KVA Linth

Founded in 1973, KVA Linth is a renewable energy company headquartered in Niederurnen, Switzerland with approximately 51-200 employees specializing in Other.

KVA Linth operates a waste incineration plant (Kehrichtverbrennungsanlage) in Niederurnen, Switzerland, owned by the Zweckverband für die Kehrichtverwertung im Linthgebiet, which includes 28 municipalities in the cantons of Glarus, Schwyz and St. Gallen. The plant incinerates around 113,000 tonnes of waste per year and converts the heat into electricity, with about half of the electricity being renewable, and supplies district heating through its own network. It also recovers metals from slag and washes fly ash for other waste incinerators. The company is developing the 'KVA Linth 2025' renewal project, which replaces one furnace line and upgrades another, and is working on a CO2 capture and storage (CCS) project through its CO2 competence centre with ZAR. Around 50% of the waste received is said to be renewable material such as wood, textiles and food waste.