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Sandersdorf-Brehna

Operator: Progroup · Operating · Data verified 08.10.2026

Permitted capacity
440 kt/a
Incineration lines
1
Commissioned
2025
Energy recovery
CHP

Waste to energy plant Sandersdorf-Brehna is a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Sandersdorf-Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, operated by Progroup Power 2 GmbH, with a capacity of 440,000 tonnes per year.

Technical data
Firing systemFluidised bed
Thermal input105 MWth
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FeedstockRDF from municipal/commercial waste processing plus paper-mill residues (rejects, fibre/filler sludges, lime sludge) and biogas from the PM3 water treatment
Accepted waste types (EWC codes) WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
District heat use WtE Monitor+Available with WtE Monitor+
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Commissioning by line2025 (Line 1)
Projects in progressPiping of sludge from the PM3 water treatment (KWB) directly to the plant instead of trucking it 100 km (delayed by necessary rework on the sludge feeding at the plant; target date 31.12.2027); routing PM3 rejects to PPO2 instead of PPO1 Eisenhüttenstadt, saving c. 1,180 truck trips/a (target 31.12.2027)
AddressAuf der Sonnenseite 3a, 06792 Sandersdorf-Brehna

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