Biogas plant Hamweddel

Services provided

Authorisation planning
Implementation planning 
General contracting
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Hamweddel, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Initial operation

III. 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 2.200 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 2.900 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
Maize silage
Rye shot

Total

2.500 t/a
9.630 t/a
300 t/a

12.430 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 

Location