Services provided

Project development
Authorisation planning
Implementation planning
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run
Financing

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Samtgemeinde Wursten, Kreis Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, 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 2.430 m³

Seconary fermenter

1 x 5.670 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
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 houses and sheds

Special features

Joint operation by farmer and BioConstruct