Salzburg's mayor, Bernhard Auinger, vehemently opposes Kaindl's planned power plant in Klessheim, near the city's border. He objects to the incineration of waste as a significant component of the plant's fuel source.
The plant, intended to run on 80% wood waste and 20% substitute fuels, has raised concerns. Mayor Auinger plans to coordinate with Freilassing's mayor, Markus Hiebl, to formulate a joint response. Auinger points out that Salzburg already has long-term contracts for waste disposal in Upper Austria, rendering Kaindl's waste incineration unnecessary.
Salzburg city and surrounding municipalities send approximately 65,000 tons of residual waste annually to Lenzing, Upper Austria. Kaindl's plant aims to incinerate 60,000 tons of 'substitute materials,' which Auinger believes is unnecessary and inconsistent with the plant's initial presentation as a biomass plant.
While Auinger approves of Kaindl's intention to provide district heating to Salzburg, he insists the plant should operate solely on biomass, as initially proposed. He doubts the plant's economic viability relying solely on available wood waste and suspects other motives for incorporating waste incineration.