Energie hill Neu Wulmstorf—Reuse of a former landfill site for energy production from renewable energy

Abstract

To minimize the use of fossil fuels, the Stadtreinigung Hamburg operates, in addition to optimizing energy production from trash incineration, the production of energy and heat from renewable energy sources. At the site of a former municipal waste landfill, all possibilities are put to action to produce electricity from renewable energy sources for the city’s public electricity grid. Combining landfill gas collection and its combustion at a combined heat and power plant, with the operation of three wind turbines and a 7900 m2 module sizes photovoltaic systems, an annual production of between five and six million kilowatt hours of electricity is achieved. This prevents the release of more than 3000 Mg of CO2, because this produced energy does originate from fossil fuels processed in other power plants.