Services provided

Authorisation planning
Implementation planning 
General contracting
Initial operation / trial operation

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Bornheim, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 

Initial operation

IV. quarter 2007

Operation process

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

Temperature range

mesophilic

Fermenter

2 x 2.217 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 3.079 m³

Feedstock

Rye shot
Maize silage

Total

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 house and greenhouses