- WtE plants
- 1
- WtE capacity
- 84.9 kt/a
- Waste treated
- 42.3 kt/a
SWE UmweltService GmbH is the Stadtwerke Erfurt group company that runs the residual waste treatment plant RABA Erfurt-Ost in the Thuringian state capital. The plant, built in 2006, combines mechanical pre-treatment with an energy recovery unit that supplies electricity and steam to the city’s networks and dries the sewage sludge of Erfurt. The company is municipally owned through SWE Stadtwerke Erfurt GmbH, which belongs entirely to the City of Erfurt. Two projects are under way: a flue gas heat recovery system feeding the district heating network, due by the end of 2026, and a sewage sludge mono-incineration plant planned for 2029.
Key Takeaways
- Municipal operator in Erfurt: SWE UmweltService GmbH was founded in 2005 as TUS Thüringer UmweltService GmbH and renamed on 22 April 2021; it is part of the Stadtwerke Erfurt group, whose parent SWE Stadtwerke Erfurt GmbH is wholly owned by the City of Erfurt.
- One plant, RABA Erfurt-Ost: the residual waste treatment plant at Schwerborner Straße in Erfurt-Ost was built in 2006; its energy recovery unit (EnVA) has a permitted capacity of 84,900 t/a and a thermal input of 26 MW, generating electricity and steam and drying sewage sludge.
- Erfurt-only feedstock since June 2020: the plant has treated only municipal waste from the City of Erfurt since mid-2020, after third-party waste treatment ended.
- Heat recovery project 2024–2026: a heat exchanger in the flue gas duct will feed waste heat into the SWE Energie district heating network at the neighbouring gas-and-steam power plant site, with EFRE co-funding and completion scheduled for December 2026.
- Sewage sludge mono-incineration planned: a fluidised bed plant for about 25,000 t/a of dewatered sludge is to be built at the site, with commercial operation planned for the first quarter of 2029.
| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Figures for | 2025 |
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| Other activities | Residual waste treatment plant RABA Erfurt-Ost (mechanical pre-treatment and energy recovery plant); electricity and steam generation; sewage sludge drying; part of the SWE Entsorgung waste division (collection, sorting, bio-waste fermentation, composting, landfill aftercare via sister companies) |
| Projects in progress | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
Plants operated by SWE Umweltservice
- Erfurt84.9 kt/a · Germany
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