Biogas plant Volkringhausen

Services provided	Authorisation planning Implementation planning General contracting Initial operation / trial run
Type of plant	Fermentation of liquid manure and energy crops
Location	Balve, Märkischer Kreis, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
Initial operation	IV. quarter 2009
Operation process	2-stage, two fermenters with parallel feeding, one of them can be used as a secondary fermenter
Temperature range	mesophilic
Fermenter	2 x 2.000 m³
Final storage tank	1 x 2.000 m³
Feedstock	Pig slurry Maize silage Ganzpflanzensilage Grass silage Turkey manure Cow slurry Cattle manure Total	2.000 t/a 180 t/a 1.050 t/a 1.400 t/a 1.000 t/a 4.000 t/a 1.400 t/a 11.030 t/a
Gas utilisation	Type Power electr.	1 x gas-CHP 250 kW_el
Energy production	electrical thermal	2.000.000 kWh_el -> requirement of 500 households 2.000.000 kWh -> equivalent to 200.000 l heating oil

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