Why doesn Infraserv build a smaller plant?
The size of the plant depends on two things: satisfying existing demand and providing a reliable supply of electricity and steam for Industriepark Höchst. Among the regular plant providers, this means a design with three combustion trains and a fairly high capacity. Even after the WTE power plant comes online, manufacturers at the park will still only draw 60 percent of their power from on-site energy-generation facilities. A smaller plant would be unable to increase on-site energy production by a sufficient amount. Since it is so close to consumers, on-site energy production is highly efficient and thus better for the environment.
