The Gendorf site has received deliveries of about 1.4 Mt a -1 of educts in recent years, including fatty acids, fatty alcohols, 60 rock salt, and about 0.3 Mt a -1 of ethylene . Further inputs include about 3.6 TJ a -1 of electricity from the grid, 4.5 TJ a -1 of natural gas, and 0.5 TJ a -1 of steam from an adjacent waste incineration plant . Water is taken from the Alz river, a well and the local drinking water network, while oxygen, nitrogen and pressurized air are obtained from the surrounding air.