Biogas plant Dörpum

Services provided

Authorisation planning
Implementation planning 
Erection
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Bordelum, Landkreis Nord-Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, 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 2.433 m³

Final storage tank

1 x 4.021 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
Maize silage

Total

10.000 t/a
11.000 t/a

13.600 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

1 x gas-CHP
625 kWel

Energy production

electrical

thermal

5.000.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 1250 households
5.000.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 500.000 l heating oil

Use of thermal energy

Heating of sheds and houses

Special features

Joint operation by eight farmers

Location