EEW Energy from Waste Göppingen.

Overview

Our Plant.

Göppingen, nestled in the wonderful countryside of the Swabian Alb, bears a particular responsibility towards this natural paradise. This makes it all the more important to sensibly utilise the waste generated locally to produce energy. With this aim in mind, EEW’s energy from waste plant in Göppingen, which was fitted with a new boiler and ultra-modern flue gas cleaning system in 1998, produces 51,000 megawatt hours of district heat every year for the Klinik am Eichert hospital, the Bergfeld residential estate and the nearby riot-police station. Moreover, the plant produces 87,000 megawatt hours of electricity, corresponding to the power required by around 25,000 households in the region. To generate this energy, up to 168,000 tonnes of residual waste from the district of Göppingen and the state of Baden-Württemberg can be recovered in a safe, low-emission process.

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Standortfilm EEW Göppingen

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Plant Data

Facts & Figures.

Commissioning	1975
Commissioning replacement line	1998
Total investment	€ 75 million
Capacity	168,000 tonnes/year - 3 year average
Number of combustion lines	1
Waste bunker capacity	6,400 cubic metres ≈ 3,200 tonnes
Calorific range of waste	9-11 megajoules/kilogram
Combustion temperature	>850°C
Power generation	87,000 megawatt hours/year ≈ 25,000 households
District heating generation	51,000 megawatt hours/year