Altenstadt combined heat and power plant: Government grants approval under immission control law
Created: 01/26/2022, 16:22
By: Christopher Peters
The employee in the control room of the combined heat and power plant in Altenstadt has everything in view. © Jörg von Rohland
The controversial expansion of the Altenstadt combined heat and power plant caused major protests in the Schongau region. The government of Upper Bavaria has now issued the immission control permit for the expansion of the existing range of fuels to include alternative fuels.
Altenstadt - "The immission control approval for the significant modification of the thermal power station was to be granted in accordance with § 16 Para. 2 BImSchG, since the legal requirements are met," the government announced on Wednesday afternoon.
In particular, the project "is not expected to have any harmful effects on the environment or other hazards, significant nuisances or significant disadvantages for the neighborhood and the general public".
According to expert reports, the relevant limit values for odor immissions in the neighboring residential and commercial areas are clearly undercut.
"Even the pollutant emissions are below all relevant limit values."
The existing biomass thermal power station is a "waste co-incineration plant for the combustion of waste wood, which has a rated thermal output of 40.4 MW," according to the statement. "The existing range of fuels is now to be expanded to include the use of alternative fuels - such as quality-assured waste from cellulose, paper, cardboard and cardboard, textiles, packaging and from the production and processing of plastics." The proportion of alternative fuels is a maximum of 50 Percentage of the combustion heat output generated in each case. A change in the overall thermal output is not intended.
As early as March last year, the government gave the go-ahead for the construction of a fuel bunker, the installation of new conveyor technology and the connection of the new units to the existing process control system.
The notice of approval under immission control law can be viewed on the website of the government of Upper Bavaria.
