Biogas plant Schuby

Service provided

Feasibility study
Implementation planning 
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Fermentation of slurry and energy crops

Location

Schuby, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Initial operation

IV. quarter 2004

Operation process

2-stage - two concrete fermenters with parallel feeding

Temperature range

mesophilic in fermenter and secondary fermenter

Fermenter

2 x 2.220 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 2.220 m³

Feedstock

cattle slurry
maize silage

Total

12.000 t/a
9.000 t/a

21.000 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

in 2006 upgraded to

1 x gas-CHP
500 kWel

1.000 kWel

Energy production

electrical

9.216.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 2304 households

thermal

9.216.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 921.600 l heating fuel

Use of thermal energy

Heating of houses

Special features

  • Installation of an innovative mixing feature for the homogenisation of slurry and energy crops before the feeding of the fermenter (quickmix®)

Location