Biogas plant Ellingstedt

Services provided

Implementation planning 
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Fermentation of slurry and energy crops

Location

Ellingstedt, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Initial operation

IV. quarter 2005

Operation process

2-stage - two fermenters with parallel feeding, one of them can be used as a secondary fermenter

Temperature range

mesophilic

Fermenter

2 x 2.433 m³

Final storage tank

1 x 2.000 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
Rye shot
Maize silage

Total

5.000 t/a
900 t/a
7.600 t/a

13.500 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

1 x gas-CHP
500 kWel

Energy production

electrical


thermal

4.000.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 1000 households
4.000.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 400.000 l heating oil

Location