Wi-Biebrich — Germany

Wi-Biebrich is a 31.7 MW biomass power plant in Hesse, Germany. It is operated by InfraServ GmbH & Co. Wiesbaden KG. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 44k homes (estimated). It ranks #438 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. Its modelled annual emissions are 76,423 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 18k cars driven for a year. In context, biomass supplies about 10.1% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006142.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400281; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 31.7 MW, Wi-Biebrich is well above the median biomass plant in Germany (19.7 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

~76,423 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 biomass capacity

1.3% of 2,477 MW across 73 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

35 of 49 dated biomass 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 biomass plants in Germany

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

Owner

Operated by InfraServ GmbH & Co. Wiesbaden KG.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.0°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 16% 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: 58/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #16 largest biomass power plant of 73 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 73 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 2,477 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Mainz power station · Coal · 1,123 MW · Rhineland-Palatinate
• MHKW Mainz · Waste · 15.6 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Kraftwerk Mainz · Gas · 434.2 MW · Hesse
• Biomasseheizkraftwerk Wiesbaden · Waste · 10.5 MW · Hesse
• BMKW Flörsheim Wicker · Biomass · 12.6 MW · Hesse
• GuD-Anlage Rüsselsheim · Gas · 112 MW · Hesse

Location

Coordinates 50.0405, 8.2532 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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