Operator: Stadtwerke Neumünster · Operating · Data verified 08.10.2026

Permitted capacity: 150 kt/a
Commissioned: 2005
Energy recovery: CHP

Waste to energy plant Neumünster is a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, operated by Stadtwerke Neumünster, with a capacity of 150,000 tonnes per year.

Technical data
Firing system	Fluidised bed
Waste calorific value	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Feedstock	RDF (high-calorific coarse fraction) from the MBA Neumünster mechanical-biological treatment plant; residual, commercial and wood waste; sewage sludge and animal meal can also be co-fired
Electricity generated	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Heat delivered	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
District heat use	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Operating hours	7,760 h/a
Flue gas cleaning	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Technology suppliers	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Ownership	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Modernisation / expansion	WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
Projects in progress	Study of a CO2 separation unit at the TEV and of options for CO2-free waste incineration (no timeline); large heat pump at the wastewater treatment plant and new heat storage (approx. EUR 90m) as part of SWN's 2035 climate-neutrality plan; 2021 plan to move the heat division incl. TEV into MBA Neumünster GmbH with a 49% Remondis stake was dropped in October 2021
Address	Bismarckstraße 26, 24534 Neumünster

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