Biogas plant Horstedt

Services provided

Implementation planning 
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run
CHP-maintenance

Type of plant

Agricultural biogas plant

Location

Horstedt, Kreis Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Initial operation

IV. quarter 2006

Operation process

2-stage - two fermenters with parallel feeding with additional secondary fermenter

Temperature range

mesophilic

Fermenter

2 x 2.011 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 2.432 m³

Final storage tank

2 x 1.800 m³ existing

Feedstock

Solid matter from separated cattle slurry 
maize silage
Total


1.600 t/a
10.000 t/a
11.600 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power el.

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 fuel

Use of thermal energy

Heating of sheds and adjacent houses

Special features

  • Separation before fermentation
  • exclusively a renewable raw material fermentation
  • dry fermentation

Location