Mobile Heat Storage Developed at the Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hamm (Germany)

The famous symbol of the German city of Cologne - its cathedral the “Kölner Dom” - is now illuminated at night using energy generated from the city’s Waste-to-Energy Plant AVG (Abfallverwertungsgesellschaft Köln).  

Going ice skating is fun. In Nottingham (England) the National Ice Centre is on the city’s district heating network, receiving energy generated by treating waste in the Eastcroft Waste-to-Energy plant. 

The GfA Waste-to-Energy plant in Olching (Germany) supplies steam to the Glockenbrot bakery, which has been awarded the PRO PLANET label for its energy efficient bread production. 

• the AZ football club’s stadium,
• to buildings at the Boekelermeer business estate,
• and a further heating and cooling distribution project in Alkmaar .

The €15 million, two kilometre pipeline which has taken a year to construct will deliver steam, produced by the Waste-to-Energy plant to AkzoNobelsalt production facility in Hengelo. 

One of the world’s largest district heating networks is the Copenhagen network, stretching more than 50km from east to west. Three Waste-to-Energy plants supply heat to the same network and more than 30% of the total district heating in the Greater Copenhagen area is generated by waste...