Waste-to-Energy Plants in Germany

Böblingen
Location: BW
Operator: Zweckverband Restmüllheizkraftwerk Böblingen
Configuration: 1 X 12 MW CHP
Operation: 1999
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Steinmuller
T/G supplier: ABB
EPC: Goepfert Reimer and Partner
Quick facts: The facility is jointly-owned by four municipalities: Landkreis Böblingen, Landkreis Calw, Landkreis Freudenstadt, and Stadt Stuttgart. Back-end equipment includes a baghouses, a calcium hydroxide scrubber, and SCR. Throughput is about 140,000 tons MSW/yr.

Photograph courtesy of Zweckverband RBB
Posted 2 Dec 2006

TREA Breisgau
Location: BW
Operator: Gesellschaft Abfallwirtschaft Breisgau mbH
Configuration: 1 X 15 MW CHP
Operation: 2005
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Von Roll
T/G supplier: Siemens
Quick facts: The plant cost about
€83mn. Partners include Badenova, GAB, STEAG, and SOTEC. Back-end equipment includes ESPs, baghouses, a wet scrubber, and SCR. Throughput is about 150,000 tons MSW/yr.

Photograph courtesy of SOTEC GmbH
Posted 29 Oct 2005

Karlsruhe
Location: MV
Operator: Thermoselect Südwest GmbH (EnBW)
Configuration: 1 X 12.7 MW
Operation: 2002
Fuel: refuse-derived syngas
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
Quick Facts: The Thermoselect system produces syngas, useable mineral substances, and iron-rich materials from mixed wastes. At full design load, this plant can process almost 800 tpd of refuse. The plant was reportedly shutdown in 2004

Photograph courtesy of Thermoselect
Posted 3 Apr 2005

MHKW Kassel
Location: HE
Operator: Müllheizkraftwerk Kassel GmbH
Configuration: 1  X 10.5 MW, 1 X 15 MW
Operation: 1985-1987
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: EVT
T/G supplier: AEG, BBC
Quick facts: The Kassel WTE plant was built at the site of the Losse lignite-fired CHP plant. This was closed in 1966 and the boilers rebuilt to burn refuse. In 1987, new pollution control equipment was added and in 1999 a new purpose-built boiler and incineration system was added and the old boilers shutdown. The plant has baghouses, dry lime scrubbers, SCR, and oxidation catalysts.

Photograph courtesy of Städtische Werke AG
Posted 22 Oct 2005

Lauta
Location: SN
Operator: TA Lauta
Configuration: 1 X 20 MW
Operation: 2004
Fuel: RDF
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Alstom
T/G supplier: Austrian Energy, ABB
EPC: Alstom Germany
Quick Facts: Lauta has a dry lime scrubber, activated carbon injection, a baghouse, and SCR. The plant cost €128mn and was built by a consortium of RAVON, STEAG, and Vattenfall.

Photograph courtesy of TA Lauta
Posted 4 Nov 2001

MHKW Offenbach
Location: HE
Operator: Energieversorgung Offenbach AG
Configuration: 1 X 11.8 MW CHP
Operation: 1970
Fuel: refuse
Boiler supplier: Lurgi
T/G supplier: ??

Photograph courtesy of Energieversorgung Offenbach AG
Posted 1 Jan 2006

 

Rüdersdorf
Location: BE
Operator: Vattenfall Europe Waste-to-Energy GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 35.5 MW CHP
Operation: 2008
Fuel: Refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Fisia
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Poyry
Quick facts: Construction got underway in May 2006 and the plant was substantially complete by Mar 2008. The plant cost about €110mn and waste throughput is expected to be about 260,000 tpy. Steam is supplied to the nearby Cemex OstZement GmbH plant.

Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall Europe
Posted 18 Jun 2008

 

Salzbergen
Location: ST
Operator: SRS EcoTherm GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 600 kW, 1 X 800 kW, 1 X 6 MW CHP
Operation: 2004
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Alstom
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Alstom, Envi Con Plant Engineering
Quick Facts: In 2003, H&R ChemPharma GmbH turned over energy operations at its Salzbergen lubricant refinery to RWE company SRS EcoTherm. The WTE plant was built to repower existing steam sets and provide thermal energy for the industrial plant. About 360,000 tpy of steam is sent to the refinery through an 800m steam pipe. Waste throughput is about 120,000 tpy and the plant cost €50mn.

Photograph by courtesy of RWE AG
Posted 23 Nov 2006

Stavenhagen
Location: MV
Operator: Nehlsen Heizkraftwerke GmbH & Co KG
Configuration: 1 X 45 MW CHP
Operation: 2007
Fuel: RDF
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Baumgarte, Thyssen-Krupp-Xervon
T/G supplier: MAN, Elin
Quick facts: The plant cost about €52mn. Partners include Convis, BLS Energieplan, Fiedler-Beck, and GfbU. Back-end equipment includes primary NOx-reduction, a LÜHR- scrubber-system, and baghouse. Design throughput is 95,000 tpy.

Photograph courtesy of Nehlsen GmbH & Co
Posted 31 Mar 2006

 

AVA Velsen
Location: SL
Operator: Abfallverwertungsanlage Velsen (AVA)
Configuration: 1 X 21.5 MW CHP
Operation: 1997
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Von Roll
T/G supplier: ABB
Quick facts: The plant cost about €178mn. AVA is a 51:49 joint venture of EVS, a group of 52 Saarland municipalities, and SOTEC. Back-end equipment includes ESPs, baghouses, a wet scrubber, and catalyst systems. The plant has two lines with total throughput of about 210,000 tons MSW/yr.

Photograph courtesy of SOTEC GmbH
Posted 29 Oct 2005

Zorbau
Location: ST
Operator: SITA Deutschland
Configuration: 1 X 25 MW
Operation: 2005
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Von Roll, Podolsk
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: Von Roll, Hochtief
Quick Facts: This plant has two treatment lines and a total capacity of about 300,000 tpy of MSW.

Photograph courtesy of SITA Deutschland
Posted 11 Dec 2005

Abbreviations: CHP = combined heat and power, ESP = electrostatic precipitator, FGD = flue gas desulphurization, MSW = municipal solid waste, RDF = refuse-derived fuel, T/G = turbine generator, tpy = tons per year, WTE = waste-to-energy

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 06/18/08

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