Biogas plant Esperstoft

Service provided	Authorisation planning General contracting Initial operation / trial run
Type of plant	Agricultural Biogas Plant
Location	Silberstedt, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Initial operation	III. quarter 2006
Operation process	2-stage - two fermenters with parallel feeding with an additional secondary fermenter
Temperature range	mesophilic
Fermenter	2 x 2.217 m³
Secondary fermenter	1 x 2.217 m³
Feedstock	Pig slurry Rye shot Maize silage Total	7.500 t/a 800 t/a 6.700 t/a 15.000 t/a
Gas utilisation	Type Power electr.	1 x gas-CHP 500 kW_el
Energy production	electrical thermal	4.000.000 kWh_el -> requirements of 1000 households 4.000.000 kWh -> equivalent to 400.000 l heating oil
Use of thermal energy	Heating of pig sheds and several houses

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