RDF Dryer Manufacturer in Norway
See how we dry RDFLooking for RDF dryers manufacturers in Norway? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Norway — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya RDF dryers are built to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and shipped to refuse-fuel producers here, with no commissioned line on home soil to cite. Refuse-derived fuel is shaped by disposal law: since 2009 biodegradable waste cannot be buried, so the combustible fraction has to be recovered instead, and Chapter 10 of the Waste Regulations sets the terms under which a cement kiln or energy-from-waste plant may co-incinerate it. Damp, lumpy refuse frequently arrives above 55 per cent moisture and is turned away at the weighbridge. Conditioning it below 20 per cent lifts net calorific value from under 10 MJ/kg toward roughly 18 MJ/kg, and the hydraulic moving floor conveys the coarse, contrary mix that RDF presents.
Supplying Norway
We supply Norway from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented RDF installation in Norway yet.
Regulatory context
Norway's waste and pollution regime rests on the Pollution Control Act (forurensningsloven) and the Waste Regulations (avfallsforskriften) of 1 June 2004. Chapter 9 governs landfills: under section 9-7 anyone operating a landfill must hold a permit under the Pollution Control Act, and section 9-4 prohibits the landfilling of wet, biologically degradable organic waste. As an EEA member Norway adopts most EU waste law through the EEA agreement, so the waste hierarchy places recovery above disposal. Turning a wet residue into a fuel or a stabilised soil product is a recovery route ranked above burial.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTI/forskrift/2004-06-01-930/KAPITTEL_9 · checked 2026-08
From 1 July 2009 Norway extended the disposal ban to cover all biologically degradable waste sent to landfill, not only wet food and sludge fractions. The ban bites where total organic carbon exceeds 10 per cent or loss on ignition exceeds 20 per cent, so residual waste, paper, wood and natural textiles can no longer simply be buried. The Environment Agency (Miljodirektoratet) designed the ban to cut methane and push degradable material into recycling and energy recovery instead. It is the single strongest driver for drying and diverting wet residues in this market.
Source: https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/ansvarsomrader/avfall/for-naringsliv/deponere-avfall/deponering-av-avfall-forskriftskommentarer/-9-4-forbud-mot-deponering-av-visse-avfallstyper/ · checked 2026-08
Chapter 10 of the Waste Regulations (forbrenning av avfall) governs the incineration and co-incineration of waste. Section 10-4 requires a discharge permit, section 10-6 covers co-incineration plants such as cement kilns, and the chapter fixes the combustion conditions and air- and water-emission limit values a plant must meet. A cement kiln or energy-from-waste plant burning refuse- or solid-recovered fuel operates under this chapter, and a dried, consistent, low-moisture fuel is what keeps such a plant reliably inside those limits.
Source: https://lovdata.no/forskrift/2004-06-01-930 · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, gjodselvareforskriften quality classes 0, I, II and III.
Economic context
Norway runs one of the world's highest carbon prices. The general CO2 tax on non-quota emissions stood at NOK 952 per tonne of CO2 in 2023, and the government's climate plan sets a course to raise the general rate toward NOK 2000 per tonne by 2030 (in 2020 kroner). Every tonne of fossil fuel a dried waste- or biomass-derived fuel displaces avoids a real and steeply rising carbon cost.
Source: https://www.ssb.no/natur-og-miljo/artikler-og-publikasjoner/okonomien-i-regjeringens-klimaplan-mot-2030 · checked 2026-08
Land-based industry also pays for carbon under the EU Emissions Trading System, which Norway joined through the EEA. The allowance price was equivalent to around NOK 1000 per tonne of CO2 in 2023, and roughly 85 per cent of Norwegian greenhouse-gas emissions are covered by either the CO2 tax or the ETS. That double exposure sharpens the value of substituting coal or coke with a recovered fuel.
Source: https://energifaktanorge.no/en/et-baerekraftig-og-sikkert-energisystem/avgifter-og-kvoteplikt/ · checked 2026-08
Conversion cost hinges on cheap heat, not electricity. Statistics Norway (SSB) put the electricity price for energy-intensive industry at 42.2 ore per kWh in the third quarter of 2025, excluding taxes and grid rent. Boiling water off a wet residue with electrical resistance heating would waste that power, so a dryer that runs on recovered process, exhaust or kiln heat and very little electricity is what keeps drying economic.
Source: https://www.ssb.no/en/energi-og-industri/energi/statistikk/elektrisitetspriser/article-for-electricity-prices/slightly-higher-electricity-price-in-third-quarter · checked 2026-08
The cement industry is a large and demanding outlet for waste-derived fuel. Heidelberg Materials' Norcem plant at Brevik co-processes refuse- and solid-recovered fuels in place of coal and, in June 2025, opened the world's first industrial-scale carbon capture facility at a cement works, designed to capture 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, equal to about 50 per cent of the plant's emissions. A specification-consistent, low-moisture fuel with an even calorific value is exactly what such a kiln will accept.
Source: https://www.heidelbergmaterials.com/en/pr-15-12-2020 · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
Two carbon prices push refuse toward a dried fuel. The general CO2 tax reached NOK 952 per tonne in 2023 and is set to climb toward NOK 2000 by 2030, while land-based industry also surrenders EU allowances near NOK 1000 per tonne, so every tonne of coal a prepared fuel displaces avoids a rising, double charge. The outlet is real: Heidelberg Materials' Norcem plant at Brevik co-processes waste-derived fuel and now captures 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. Firing the dryer on recovered pre-calciner or exhaust heat rather than power at 42.2 ore per kWh keeps conversion cheap. Assumptions stated: offtake terms, chlorine limits and available heat move the payback.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
RDF Dryer Manufacturer in Norway — FAQ
Do you supply RDF dryers here?
Yes, from our Hertfordshire factory. We hold no commissioned RDF line on home soil yet and will not imply one; the platform is the same continuous-flow FlowDrya proven on our British reference sites.
How does the landfill ban drive RDF drying?
Since 2009 biodegradable waste cannot be buried where total organic carbon exceeds 10 per cent or loss on ignition exceeds 20 per cent, so the burnable fraction must be recovered. Drying stabilises it and raises calorific value, turning a residue with nowhere to go into a fuel a kiln will take.
Which rules govern burning the fuel?
Co-incineration of waste-derived fuel falls under Chapter 10 of the Waste Regulations, which requires a permit and fixes the emission limits a cement kiln or power plant must meet. A dried, documented fuel of steady quality keeps a plant within those limits.
How large is the cement outlet?
Substantial. Norcem's Brevik plant co-processes refuse- and solid-recovered fuel in place of coal, and now captures 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, so a reliable, dried RDF has a real and demanding home.
Does the FlowDrya cope with coarse, mixed RDF?
Yes. The hydraulic moving floor tumbles and conveys an oversized, contrary mix without the blockages that beset auger and belt systems, drying the material evenly across the deck.
How is an RDF plant shipped and commissioned from the UK?
Each dryer is fully assembled and factory-tested at our works, then dismantled for freight. On arrival it is reassembled, connected to the site's heat supply and brought online through a structured start-up and supervised trial before handover.