Biogas plant Silberstedt

Services provided

Implementation planning 
General contracting
Initial operation / trial run

Type of plant

Agricultural Biogas Plant

Location

Silberstedt, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Initial operation

I. 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 2.432 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 3.941 m³

Feedstock

Maize silage

Total

11.500 t/a

11.500 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

in 2008 upgraded to

1 x gas-CHO
625 kWel

1.250 kWel

Energy production

electrical

thermal

10.000.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 2500 households
10.000.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 1.000.000 l heating oil

Special features

exclusively a fermentation of energy crops

Location