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Paper industry in Hagen, Germany
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Night shot of local paper industry in Hagen-Bathey/Kabel, taken from Dortmund-Hohensyburg. Items of interest:

HEAT AND POWER STATION HAGEN-KABEL (left)
Put into service 1980/1981, 215 MW net power: 2 x 70 MW gas turbines + 1 x 75 MW steam turbine, 108 MJ/s district heating power, burns natural gas (pipeline connection), diesel backup (4 weeks capacity). Provides electric energy and process steam to local industries. Description in German at operator website

WAZ NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION PLANT (front right, visible in parts)
Largest newspaper plant in Europe. Printing line with 27 six-tower printing units (162 printing couples), ten folders. Web width 1360 mm, cutoff length 480 mm. Within four to five hours, this and a slighty smaller plant in Essen produce 1.35 million newspapers per day (ca. 700,000 WAZ). Round-the-clock operation allows for ample production of other WAZ publications and for external clients. No offical website available

STORA ENSO PAPER MILL (background)
Former Feldmühle. Acquired by Stora Enso in 1998. Three paper machines: trim width 369/720/720 cm, maximum speed 1000/1300/1320 m/min. Annual capacity 600,000 tons. Highly effective plant with 1,100 employees. Mainly coated reels for offset and rotogravure (magazines, brochures, books). Details at storaenso.com

YOURS TRULY
btw lives on the opposite side of the hill seen on this photo, taken from the same spot as the photo above. The side shown on the photo features a rather special power plant, the Koepchenwerk pumped storage plant (also at rwepower.com, both in German) - more on that later.