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The City of Leipzig is owner of the main local energy provider “Stadtwerke Leipzig” (SWL). SWL offers its customers electricity, heat and natural gas. This combination of different means of energy helped to spur the change to cogeneration.

SWL’s most modern plant is located in the inner city just next to Leipzig Main Station (see photo). The plant, operated by heating oil and natural gas, uses a double cycle to produce both heat and electricity. The output is 180 MW_th and 172 MW_el with an overall efficiency of 86,6%.

The plant’s construction was based on a detailed analysis of the heat and electricity needs of Leipzig’s citizens. The plant today provides a high resource efficiency level, reduces the dependence from purchased outside-electricity and uses an environmentally friendly two-cycle technology.

SWL is EMAS II and ISO 14001 certified

Figure 1: Leipzig cogeneration plant

Further information on this topic can be found at: www.swl.de

Last Updated

13th January 2005