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Witzenhausen

Operator: B+T Energie GmbH (owner), operated jointly with DS Smith Deutschland GmbH · Operating · Data verified 08.10.2026

Permitted capacity
387.1 kt/a
Incineration lines
1
Commissioned
2008
Energy recovery
CHP

Waste to energy plant Alsfeld (EBS KW Witzenhausen) is a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Witzenhausen, Hesse, operated by B+T Energie GmbH (owner), operated jointly with DS Smith Deutschland GmbH, with a capacity of 387,106 tonnes per year.

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Firing systemFluidised bed
Thermal input124 MWth
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FeedstockRDF/SRF from commercial and industrial waste; also paper-mill rejects and sludge from the mill's biological wastewater treatment
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AddressKasseler Landstraße 23, 37213 Witzenhausen (DS Smith paper mill site)

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