- Permitted capacity
- 60 kt/a
- Commissioned
- 2002
Waste-to-Energy plant Minden is a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, operated by EMiL Entsorgungswirtschaft Minden-Lübbecke AöR, with a capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year.
| Firing system | Grate |
|---|---|
| Thermal input | 15 MWth |
| Hourly capacity | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Waste calorific value | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Feedstock | RDF produced at the Pohlsche Heide resource centre (Hille) from municipal and commercial waste of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke (plastics, contaminated paper/cardboard, composites, textiles) |
| Steam parameters | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| District heat output | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Heat delivered | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| District heat use | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Ownership | WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+ |
| Projects in progress | Modernisation/expansion to 70,000 t/a (87,500 t/a permitted, 8.75 t/h, 30 MW, 36 t/h steam): new boiler, larger bunker, new flue gas cleaning (lime/activated carbon, sodium bicarbonate, fabric filter, NH3 injection, catalyst), new stack; amendment permit applied summer 2020, granted Q1 2021 by Bezirksregierung Detmold; suspended by KAVG supervisory board in Nov 2022 (cost estimate EUR 30m expected to at least double); future heat supply to the city of Minden mentioned |
| Address | Karlstraße 43, 32423 Minden |
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