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1 Waste-to-Energy 2 MBT plants 3 Sorting Plants 3.1 Dry Recyclables 3.2 Packaging 3.3 Plastics 3.4 Metal 3.5 Paper 3.6 Glass 3.7 Bulky Waste 3.8 Batteries 3.9 E-Scrap 3.10 Construction & Demolition 3.11 Other Sorting Plants 4 Recycling plants 4.1 Plastics, material 4.2 Plastics, chemical 4.3 Paper 4.4 Other Recycling Plants 5 Biomass-to-Power 6 Anaerobic digestion 7 Hazardous waste

Plant

Name
Köln
Country
Germany
Type
Waste to Energy
Province/Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Status
active
Investments
n/a
Start of operation
1998
Heat use category
unknown
Input, capacity [t/a]
785,000
Input real
n/a
Input real (year of data)
n/a
Power generation capacity [MW]
46.7
Heat production capacity [MW]
26.7
Gross heat production [MW]
n/a
Average heating value [kJ/kg]
10,086
Fuel category
MSW
Size category
>20
Remarks: As of 03/2021, Hitachi Zosen Inova Kraftwerkstechnik GmbH has replaced superheaters 5 and 6. In 2013, maintenance works on all four units caused several downtimes but waste throughput decreased only slightly. In 03/2012, AVG Köln applied for the approval to burn waste from foreign countries as an option for the future.

 

Unit 1

Status
active
Start of operation
1997
End of operation
n/a
Year of awarding
n/a
Input tons per hour
25
Unit fuel
MSW
Fuel category
MSW
Technology
Roller Grate
Main steam production at t/h at bar/°C
66,9 / 40 / 400
Flue gas cleaning technology (FGCT)
HCl-Washer / SO2-Washer / Fabric Filter / CAT
FGCT provider
DBA, LCS, ABB
Technology provider
DBA / Fisia Babcock
Type of thermal process
Grate
Power generation technology (PGT)
n/a
PGT provider
n/a
PGT category
unknown
Gross heat production [MW]
n/a
Heat production capacity [MW]
n/a
Power generation capacity [MW]
n/a
 
 

Unit 2

Status
active
Start of operation
1997
End of operation
n/a
Year of awarding
n/a
Input tons per hour
25
Unit fuel
MSW
Fuel category
MSW
Technology
Roller Grate
Main steam production at t/h at bar/°C
66,9 / 40 / 400
Flue gas cleaning technology (FGCT)
HCl-Washer / SO2-Washer / Fabric Filter / CAT
FGCT provider
DBA, LCS, ABB
Technology provider
DBA / Fisia Babcock
Type of thermal process
Grate
Power generation technology (PGT)
n/a
PGT provider
n/a
PGT category
unknown
Gross heat production [MW]
n/a
Heat production capacity [MW]
n/a
Power generation capacity [MW]
n/a
 
 

Unit 3

Status
active
Start of operation
1997
End of operation
n/a
Year of awarding
n/a
Input tons per hour
25
Unit fuel
MSW
Fuel category
MSW
Technology
Roller Grate
Main steam production at t/h at bar/°C
66,9 / 40 / 400
Flue gas cleaning technology (FGCT)
HCl-Washer / SO2-Washer / Fabric Filter / CAT
FGCT provider
DBA, LCS, ABB
Technology provider
DBA / Fisia Babcock
Type of thermal process
Grate
Power generation technology (PGT)
n/a
PGT provider
n/a
PGT category
unknown
Gross heat production [MW]
n/a
Heat production capacity [MW]
n/a
Power generation capacity [MW]
n/a
 
 

Unit 4

Status
active
Start of operation
1997
End of operation
n/a
Year of awarding
n/a
Input tons per hour
25
Unit fuel
MSW
Fuel category
MSW
Technology
Roller Grate
Main steam production at t/h at bar/°C
66,9 / 40 / 400
Flue gas cleaning technology (FGCT)
HCl-Washer / SO2-Washer / Fabric Filter / CAT
FGCT provider
DBA, LCS, ABB
Technology provider
DBA / Fisia Babcock
Type of thermal process
Grate
Power generation technology (PGT)
n/a
PGT provider
n/a
PGT category
unknown
Gross heat production [MW]
n/a
Heat production capacity [MW]
n/a
Power generation capacity [MW]
n/a
 
 

Operator

AVG Abfallentsorgungs- und Verwertungsgesellschaft Köln mbH (AVG Köln)
Geestemünder Straße 23
50735 Köln
0049-221/7170-154
info@avgkoeln.de
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