The Burning Issue

Hitachi Zosen Inova CEO Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin on the end of EfW, the start of waste-to-X, and building the facilities of the future

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Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) chief executive Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin tells EWB editor Luke Walsh talks about how the business is developing a new generation of waste processing plants.


This episode focuses on:


  • HZI evolving progressively into the leading EfW builder globally
  • How the business has, mostly, avoided the financial issues plaguing other EPC builders 
  • Moving into the O&M market
  • Fixing plants left unfinished by others  
  • Developing a CCS pilot in the UK with Enfinium 
  • Why waste-to-X is the future of the sector 


Now based in Zürich, French national Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin, joined HZI in 2018. He previously held senior roles at GE Power and Alstom Power. A former student at the Ecole Polytechnique of Paris in the 1990s he also achieved a Master of Business Administration from leading business school the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in 2004.



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