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KVA Basel
Location: Basel
Operator: Industrielle Werke Basel
Configuration: 1 X 17.2 MW CHP
Operation: 1999
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB
EPC: Enertech
Quick Facts: KVA Basel was rebuilt in 1999. It processes refuse from about
700,000 people in Basel and its immediate environs. The plant supplies the
Basel DHS system, the largest in the country.
Photograph courtesy of KVA Basel
Posted 15 Sep 2005 |
KVA Buchs
Location: Aargau
Operator: KVA Buchs AG
Configuration: 1 X 11 MW CHP
Operation: 1995
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin, Wehrle-Werk AG
T/G supplier: ABB
EPC: Enertech
Quick Facts: Steam is supplied to
Fernwärme Wynenfeld AG (Fewag) for district heating.
Photograph courtesy of KVA Buchs
Posted 4 May 2005 |
Chaux-de-Fonds New
Location: Neuchâtel
Operator: Vadec SA
Configuration: 1 X 2.5 MW CHP
Operation: 1994
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: BBC (?)
Quick facts: In Mar 2008, Cridor and Saiod, two existing waste handling
and disposal companies merged to form Vadec SA. The new company serves 355
000 inhabitants in 268 municipalities in the cantons of Berne, Jura,
Neuchâtel and Vaud with two waste treament centers in La Chaux-de-Fonds
and Cottendart, both in Neuchâtel. The first, 2-line WTE plant at La
Chaux-de-Fonds went online in 1972. A new single-line facility was built
in 1994 with 50,000 tpy capacity and a new turbine added in 2000. The
exterior treatment of the new plant was designed by architect Pierre
Studer for an urban setting that had been in more-or-less continuous use
since a gas plant was built on the site in 1897.
Photograph courtesy of
Cridor SA
Posted 27 May 2009 |
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Cheneviers
Location: Genève
Operator: Services Industriels de Genève
Configuration: 1 X 12 MW, 1 X 19 MW CHP
Operation: 1978-1993
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Enertech, Von Roll
T/G supplier: BBC, ABB
Quick facts: Capacity is about 350,000 tpy of MSW from several nearby
cantons. Electricity output covers up to 15% of Geneva's requirement.
Steam is sold to Cadom SA for district heating.
Photograph courtesy of Services Industriels de Genève
Posted 16 Nov 2005 |
Colombier
Location: Neuchâtel
Operator: Vadec SA
Configuration: 1 X 6 MW CHP
Operation: 1993
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: SEU Schenkel
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Electrowatt
Quick facts: Two older and smaller steam sets at Colombier in Cottendart
have been retired.
Photograph courtesy of
SAIOD
Posted 27 May 2009 |
KVA Forsthaus West
Location: Bern
Operator: Energie Wasser Bern
Configuration: 1 X 18 MW CHP, 73-MW, 1+1 CCGT
Operation: 2012
Fuel: refuse, wood, natural gas
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Martin, Bertsch
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: Electrowatt, KAM
Quick facts: In a first-of-a-kind application in Switzerland, the
WTE plant is integrated with a small CCGT block. Steam from the WTE T/G
set incinerator will be directed to the CCGT HRSG to generate additional
power. This CHF 500mn project replaces an existing incinerator system.
Artist's impression courtesy of Energie Wasser Bern
Posted 27 Dec 2010 |
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Kirchberg
Location: St-Gallen
Operator: Zweckverband Abfallverwertung Bazenheid
Configuration: 1 X 2.3 MW CHP
Operation: 1984
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: ??
T/G supplier: KKK
Quick facts: This facility serves 40 municipalities in Fürstenland,
Toggenburg and Hinterthurgau with a population of about 167,000.
Photograph courtesy of
Ecoling Partner AG
Posted 3 Dec 2006 |
Niederurnen
Location: Glarus
Operator: KVA Linthgebiet
Configuration: 1 X 5.1 MW, 1 X 7.3 MW CHP
Operation: 1984-1999
Fuel: refuse, sewage sludge
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB
Quick facts: The first incinerator at KVA Linthgebiet went online in Nov
1973 and the second in 1984 serving 29 municipalities in Glarus, 16 in
Schyyz, and 13 in St Gallen. In 2001, the first incinerator was replaced
and the second refurbished. Annual throughput is about 115,000tpy. In Jun
2008, the company directors approved CHF 36mn of new projects including
new shredders and balers and a new slag processing and metals recovery
facility.
Photograph courtesy of
KVA Linthgebiet
Posted 15 Oct 2008 |
Saidef
Location: Fribourg
Operator: Saidef
Configuration: 1 X10 MW CHP
Operation: 1999
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB
EPC: Martin/LAB
Quick facts: The project is owned by several municipalities and cantonal
governments plus power company FEW. TIRU and TBF Toscano-Bernardi-Frey AG
were engineering consultants.
Photograph courtesy of
Saidef
Posted 3 Aug 2005 |
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KVA St Gallen
Location: St Gallen
Operator: Kehrichtheizkraftwerk St Gallen
Configuration: 1 X 5.75 MW
Operation: 1987
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB
Quick facts: In 1994-98, the St Gallen plant was retrofit by Ecoling with
new APC equipment. In 2005, the I&C equipment was overhauled by IBG.
Photograph courtesy of
Stadt St Gallen
Posted 11 Aug 2010 |
Trimmis
Location: Graubunden
Operator: Gemeindeverband fur Abfallbeseitigung
Configuration: 1 X 5 MW, 1 X 7 MW
Operation: 1990-2003
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB, MAN
EPC: Caliqua
Quick facts: The Gevag WTE project started in 1968 when a group of 33
Bündner municipalities joined together to plan joint refuse disposal
strategies. The first facilities at Trimmis went into operation
in 1975, by which time there were 43 participants. In 1988, Gevag was
formed and the number of towns in the association had gone to 63. The
incinerator system was retrofit with a 5-MW steam set in 1990. A second
line was added in 2003.
Photograph courtesy of
Gemeinde Zizers
Posted 17 Jun 2009 |
Turgi
Location: Aargau
Operator: KVA Turgi
Configuration: 1 X 5.2 MW, 1 X 7.7 MW
Operation: 1970-1998
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system
supplier: Enertech
T/G supplier: ABB
Photograph courtesy of KVA Turgi
Posted 2 Apr 2005 |
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Zuchwil
Location: Solothurn
Operator: KEBAG Kehrichtbeseitigungs-AG
Configuration: 1 X 10 MW, 1 x 1.8 MW CHP
Operation: 1983-1994
Fuel: refuse
Boiler/incinerator system supplier: Von Roll, Sulzer, Enertech
T/G supplier: Escher Wyss, AEG
Quick Facts: The plant takes refuse from 215 municipalities in Berne and
Solothurn cantons and counts 170 of the municipalities as shareholders. Steam is
sold to a local paper plant and to EBAG, hot water is sold to two other
firms, and electricity is supplied to AEK Energie AG.
Photograph courtesy of KEBAG
Kehrichtbeseitigungs-AG
Posted 15 Sep 2005 |
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