Services provided

Implementation planning 
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Ihlow, Landkreis Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany

Initial operation

I. quarter 2008

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 2.430 m³

Final storage tank

1 x 3.150 m³

Feedstock

Maize silage
Grass silage
Cattle manure

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