experience in design, construction, start-up and operation of various industrial processing plants, including EfW plants. He is the inventor of the patent 'Furnace for combustion of solid fuel', which was granted in Norway and the UK. Helge has R&D and commercialisation of new products experience, including gasification technologies of refuse-derived fuel ( RDF) and bio-mass.
Johnny Stuen worked at the Waste Agency , City of Oslo, from 2007 until February 29022. He was responsible for operation, technology strategy and development of the treatment plants for municipal waste in the City of Oslo. Oslo has optical sorting facilities, one biological treatment/ biogas production and two waste to energy plants. He holds a Masters degree in process technology, and has worked in several industrial companies producing chemicals, insulation and foodstuff before he joined the Waste Agency in 2007. He has lead the national working group on energy recovery in Norway (Afvall Norge), and since 2010 has been a member the ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) working group for energy recovery, and since spring 2017 he has chaired the same group.
Adam is founder and director of Redbourn Capital, a market leading provider of advisory, commercial and development support services to clients within the UK waste industry. Adam has over 18 years experience in originating and executing energy from waste, renewables (solar / onshore wind and biomass) and conventional power generation projects in the UK and Europe. Adam was formerly at Equitix where from 2012 to 2019 he managed a £250m fund on behalf of the UK owned Green Investment Bank and closed a number of deals in the bioenergy and energy from waste sectors including the Baddesley EfW in 2017 and the Bridgwater EfW in 2018. As well as providing advisory services through Redbourn Capital, Adam is also developing a portfolio of energy from waste projects with a flagship project currently going through the planning process.