Biogas plant Tripkau

Services provided

Implementation planning 
General contracting 
Initial operation / trial run
CHP-maintenance

Type of plant

Fermentation of slurry and energy crops

Location

Amt Neuhaus, Kreis Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

Initial operation

III. quarter 2006

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 2.000 m³

Secondary fermenter

1 x 2.000 m³

Final storage tank

1 x 4.000 m³

Feedstock

Cattle slurry
Maize silage

Total

20.000 t/a
15.000 t/a

35.000 t/a

Gas utilisation

Type 
Power electr.

2007 expanded to

1 x gas-CHP
500 kWel

716 kWel

Energy production

electrical

thermal

5.720.000 kWhel
-> requirements of 1430 households
5.720.000 kWh
-> equivalent to 572.000 l heating oil

Location