page_title: Ingelheimer Aue
section_title: Current
hierarchical_section_title: Ingelheimer Aue / Development / Current
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden
context_page_description: Thee Ingelheimer Aue is a previous Rhine island, located on the left bank of the river by the city of Mainz, between 500 and 503,5 km from the river mouth. It forms the northernmost point of the city division Mainz-Neustadt and is used for commercial purposes.
context_section_description: In recent years there have been several major construction projects on the Ingelheimer Aue, which have led to considerable changes in the infrastructure. Due to the conversion of the neighbouring customs port into a residential area, the container port there had to be relocated to the Ingelheimer Aue. For this purpose an area of approx. 30 ha was converted into a modern container port, which started operations in 2011.
  Due to the location of the container port, it became necessary to close off Gaßnerallee, which until then had been the access road to the northern part of the peninsula. For this reason, a three lane port bridge 170 metres long was built across the basin of the industrial port. It was inaugurated on 24 April 2009.
  Stadtwerke Mainz and its subsidiary Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden AG (KMW) operate a gas power plant and a waste incineration plant on a large site on the Ingelheimer Aue. A coal-fired power plant with three 100 MW units, dating from 1958, 1963 and 1966, was shut down in 2000.
  The current plant consists of two gas and steam combined cycle power plants, an older non-active unit from 1977 with a capacity of around 350 MW, and a newer power plant (2001) with a capcity of about 400 MW. At the end of 2018 a further block was completed with a total capacity of 100 MW for district heating, supplementing and expanding the existing district heating production of over 200 MW.
  The waste incineration plant coupled to the gas-fired power plant was inaugurated on 12 November 2003. More than 350,000 tons of waste were incinerated there in 2014.
  Plans for a coal-fired power plant with an electrical output of 800 MW and up to 300 MW of district heating were abandoned due to massive protests in 2012.
  The paper mill WEPA Mainz GmbH, which produces toilet paper, is adjacent to the power plants. It employs 200 people on Ingelheimer Aue.
  The Polycasa factory on the Aue manufactures extruded plastic sheets, and employs 125 people. In the history of the Mainz site, many materials have been used, from shellac, phenolic resins and phenolic moulding compounds to acrylic moulding compounds.
  In addition, some water sports clubs have their buildings on the Ingelheimer Aue, e.g. the water sports department of the Mainz Police Sports Club.
caption: Mainz-Wiesbaden power plants
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