EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbH — Germany

EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbH is a 22.5 MW waste power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is operated by EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbH. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 31k homes (estimated). It ranks #539 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. Its modelled annual emissions are 245,580 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 57k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005648.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 22.5 MW, EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbH is around the median waste plant in Germany (22.5 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

~245,580 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of Germany waste capacity

1.3% of 1,698 MW across 68 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

34 of 60 dated waste plants in Germany are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest waste plants in Germany

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbH.

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 28% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 67/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #34 largest waste power plant of 68 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 68 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 1,698 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Exxonmobil Production power station · Gas · 30 MW · Niedersachsen
• GKL · Gas · 230 MW · Lower Saxony
• KWH · Gas · 102 MW · Lower Saxony
• Herrenhausen power station · Gas · 100 MW · Lower Saxony
• GKH Hannover power station · Coal · 300 MW · Lower Saxony
• GKL Linden power station · Gas · 230 MW · Niedersachsen

Location

Coordinates 52.4118, 9.853 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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