Biogas plant Klein Offenseth

Services provided

Authorisation planning
Implementation planning
General contracting
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Klein-Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Landkreis Itzehoe, 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 2.433 m³

Final storage tank

1 x 2.433 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
Maize silage
Grass silage

Total

2.500 t/a
9.212 t/a
1.600 t/a

13.312 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

in 2007 upgraded to

1 x gas-CHP
500 kWel

1.151 kWel

Energy production

electrical


thermal

9.208.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 2302 households
9.208.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 920.800 l heating oil

Use of thermal energy

Heating of green houses by satellite-CHP

Special features

micro gas distribution system

Location