GKS mainly operates a coal-fired power plant with an integrated waste-to-energy plant. Our plants are essentially located on one site and are to be considered as part of a plant network.
An overview of our plant portfolio:
Main systems:
| Plant: | Coal-fired cogeneration plant |
| Number of steam boilers: | 2 |
| Fuel thermal output: | 63 MW each |
| Fuel input (annually): | approx. 35,000 t hard coal, approx. 4000 t dry sewage sludge |
| Steam production: | 70 t/h each at 113 bar and 535 °C |
| Plant: | Waste-to-energy plant |
| Number of steam boilers: | 3 |
| Fuel heat output: | 20.8 MW each |
| Fuel consumption (annually): | approx. 175,000 tons of household and bulky waste |
| Steam production: | 25 t/h each at 65 bar and 435 °C |
Ancillary plants:
| Plant: | Peak heating plant (SHW Nord) |
| Number of steam boilers: | 2 (only for district heating generation) |
| Fuel heat output: | 21.2 MW and 49.5 MW |
| Fuel consumption (annually): | bivalent natural gas and heating oil |
| Steam production: | up to 100 t/h at 5 bar and 190 °C |
| Plant: | Combustion engine plants |
| Number of steam boilers: | 2 (only for district heating generation) |
| Fuel heat output: | 11 MW each |
| Fuel consumption (annually): | diesel |
| Steam production: | emergency diesel, only for emergency power generation |
| Plant: | Steam turbine |
| Number: | 1 backpressure steam turbine 1 extraction condensing steam turbine |
| Electrical output: | 12 MW and 17 MW |
| Description: | power generation using combined heat and power generation |
| Plant: | District heating network |
| Feed-in: | steam feed-in at 5 bar and 190 °C |
| Description: | back pressure from back pressure steam turbine extraction from extraction condensing steam turbine diversion station |
| Plant: | SHW South |
| Description: | transfer station to customers or redistributors |